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Tag: jim crow

Emmett Till
Posted inBlack Experience

Senate Unanimously Passes Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act

by Jamila Bey March 8, 2022March 8, 2022

The Senate unanimously passed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act of 2022 to make lynching a federal hate crime. The act will go to President Joe Biden to be signed into […]

Posted inOpinion

MORIAL: Meet Jimmy Crow, Insurrectionist and Suppressor, Heir to Jim and James Crow, Esquire

by WI Guest Author May 19, 2021December 21, 2021
Voters wait for their turn in one of the voting booths at Eleanor McMain School in New Orleans on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Posted inMarc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: Deep South States Take Long-Overdue Step Out of Jim Crow Past

by WI Guest Author November 14, 2018October 31, 2020
Kwame Akoto-Bamfo's "Nkyinkim" sculpture, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade, is displayed at The National Memorial For Peace And Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, on July 6, 2018. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
Posted inBlack History

The Transatlantic Slave Trade: 500 Years Later, Are We Still Slaves?

by WI Guest Author October 19, 2018October 31, 2020
Nkyinkim Installation by West African artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo (Courtesy of The Legacy Museum via Twitter)
Posted inColumnists, D Kevin McNeir, Editor's Column, Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Lynching While Lunching? This, Too, is America’s History

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor May 2, 2018October 31, 2020
Recy Taylor
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, National

Recy Taylor, Victim of 1944 Gang Rape, Dies at 97

by WI Guest Author December 29, 2017October 31, 2020
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

SEWELL: The Cost of a Vote

by WI Guest Author March 29, 2017October 30, 2020
Booker T. Washington
Posted inBlack History

Booker T. Washington: From Slavery to Presidential Adviser

by WI Guest Author March 15, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inBusiness, William Reed

BUSINESS EXCHANGE: What Is Capitalism for Blacks?

by William Reed February 8, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inBlack Experience

Black Memorabilia & Collectible Show Coming to Baltimore

by WI Guest Author January 31, 2017October 30, 2020

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