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Month: February 2020

And They Will Moralize with More Lies: #ADOS Story Time With Jess Aiwuyor (paulsowers.com)

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In what is without a doubt the most reductive, strained, and flawed analogy thus far given for what it means

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NAACP Suing Pennsylvania, Claiming Method Of Counting Prisoners Dilutes African-American Political Clout (KDKA-CBS Pittsburgh)

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Once a booming strip of black business, Walnut Street faded from Louisville’s memory for failed Urban Renewal (wdrb.com)

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — There is a story in Louisville long faded from view, and time is taking the people

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Coronavirus (Covid-19) Explained – How to make sure you’re prepared. (tonetalks YouTube)

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Attorney Antonio Moore discusses the Coronavirus aka Covid-19 and how to prepare responsibly. Moore covers the opinions of several experts

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Law Professor & Author Mehrsa Baradaran speaks at Empowerwest City Wide Book Read

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Louisville, KY—Keynote speaker is Mehrsa Baradaran, professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine and author of “The Color

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True Reparations Are a National Debt: Localities and Individuals Should Not Foot the Bill and Cannot Build Systemic Remedies Alone (Roosevelt Institute)

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BY WILLIAM “SANDY” DARITY , A. KIRSTEN MULLEN (Excerpt) So, who should pay the bill? In From Here to Equality, we argue that

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Schools are still segregated, and black children are paying a price (Economic Policy Institute)

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Well over six decades after the Supreme Court declared “separate but equal” schools to be unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of

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How the Black Power Movement Influenced the Civil Rights Movement (history.com)

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With a focus on racial pride and self-determination, the Black Power movement argued that civil rights reforms did not go

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South Carolina: how black Americans’ reverse migration is reshaping next state to vote (The Guardian)

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(Excerpt) “This antiquated monolith of the southern black moderate just isn’t as present as folks think anymore” she said. “Political

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Nearly 6 Decades After the Civil Rights Act, Why Do Black Workers Still Have to Hustle to Get Ahead? (TIME Magazine)

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(Excerpt) But black Americans have to hustle more. A white family of four living at the poverty line has about

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Conversation with Dr. Terence Lester, June 21st, West Louisville Forum

Conversation with Dr. Terence Lester, June 21st, West Louisville Forum

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Christianity and Critical Race Theory: Footnotes with Jemar Tisby

O.P.E.N. to SCKY 2023

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