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Remembering Bayard Rustin, Civil Rights Leader and Gay Activist

Remembering Bayard Rustin, Civil Rights Leader and Gay Activist

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023

By: Jerald Podair  |  Feb 1, 2023 As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.”…

Tignon Laws: the Law That Prohibited Black Women From Wearing Their Natural Hair in Public

Tignon Laws: the Law That Prohibited Black Women From Wearing Their Natural Hair in Public

December 18, 2022December 18, 2022

By Mr Madu December 8, 2022 The tignon law was a 1786 law in Louisiana that forbade black women from going outdoors without wrapping their natural hair with a Tignon…

This Week In Black History October 26 – November 1, 2022

This Week In Black History October 26 – November 1, 2022

October 30, 2022October 30, 2022

Courier Newsroom October 27, 2022 October 26 1749—The British parliament legalizes slavery in the American colony, which would become known as Georgia. 1806—Benjamin Banneker dies at 74. He had become a recognized…

The stolen cells of Henrietta Lacks and their ongoing contribution to science

The stolen cells of Henrietta Lacks and their ongoing contribution to science

October 23, 2022October 23, 2022

In the past century, Henrietta Lacks has, arguably, done more to advance medicine than any other person. She played a material role in the development of polio vaccines, cancer treatments,…

How a High School Teacher Changed Early 20th-Century Insect Science

How a High School Teacher Changed Early 20th-Century Insect Science

August 21, 2022August 21, 2022

Systemic racism kept him from a position in higher education—but it didn’t stop Charles Henry Turner from rewriting our understanding of bees, ants, and cockroaches. BY EDWARD D. MELILLO AUGUST 15,…

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