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Affirmative action was at best a modest form of recompense for centuries of exploitation and exclusion — far short of the reparations more than three in four Black Americans.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/opinion/supreme-court-affirmative-action.html
And, of course, it’s long been the province of solo entrepreneurs, like the women who hold down the chairs in this Harlem salon catering not just to Black Americans but to immigrant women from Africa, many of whom are experts in this craft.
Archival interviews with several attendees reveal that for many Black Americans, the moon landing was not seen as a boundary-pushing event worth celebrating.
Source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/hulu/best-movies-hulu/
As if to add insult to injury, he is suing under a post-Civil War law intended to protect Black Americans from racial discrimination.
Source: https://seattlemedium.com/wealthy-extremists-are-desperate-to-preserve-systemic-inequality/
As we continued the march for freedom in Washington, hateful actors continued to carry out the white supremacist agenda in Jacksonville, claiming the lives of Black Americans in the name of an era we refuse to go back to.
Source: https://www.philasun.com/stateside/statement-from-naacp-on-act-of-hate-in-jacksonville-florida/
Black Americans are often viewed as one monolithic group.
Black Americans could “communicate” maladies like “hookworm and tuberculosis,” and “self-protection” dictated wanting good care for them.
Source: https://time.com/6333653/black-doctors-racism-history/
Born to enslaved parents in the 1850s, he was well-versed in the issues facing Black Americans.
Source: https://collider.com/the-gilded-age-characters-real-people/
But she soon turned to another topic when asked what she wanted Black Americans to take away from her trip to Africa.
Cast members believed the performance portrayed Black Americans in a stereotypical lens.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/arts/television/norman-lear-good-times-the-jeffersons.html
Celebrating accomplishments by Black Americans, students indeed blended past and present.
Source: https://atmorenews.com/2023/03/01/ecms-appreciates-black-history/
Communities all over the country celebrate Juneteenth, the day that enslaved Black Americans learned they were free, with performances and parades.
Davis said Black History Month is about more than reflecting on how far Black Americans have come, it’s a time to celebrate the history that is continually being made each day in our communities.
Source: https://www.mcall.com/2023/02/23/guzman-hosts-event-celebrating-black-history-month/
During the recent protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans, police forces across the country have used weapons categorized as “less lethal” to disperse crowds and subdue individuals.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is part of an AP series examining the health disparities experienced by Black Americans across a lifetime.
Expanding Boston’s municipal voting population to foreign citizens and residents undermines the meaning of citizenship and is an insult to Black Americans who fought to have their voices heard at the ballot box for over half a century.
Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/12/30/murray-immigrant-voting-an-affront-to-democracy/
"Ghana from its birth has positioned itself and shown it prioritizes the collaboration and invitation of Black Americans and Kwame Nkrumah said, 'You're not African because you were born in Africa, you are African because Africa is born in you.'
His brutal murder opened the eyes of many to the injustices facing the Black community, and his mother’s courage in choosing to host an open-casket funeral ensured that people around the world would bear witness to the horrors facing Black Americans.”
In 1862, the Rev. Moncure Conway brought 32 Black Americans who had formerly been enslaved by Conway’s father, and who had relocated to Maryland, to Yellow Springs, which was known for being tolerant, progressive and open to residents of African descent.
Source: https://ysnews.com/news/2023/07/springs-to-freedom-to-discuss-dramatize-conway-colony-story
In 1940, Black Americans made up almost 10% of the total U.S. population—12.6 million out of a total population of 131 million—and the Army became the nation’s largest minority employer.
Source: https://seattlemedium.com/the-g-i-bills-effect-on-black-veterans/