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28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB Day 4: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 0 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1204
28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB Day 1: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 2 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 4 1282
28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB-Day 3: Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class 1 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1222
28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB Day 2: Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson 0 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1228
Black History Month 2019 #3 - The Manhattan Project and Our African-American Scientists 1 qwlauren35 Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1022
Black History Month 2019 - #2: STEM in the Early 20th Century 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2019 Feb 2019 4 940
Some times I need to deep breathe when reading posts. 15 irisblue Feb 2019 Feb 2019 10 2661
Speaking Black Dialect in Courtrooms Can Have Striking Consequences 5 Eugene Jan 2019 Feb 2019 12 2501
R Kelly - predator? 13 ellenrr Jan 2019 Feb 2019 5 3022
Here we go again. Democrats wonder why accountability to AA voters exist after begging for our votes 7 SaschaHM Feb 2019 Feb 2019 14 2961
Should The Black Community Press Candidates For A Black Agenda? (Discussion and Poll) (Poll) 18 spicysista Jan 2019 Feb 2019 6 6261
Dem. Presidential Candidate Calls for $100B in Slavery Reparations 1 Recursion Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1893
Cory Booker's Aunt Alma is a whole mood 6 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 7 1817
Black History Month 2019: Day 1 - STEM in the 19th Century 2 qwlauren35 Feb 2019 Feb 2019 6 1125
Kamala Harris' secret weapon: the Sisters of AKA 5 pnwmom Jan 2019 Jan 2019 24 2044
Hey JHan, it's been a minute or two since we talked, just wanted to say hi. 4 The Polack MSgt Jan 2019 Jan 2019 11 1613
The Young Black Conservatives of Trump's America 0 IronLionZion Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1541
Black Lives Matter co-founder says obtaining justice means taking action 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1150
Martin Luther King Jr. and the White Delusion of a 'Non-Racist' America 7 PunkinPi Jan 2019 Jan 2019 13 1819
When few enslaved people in the United States could write, one man wrote his memoir in Arabic 4 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 24 2241
'Celebrate is not the word that comes to mind.' Ijeoma Oluo honors Martin Luther King 4 PunkinPi Jan 2019 Jan 2019 6 1219
The "black muslims" defense 8 Recursion Jan 2019 Jan 2019 7 1998
Black Student in Kansas Sues School District for Racial Discrimination 2 MrScorpio Jan 2019 Jan 2019 9 1512
Tamika Mallory," The Black Experience is Complicated." 4 spicysista Jan 2019 Jan 2019 9 1913
'Barely Treading Water': Why The Shutdown Disproportionately Affects Black Americans 0 IronLionZion Jan 2019 Jan 2019 6 1185
Iconic Broadway Star Dies, And Yes, Carol Channing Was Part Black 5 NurseJackie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 18 1894
Happy Founder's Day Ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. 3 spicysista Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 2173
Happy Founder's Day Devastating Divas of Delta Sigma Theta! 1 spicysista Jan 2019 Jan 2019 15 2854
70 Years After They Were Wrongly Imprisoned, the Groveland Four Have Been Pardoned 4 Odoreida Jan 2019 Jan 2019 11 1408
Beware when you hear Trump wave a flag for African Americans 1 DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2019 Jan 2019 8 1326

African American Continued...

