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  • Julian Bond, Former N.A.A.C.P. Chairman and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 75

    Julian Bond, Former N.A.A.C.P. Chairman and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 75 The New York Times 2015-08-16 Roy Reed Julian Bond, a charismatic figure of the 1960s civil rights movement, a lightning rod of the anti-Vietnam War campaign and a lifelong champion of equal rights for minorities, notably as chairman of the N.A.A.C.P., died on…

  • DNA Is Said to Solve a Mystery of Warren Harding’s Love Life

    DNA Is Said to Solve a Mystery of Warren Harding’s Love Life The New York Times 2015-08-12 Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent WASHINGTON — She was denounced as a “degenerate” and a “pervert,” accused of lying for money and shamed for waging a “diabolical” campaign of falsehoods against the president’s family that tore away…

  • President Obama’s Letter to the Editor

    President Obama’s Letter to the Editor The New York Times Magazine 2015-08-12 Barack Obama, President of the United States Washington, D.C. Illustration by Ben Wiseman For the cover story of our Aug. 2 issue, Jim Rutenberg wrote about efforts over the last 50 years to dismantle the protections in the Voting Rights Act of 1965,…

  • Book Review: Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the U.S.

    Book Review: Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the U.S. Jennifer L. Ruef Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Urban Education Volume 50, Number 6 (September 2015) pages 776-783 DOI: 10.1177/0042085913519339 H. S. Alim, G. Smitherman (2012). Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the U.S. New York, NY: Oxford University…

  • Brazil’s colour bind

    Brazil is combating many kinds of inequality. But one of the world’s most diverse nations is still just beginning to talk about race

  • President Obama’s Racial Renaissance

    President Obama’s Racial Renaissance The New York Times 2015-08-01 Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Toyin Odutola We finally have the president we thought we elected: one who talks directly and forcefully about race and human rights. When President Obama took the podium at the annual convention of the N.A.A.C.P. in…

  • Pocahontas’ tribe, the Pamunkey of Virginia, finally recognized by U.S.

    Pocahontas’ tribe, the Pamunkey of Virginia, finally recognized by U.S. The Los Angeles Times 2015-08-02 Noah Bierman Mikayla Deacy, 4, swims with her dog Dakota in the Pamunkey River. As a member of the tribe, Mikayla will be eligible for scholarships and other benefits now that the Pamunkey have received federal recognition. (Carolyn Cole /…

  • Walter White, 61, Dies in Home Here

    Walter White, 61, Dies in Home Here The New York Times 1955-03-22 Walter White, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, died last night of a heart attack at his home at his home, 242 East Sixty-eighth Street. He was 61 years old. Last October he twice entered the New…

  • Layers of Meaning in Mr. Obama’s Kenya Trip

    Layers of Meaning in Mr. Obama’s Kenya Trip The New York Times 2015-07-23 The Editorial Board Nairobi, Kenya (Credit: Ben Curtis/Associated Press) There often comes a time in the lives of Americans when they feel drawn to explore their roots, a quest that might take them on a pilgrimage to the “old country,” whether County…

  • Meet this year’s outstanding contributors at The Globies!

    Meet this year’s outstanding contributors at The Globies! The Seattle Globalist 2015-07-17 Christina Twu, Editor/Contributor The Seattle Globalist is proud to recognize three brilliant Globalist writers that have made outstanding contributions to our publication this year, helping to grow our coverage and make 2015 a phenomenal year for us. Please join us in recognizing these…