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by Lorinda Cramer, Deakin University
Blues singer Gladys Bentley was a dazzling star of the Harlem Renaissance, a period in the 1920s and ’30s...
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by Dan Dixon, University of Sydney
Our cultural touchstones series looks at influential...
Grand Valley State University professor Louis Moore’s (left) new book, “The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback” explores...
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by Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Effa Manley (1897-1981) was the first female Negro Leagues team owner, the only woman inducted into the Baseball...
Prior to 1998, Harold of ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ was depicted as racially ambiguous. Harper & Brothers, 1955
by Philip Nel, Kansas State University
Is...
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by Dennis Altman, La Trobe University
As critics line up to suggest Kamala Harris is unqualified to be President of the United States one...
Blood is thicker than water.
That’s what they say: your relationship with family—blood—is stronger than any connection you’ll have with someone unrelated. Blood is thicker...
