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@UnblockHistory23 Aug 2024

Platinum Chainzz

The Priority/Ruthless Records Kizz My Black Azz EP from MC Ren: How fans, record labels and a young rapper misfired over three decades ago and why it still matters

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@UnblockHistory25 Jan 2025

No more waiting

Here's an historic media-hyped trope that needs to be retired: Black survivors of disasters are expected to wander around, with a stiff upper lip, and be "resilient," "perseverant," "enduring" and "lo…

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@UnblockHistory15 Dec 2024

Name a modern sitcom that'll be talked about 50 years from now

You probably can't.

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@UnblockHistory20 Oct 2024

Leah Chase

Beyond Ms. Chase’s culinary influence, she was also deeply involved in the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, her restaurant Dooky Chase’s became a meeting place for civil rights activists, …

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@UnblockHistory20 Oct 2024

The Salvation Army & Goodwill Hunting: Thrifty History

You never know what valuable historic pieces are waiting to be found at a secondhand thrift store. All of the following were purchased at thrift stores and are part of The Clymel Collection.

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@UnblockHistory25 Sep 2024

IMPACT: Southern History Makers and Influencers | Grabbing Pieces from History

Rescuing and preserving artifacts from MLK to Master P and more

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@UnblockHistory7 Sep 2024

Faceless Race: A Black Fiction Cover Story

Why do graphic design artists of these covers regularly seem to run out of ink (or pixels nowadays) just when they get to the mouths and eyes of their black subjects, leaving them blind and/or mute, e…

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@UnblockHistory31 Jul 2024

Paper over Pixels

Check out autographed books by legends like Secretary of State Colin Powell, Toni Morrison, original Black Panthers and more.🔄🔂

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