Black History Month
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Unsung Black heroes: South Carolina’s 1968 Orangeburg Massacre
Three Black youths were killed by South Carolina Highway Patrol officers in the February 8, 1968, Orangeburg Massacre at South…
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The real Boston revolutionaries: three stories of Black resistance
The usual “revolutionary” history taught about Boston centers colonizers, who waged war for a "democracy" that only served white land-owning…
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Andre Cailloux and the Siege of Port Hudson
Not widely known, and certainly not celebrated enough, Andre Cailloux was the first Black military hero functioning as an officer…
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Sojourner Truth’s Massachusetts days
Sojourner Truth, born into slavery in New York as “Isabella Baumfree” in 1797, was one of the most important abolitionists…
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Fired up! Harlem’s fight for housing in the 1930s
The housing struggle in Harlem during the Great Depression took New York City by storm, as some of the most…
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Tri-Cities, WA’s Katie Barton: ‘She wanted to see equal rights for the community, not just herself’
This article is part of Liberation's commemoration of Black History Month, 2021. T
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Black History Month: Edwin Pratt 1930-1969, assassinated Seattle civil rights leader
Edwin Pratt was part of a multi-faceted movement against racism in 1960s Seattle.
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