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Tag: Black History

COMMEMORATIONS

November Pogroms

Why we have to mark painful anniversaries like the Ocoee Massacre and Kristallnacht. Yes, every year.

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BLACK HISTORY

Celebrating Freedom: May 20 Florida Emancipation Day

VoxPopuli talks with Orange County NAACP President Tiffany Hughes about their mission to have Orange County cities issue proclamations, marking the day Florida's Black enslaved population was freed.

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BLACK HISTORY

Crime and Punishment

Brave New Films' new documentary (free on YouTube) examines how the misdemeanor system grew out of post-Civil War Black Codes laws and is still disproportionately controlling Black and Brown lives today.

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CULTURE WARS

So, what is critical race theory? Here's what you need to know

American University antiracist scholar Dr. Traci Dennis on why critical race theory doesn't make students "hate their country" — no matter what Gov. DeSantis says

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