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50 vintage photos show what life was like for women 100 years ago

Fri, 11/15/2024 - 09:28

Mary Pickford (front center) and other Warner Brothers' actresses posed for a photo at her tea party in 1928. — Mary Pickford (front center) was one of the most popular movie stars of her generation.
John Springer Collection/Contributor/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

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A Florida school made parents sign permission slips to let their kids participate in Black History Month events: report

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 10:24

Tech Insider : Politics

Close-up of Black teacher reading a book for students during Black History Month. — Close-up of a teacher reading a book for students during Black History Month.
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My family was chased off our land by a racist mob. More than 80 years later, I own it again.

Sat, 01/20/2024 - 07:54

Opal Lee poses for a photas.o at her home in Fort Worth, Tex — Opal Lee, known as the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' recently regained possession of land her family was driven away from more than eight decades ago.
LM Otero/AP

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Black taxi drivers helped fuel the Montgomery Bus Boycott, even as they faced arrests and police pressure

Mon, 01/15/2024 - 05:17

group of three people getting into a car as a bus is in the background during Montgomery, Alabama bus boycotts — Three people get into an automobile to car pool during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. An empty city bus is visible in the background.
Don Cravens/The Chronicle Collection/Getty Images

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101 years before Rosa Parks, this woman integrated New York City's public transit

Sun, 12/03/2023 - 09:13

Elizabeth Jennings Graham — Courtesy of Kansas State Historical Society via Museum of the City of New York

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Thomas Edison tried to take credit for a device created by a Black American inventor

Sat, 12/02/2023 - 08:00

Granville T. Woods — Granville T. Woods was a pioneering inventor with nearly 60 patents to his name.
Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images

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Bayard Rustin organized the 1963 March on Washington but was nearly written out of civil rights history because he was openly gay. He was also my life partner.

Sat, 11/18/2023 - 07:09

Tech Insider : Politics

Walter Naegle and Bayard Rustin — Walter Naegle and Bayard Rustin.
Courtesy of Walter Naegle

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