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Former first son says his Republican dad would’ve voted Trump after his sister proudly endorses Harris

Jack Ford says father was ‘lifelong member of the Republican Party who would typically not vote for a Democrat as president and certainly not Kamala Harris’

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024

Black church leaders brought religion to politics in the ‘60s – but it was dramatically different from today’s white Christian nationalism

Fifty-eight years ago in the summer of 1966, a group of Black church leaders took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times titled “Black Power.” Their densely worded statement called on national leaders, “white churchmen,” Black citizens and the mass media to correct the country’s racial power imbalance.…

The Conversation · Sep 6, 2024

His crayon is purple – but is Harold a Black boy?

Is Crockett Johnson’s Harold, of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” a child of color?

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2024

Fact vs Fiction: Genius: MLK/X episode 7 — what was the FBI letter to Martin Luther King?

Genius: MLK/X episode 7 sees Coretta receive a mysterious package about Martin Luther King Jr, and Martin and Malcolm X meet. Here's what really happened.

WhatToWatch · Feb 23, 2024

RFK Jr defends Kennedy administration for wiretapping MLK Jr

The independent presidential candidate thought his family permitted the eavesdropping to ‘prove’ that King’s alleged Communist ties ‘were either right or wrong’

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024

In Killers of the Flower Moon, true crime reveals the paradoxes of the past

Martin Scorsese’s latest film Killers of the Flower Moon is based on a 2017 book of the same name by David Grann that chronicled a true story of Osage Indians being systematically murdered in the 1920s.

The Conversation · Oct 16, 2023

Jonathan Eig wrote ‘King: A Life’ about Martin Luther King Jr. — the man this time, instead of the myth

CHICAGO -- The air-conditioned tour bus with tinted windows stopped outside Bright Star Baptist Church in Bronzeville and out came several dozen congregants from the Anshe Emet Synagogue of Lakeview. They moved slowly up the sidewalk and concrete steps of the church. Before anyone reached the doors, welcomes erupted, like…

Chicago Tribune · Jun 14, 2023

‘He was certainly a racist’: J Edgar Hoover and a history of white nationalism

A new book looks back at the long-serving FBI director’s devotion to keeping America a white Christian republic and the devastating effect he had

The Guardian - US · Mar 21, 2023

Malcom X's family is suing the CIA, FBI and NYPD

Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and attorney Ben Crump talk to Morning Edition's Leila Fadel about their plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the NYPD and other government agencies.

WEKU · Feb 24, 2023

Beverly Gage: The Dark Truth About J. Edgar Hoover's FBI

The first FBI director wasn't all bad (or a cross-dresser). But he and the agency he created regularly flouted constitutional limits on power.

Reason · Jan 4, 2023