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Born in 1851, Ella Sheppard was enslaved on the Hermitage Plantation in Hermitage, Tenn. After learning that her daughter was being trained to spy on her,…
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Sonia Sanchez was born in Birmingham, Ala. in 1934. She got her bachelor's degree from Hunter College in 1955 and pursued a graduate degree under the…
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Stacey Abrams was born in Madison, Wis. in 1973, but her family eventually settled in Atlanta, Ga. While she was in high school, Abrams was hired as a…
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Lloyd Lionel Gaines was born in Mississippi in 1911, but his family later moved to St. Louis, Mo.. He graduated with a degree in history from Lincoln…
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We continue our suggested reading series on "Reflections in Black" with selections from Toni Morrison's The Origin of Others. This segment originally…
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Richard Wright was born in 1908 in Roxie, Miss., and would go on to become one of the most important literary voices in the 20th century. He began writing…
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Born in Ohio in 1833, Joseph Carter Corbin was one of 11 children born to freed slaves William and Susan Corbin. His early education mainly took place…
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Born in 1869 in South Carolina, Charlotta Spears was destined for greatness. She moved to Rhode Island before settling in Los Angeles where she made a…
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We conclude our series of suggested readings for anti-racist education with I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown.
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This week's suggested reading focuses on the complex relationship between religion and complicity with white supremacy in Jemar Tisby's The Color of…