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1. A century after Tulsa Race Massacre, city creates reparations committee

Author

Melnick, Kyle

Subjects
Tulsa, Oklahoma -- History -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921, Excavations (Archaeology) -- United States, Restitution -- Planning, African Americans -- History -- Civil rights, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kyle Melnick More than a century after one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history left scores of Black people dead in Tulsa, the mayor announced [...]

Published
2024

2. A Survey of the African American Presence in the History of the Downstate New York Area

Author

Watkins, Ralph D.

Subjects
New York -- History -- Demographic aspects, Land grants -- History -- Demographic aspects, Freedmen -- History -- Civil rights, African Americans -- History -- Civil rights, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, History
Abstract

NEW NETHERLAND People of African descent were among the earliest inhabitants of the Dutch colony of New Netherland. (2) Initiated in 1624, the colony's population also included English, French, German, [...]

Published
2021

3. Gentrification and displacement of African Americans in Northern Virginia predates Civil War, report finds

Author

Lang, Marissa J.

Subjects
Housing rehabilitation -- Laws, regulations and rules -- History -- Demographic aspects, Segregation -- History -- Laws, regulations and rules, African Americans -- History -- Civil rights, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Marissa J. Lang Centuries before the words 'gentrification' and 'displacement' drifted into the vernacular of urban planners, politicians and advocates, the practice of displacing Black families, razing their communities [...]

Published
2021

4. Laws don't truly make holidays. We must learn how to celebrate them together

Author

Strauch, Tara

Subjects
Juneteenth, Abolition of slavery -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Slavery -- Emancipation, African Americans -- History -- Civil rights, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Juneteenth National Independence Day Act
Abstract

Byline: Tara Strauch On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. Juneteenth now joins 11 other holidays recognized by the federal government, but that alone doesn't [...]

Published
2021

5. 'Still they come': some eyewitness accounts of the Underground Railroad in Buffalo

Author

Van Ness, Cynthia M.

Subjects
Slavery -- History -- Emancipation, Abolition of slavery -- History, Underground railroad -- Usage, African Americans -- History -- Civil rights, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, History
Abstract

Buffalo's status as a destination from which African Americans escaping slavery could cross the Niagara River to reach freedom in Canada is well known. However, when reconstructing Buffalo's involvement in [...]

Published
2012

6. Most holidays honour the past. Juneteenth is about unrealized freedom; OPINION

Author

Thompson, Debra

Subjects
Juneteenth -- Political aspects -- History, Racism -- Political aspects, Abolition of slavery -- Political aspects, African Americans -- History -- Civil rights, Freedom -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: DEBRA THOMPSON Lead Associate professor of political science at McGill University I was in my late 20s by the time I discovered that I shared a birthday with freedom. [...]

Published
2020

7. The History Behind the Birthright Citizenship Battle

Author

Schuessler, Jennifer

Subjects
Birthright citizenship -- History, African Americans -- History -- Civil rights, United States history, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, United States Constitution. 14th Amendment
Abstract

The 14th Amendment, which declared that African-Americans were citizens, turned 150 earlier this month. But even as it was being commemorated as one of the signal achievements of post-Civil War [...]

Published
2018

8. Reckoning with slavery

Author

Rosenberg, Alyssa

Subjects
Journalists -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Slavery -- History, African Americans -- History -- Civil rights, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Alyssa Rosenberg In 'The Case for Reparations,' the cover story in the latest issue of the Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates lays out a devastating chronicle of the policy choices that [...]

Published
2014

9. A half-century ago, Hollywood learned that real life was still in black and white

Author

Robb, David

Subjects
Segregation -- History, African Americans -- History -- Civil rights, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, Sammy Davis Jr. was roundly booed during the opening ceremony of the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. The incident was one of the [...]

Published
2010

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