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Warren leans towards reparations for redlining in Des Moines Q&A 1 Recursion Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1131
'The sunrise city': Florida community reconciles with history of 1920s race riot 3 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 9 1218
9 month old Black Baby - reads out loud! 20 laserhaas Dec 2018 Dec 2018 19 3288
U.S. Armed Forces All-female African American WWII Unit Honored with Monument at Fort Leavenworth 0 GeoWilliam750 Dec 2018 Dec 2018 4 1000
And a "Privileged Glimpse of the Totally Obvious". NYT discovers POC voters 6 irisblue Dec 2018 Dec 2018 8 1793
Merry Christmas to all my friends and acquaintances here in the AA Group 10 The Polack MSgt Dec 2018 Dec 2018 9 1771
Ms. Lauryn Hill, Live 1 spicysista Dec 2018 Dec 2018 6 1511
NJ officials investigating after referee told wrestler he would have to cut off dreadlocks or forfei 2 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1225
'Song stylist' and Grammy winner Nancy Wilson dead at 81 5 Stellar Dec 2018 Dec 2018 8 1987
Judge Judy and Samuel L. Jackson are friends. Who knew? 6 brush Dec 2018 Dec 2018 4 1497
Cold War Civil Rights. 2 Kind of Blue Dec 2018 Dec 2018 7 1864
Pioneer Ballerina Raven Wilkinson Has Passed Away At 83 5 spicysista Dec 2018 Dec 2018 16 3237
Bank employee calls police on black man trying to cash a check from his new job 12 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 9 2825
Silent film of black couple's kiss discovered, added to National Film Registry 2 JHan Dec 2018 Dec 2018 12 1502
Russians have been fighting for our freedom :D 3 Kind of Blue Dec 2018 Dec 2018 6 2080
Russian efforts to manipulate African Americans show sophistication of disinformation campaign 6 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1394
Army's only all-female, African American WW2 unit honored with monument 4 pnwmom Dec 2018 Dec 2018 20 1352
Prada Peddling blackface fuckery. 10 JHan Dec 2018 Dec 2018 25 2654
Senegal Opens Museum of Black Civilizations--One of the Largest of Its Kind In the World 8 Kind of Blue Dec 2018 Dec 2018 15 3209
I found this black mans story on twitter 7 irisblue Dec 2018 Dec 2018 6 1435
Mom Who Had Baby Snatched Away, Released 6 spicysista Dec 2018 Dec 2018 8 3504
Let me play guess the Headline!!! 0 The Polack MSgt Dec 2018 Dec 2018 5 1217
Eugene Bullard, The Black Swallow of Death 2 Mosby Dec 2018 Dec 2018 5 1096
Just watched "60 Minutes" and the incredible story of Ryan Speedo Green... 7 TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 Dec 2018 30 3681
Sandra Bland: behind a poignant documentary of her life and death 4 sheshe2 Dec 2018 Dec 2018 14 1360
Olivia Hooker laid to rest with full honors. Last Tulsa survivor, 1st AA woman in the Coast Gaurd 4 The Polack MSgt Dec 2018 Dec 2018 9 1257
Dr. Olivia J. Hooker: Oldest Survivor Of Black Wall Street & Tulsa Race Massacre 6 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 19 1794
Dr. Olivia Hooker, Coast Guard pioneer, race riot survivor laid to rest 1 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1014
'It's about time': Shirley Chisholm, first black congresswoman, will get a statue 1 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 13 1027
Riding while black gets black teen handcuffed 0 laserhaas Dec 2018 Dec 2018 5 1296

African American Continued...

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Horrific - Kids sing Jingle Bells KKK - Let's Kill All Blacks (Poll) 4 laserhaas Dec 2018 Dec 2018 6 1261
Happy birthday, Shirley Chisholm. You're getting a statue. 8 JHan Nov 2018 Dec 2018 18 1517
Entitled or How Mom Shut Down Peckham 0 Kind of Blue Dec 2018 Dec 2018 5 1310
White Innocence 5 Kind of Blue Dec 2018 Dec 2018 11 2071
I'm on my iPod right now. This is important 3 MrScorpio Dec 2018 Dec 2018 4 1694
Black Male Writers of our Time.. 4 JHan Nov 2018 Nov 2018 8 1483
Missy Elliott's "Supa Dupa Fly" The 1997 album that defined a new hip-hop 5 JHan Nov 2018 Nov 2018 5 1924
Common's Freedom Road Productions and Lionsgate to Bring Zora Neale Hurston's 'Barracoon' to TV 2 JHan Nov 2018 Nov 2018 3 1249
Letter from a Region in My Mind - James Baldwin 26 Kind of Blue Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 5922
Alphonso Michael Espy 8 Recursion Nov 2018 Nov 2018 23 2049
Oprah Winfrey's mom Vernita Lee dies on Thanksgiving at age 83 5 sandensea Nov 2018 Nov 2018 4 1345
Our Responsibility, to Ourselves and Others, to Break Our Silences 3 JHan Nov 2018 Nov 2018 5 3066
Throw Away Your Romaine Lettuce and Then Put the Rest of These Trash Foods in the Trash, Too 33 JHan Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 3882
Mississippi senator joked about 'public hanging' 2 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 8 1323
These are some great Stacy Abrams quotes: 4 JHan Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 2923
National Association of Black Journalists rips into Trump for treatment of black women reporters 4 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 6 1336
This speaks to me... 7 MrScorpio Nov 2018 Nov 2018 29 2196
Ideas Requested - Black History Month 2019 13 qwlauren35 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 4 1897
It's HERE! The Fair Fight Georgia PAC. 6 qwlauren35 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 6 3024
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