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Class and Identity in Hilton Head: The Gullah v. Wealthy Landowners

29 juillet 2025 à 05:01
A legal fight over access to burial grounds has pitted the Gullah Geechee against wealthy landowners around Hilton Head Island.

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Galen Miller. a member of the Gullah-Geechee community, at the Talbird Cemetery, where his ancestors are buried.

MLK Files Release Renews Debate Over His Legacy

23 juillet 2025 à 15:46
The release of National Archives documents is the latest attempt to define what the Civil Rights icon believed, and what that means now for the country.

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The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.

William L. Clay, Missouri’s First Black Congressman, Dies at 94

21 juillet 2025 à 14:41
A co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, he represented St. Louis in the House as an uncompromising liberal Democrat and a forceful advocate for the poor.

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“I represent those who are in need of representation,” Representative William L. Clay once said. “I have no intention of representing those powerful interests who walk over powerless people.”

Jewel Thais-Williams, Whose Nightclub Catch One Celebrated ‘Queer Black Joy,’ Dies at 86

Par :Ash Wu
18 juillet 2025 à 14:19
Catch One, which she opened in Los Angeles in 1973 in the face of local animosity, became a glittering sanctuary for a largely shunned community.

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Jewel Thais-Williams in 2015 at her nightclub, Jewel’s Catch One. She sold the venue that year.
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