Jackie Robinson’s Army story restored to Defense Department site after removal in DEI purge
An article highlighting baseball and civil rights hero Jackie Robinson's U.S. Army career was back on the Department of ...
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Pentagon scrubs Black Civil War hero because DEI
Civil War hero Sgt. William Carney earned the Medal of Honor by carrying the American flag through fire at Fort Wagner, ...
Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie ‘Glory’ erased from Pentagon website
Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him ...
Jackie Robinson's Army career wiped from military website in DEI purge
Robinson, a civil rights icon and Baseball Hall of Famer, trained as an officer and was assigned to a tank regiment during ...
The story of the Great Migration often overlooks Black businesses that built Detroit
Detroit’s Black population grew sixfold from 1910 to 1920, and many businesses that sprouted to welcome the newcomers ...
150 artists of African descent celebrated in ‘Black Paris’ exhibition at Pompidou Center
An unprecedented exhibition at the Pompidou Center in Paris explores the presence and influence of Black artists in the city ...
‘Rocky Horror’ doc underscores heightened relevancy of a cult classic
The Story of Rocky Horror,” a new documentary by the son of “Rocky Horror” creator Richard O’Brien, highlights the film’s enduring fandom.
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Black Americans are Under Attack. Diversity Equity and Inclusion is just the beginning.
Discover the origins and benefits of DEI programs, their evolution, and the ongoing debate around their implementation in ...
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The Low-Key, Unsung Heroes of Black Culture Who Don't Get Their Flowers
Since Black History Month is every month around these parts, it’s never too late to show love to the Black folks who made ...
Resurrecting the forgotten history of the first enslaved Africans in America
Before 1619, enslaved landed in Florida. In 1738, their descendants founded the country’s first free Black settlement, Fort ...
Silencing the 'mouth of hell': 10 years on
Saturday marks 10 years since Northampton's notorious Greyfriars Bus Station was demolished. More than 2,000 explosive charges were needed to bring the building, designed in the "brutalist" ...