Picturing Black History

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1970s

A Kentucky State police officer stands by as Black students board a school bus, Okolona, Louisville, Kentucky, September 11, 1975. The police were carrying out court-ordered busing to achieve racial balance in schools in Louisville and Jefferson County.

Busing and School Segregation

White people raged against school busing in Louisville, KY (September 1975)

Castro and Lewis

African Americans, Anti-Racism, and Cuba

Fidel Castro, Joe Louis, Angela Davis, and Jesse Jackson navigate the complicated relationship between Black America and Communist Cuba.

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