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In the worst of America’s Jim Crow era, Black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois found inspiration and hope...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThough progressive politics at the turn of the 20th century called for the protection of America’s...
W.E.B. Du Bois’ study ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ at 125 still explains roots of the urban Black...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOver a century ago, white Philadelphia elites believed the city was going to the dogs – and they...
On its 125th anniversary, W.E.B. Du Bois’ ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ offers lasting lessons on...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDu Bois’ study, published in 1899, detailed the social conditions of poor Black residents of the...
A century ago, W.E.B. Du Bois published a short-lived magazine for Black families. Now it has been...
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoW.E.B. Du Bois published the The Brownies’ Book for Black kids in the 1920s. Now, Karida L. Brown...
How the Black aristocracy of the Gilded Age ushered in a new era of education and freedom
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 8 months agoW. E. B. Du Bois with the Fisk University class of 1888.Digital Collections, The New York Public...
Target Pulls Black History Month Item from Shelves for Misidentifying 3 Civil Rights Icons
People via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe magnet book incorrectly labels W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington and Carter G. Woodson Alex...
Inside Protagonist Black, a pop-up shop celebrating diverse books and cocktail pairings
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 week agoIndependent bookstores are the heartbeats of their communities. They provide culture and community,...
Author Q&A: How the impact of a post-Civil War bank failure lingers today
Yahoo Finance· 2 weeks agoAuthor Rodney Brooks unpacks the story of the rapid rise and fall of the Freedman's Bank created in...
James Lawson's booming voice and loving spirit left a lasting mark on this UCLA professor
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoUCLA professor Vinay Lal recalls his friend the Rev. James Lawson, who died this week, as being...
Why the future of democracy could depend on your group chats
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIs your social media group a budding democracy or someone's fiefdom? John Trumbull's painting,...