SomebodyMichael Ian Black: Why I Might Leave the U.S. Even if Trump LosesThe Daily Beast - Michael Ian BlackJFK was wrong—Americans don’t owe their country anything, and the U.S. has been letting its people down for a long time. Kennedy got it wrong. The …
SomebodyThe best debut novels - the greatest first books of all timeshortlist.com - Marc ChacksfieldFantastic first books, revealed. 1. The Hobbit - J.R.R Tolkien (1937) "In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit." The words that kickstarted one …
SomebodyBlack couple rented to a Chinese American family when nobody would. Now, they're donating $5M to Black community.NBC News - By Lynda Lin GrigsbyThe Dongs are selling the home their family rented and eventually bought from Gus Thompson, a former slave, and his wife, Emma. The Dongs will donate the proceeds to Black students. In 1939, the Dongs, a Chinese American family in Coronado, California, found themselves unable to rent a house amid …
SomebodyFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBlack History/White Lies: 5 ways Black people built Americathegrio.com - Michael HarriotOPINION: Part three of theGrio’s Black History Month series explores Black people’s contributions to the group project called America (Spoiler alert: …
SomebodyU.S. Army Conducted Largest Execution Of Its Own Black Soldiers. Their Gravesites Are Finally Getting Proper Headstones Over A Century LaterEssence - By Rayna Reid RayfordOn December 11, 1917, an army trial led to the hanging of 19 Black soldiers, which is considered to be “the single largest mass execution of American …
SomebodyBlack Women Were Also LynchedJSTOR Daily - Matthew WillsA case study of the 1912 lynching of Mary Jackson in Harrison County, Texas, provides insight into the contradictory culture of racial violence. The …
