Articles with keyword "African Americans"
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When the Slave-Catcher Came to Town
Oberlin, Ohio, was an abolitionist stronghold, but not impermeable.
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Teenie Harris Image Collection
African-American news photographer “Teenie” Harris’s career at the Pittsburgh Courier spanned forty years, during which time he recorded daily life in Iron City’s many diverse neighborhoods.
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Go West, Young Trickster
From Coyote Country: Fictions of the Canadian West, wherein Duke research professor in Canadian studies Arnold E.
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Tenor of the Times
In an otherworldly black-and-white photo taken in midtown Manhattan by renowned jazz photographer William Gottlieb on a rainy night in July 1948, jam-packed neon signs shine brightly along both sides
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Name-Dropping In Rhode Island
Familiarly known as the “Ocean State,” Rhode Island’s full official name includes “and Providence Plantations,” words the state legislature has resolved to drop.
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Brother from the Richmond Planet
Crusading Journalist John Mitchell Jr. took on the lynchers.