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Unita Blackwell, civil rights pillar and first black woman mayor in Mississippi, dies at 86

Unita Blackwell, the sharecropper who later became the first black woman mayor in the state of Mississippi and advised six U.S. presidents, died Monday...

Disability rights activist speaks on campus

Jonathan Mooney didn’t learn how to read until he was 12 years old. He has dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorder and contemplated dropping out of...

February and the “black”-less activist

Last year, I wrote an article discussing Langston Hughes’ “The Negro Artist and The Racial Mountain.” Hughes’ essay discusses a young poet’s rejection of his “black identity” in an effort to declassify his talent. The poet’s disdain for identity has been echoed in contemporary society. From Raven-Symoné to Stacey Dash, the black community has been plagued...

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