At Tuskegee, U.S. experimented on Black men with syphilis for 40 years
Officially called the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male,” the federal government oversaw an experiment in which about 400 African-American men in the Ala...
Black double-consciousness: Du Bois’ century-plus concept still valid
A Black History Month look at "double-consciousness," a black American struggle that W.E.B. Du Bois first wrote about in 1897 that remains relevant.
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How ‘The New Negro’ started a renaissance, and not just in Harlem
"The New Negro," the 1925 anthology of black writers edited by Alain Locke, helped usher in one of the most significant periods of black expression and creativity.
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In decades after Civil War, promise of West lured Black homesteaders
BHM Black Homesteaders and how they settled the west
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Black banks long important to Atlanta, a bastion of financial strength
The rapid decline in the number of Black banks, largely attributed to the Great Recession’s disproportionate effect on minority communities, prompted a wave of Atlanta leaders...
How Maynard Jackson Jr. broke the good-old-boys grip on city funds
020123 AAJC JACKSON AIRPORT -- When Maynard Jackson mandated minority participation in 25% of all airport contracts, the business community pushed against Atlanta's first Blac
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Cecil Williams’ high-risk drink of water
Cecil Williams: how his defiant photo at a white water fountain changed him and defined a movement.