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Jackie Robinson was a radical – don’t listen to the sanitized version of history

by lisadtinsley May 8, 2022

Peter Dreier – E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College In our new book, “Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed…

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May 8, 2022 0 comment 46 views
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Students of color in special education are less likely to get the help they need – here are three ways teachers can do better

by lisadtinsley April 23, 2022

Mildred Boveda – Associate Professor of Special Education, Penn State When I was a special education teacher at Myrtle Grove Elementary School in Miami in 2010, my colleagues and I recommended that…

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April 23, 2022 0 comment 78 views
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Barbie doll that honors Ida B. Wells faces an uphill battle against anti-Blackness

by lisadtinsley March 9, 2022

Toni Sturdivant – Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A&M University-Commerc When Mattel announced in January 2022 that it was releasing a new Barbie doll to honor Ida B. Wells –…

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March 9, 2022 0 comment 109 views
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Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen

by lisadtinsley February 22, 2022

Aram Goudsouzian – Bizot Family Professor of History, University of Memphis In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of…

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February 22, 2022 0 comment 151 views
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Racial and ethnic diversity is lacking among nonprofit leaders – but there are ways to change that

by lisadtinsley February 2, 2022

About 87% of nonprofit CEOs in the U.S. were white in 2019, down from 90% in 2016. Similarly, roughly 78% of nonprofit board members were white in 2019, down from 84%…

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February 2, 2022 0 comment 110 views
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Why most NFL head coaches are white – behind the NFL’s abysmal record on diversity

by lisadtinsley January 30, 2022

George B. Cunningham – Professor of Sport Management, Texas A&M University A couple of weeks after the close of the National Football League’s regular season, there is just one Black…

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January 30, 2022 0 comment 230 views
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LifeNationalRace + CultureStories

How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home

by lisadtinsley January 13, 2022

Anthony Siracusa – Senior Director of Inclusive Culture and Initiatives, University of Colorado Boulder On July 2, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. stood behind President Lyndon Baines Johnson as the…

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January 13, 2022 0 comment 259 views
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu: father of South Africa’s ‘rainbow nation’

by lisadtinsley January 4, 2022

P. Pratap Kumar – Emeritus Professor, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Nata Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu has died at the age of 90. Archbishop Tutu earned the…

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January 4, 2022 0 comment 238 views
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How multicultural churches in South Africa are breaking down race barriers

by lisadtinsley October 29, 2021

Race is an issue that’s always simmering below the surface in South Africa. One of the ugliest aspects of the recent wave of looting and violence was the killing of people based on their…

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The Complex History and Politicization of Black Hair in America featuring Dr. Neil Lester

by lisadtinsley October 27, 2021
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