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With integration a legal right, swimming pools became a new battleground in the segregation fight.
The hidden story of the English national team’s first Black footballer.
The remarkable story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a forgotten founder of rock and roll.
Claude Brown testifies about the urban crisis in 1960s America.
The performer’s transformation from jazz to politics during the Civil Rights Era
How Paul Robeson sang to 35,000 Canadians without crossing the border
The Parkridge Country Club demonstrated the fragile promise of African American recreational space in 1920s Los Angeles
The Influential Life of Norma Elizabeth Boyd, a founding member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
Gladys Bentley consistently and unapologetically broke the unspoken rules of gender norms
Four photographs capture how music embodies a long tradition of global Black engagement and the goal of justice for all Black people.
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