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Tip Your Cap to the Negro Leagues!
Former presidents and scores of baseball players, professional athletes, sports executives, entertainers, journalists, and more join in an unprecedented tribute to the 100th anniversary of the founding of baseball’s Negro Leagues.
The Me I See: My Race, My Faith, My Identity
COMMENTARY: My faith doesn’t just inform my identity. It becomes the lens through which I’m able to see who I really am.
Frederick Douglass, July 4th, and remembering Babylon in America
Frederick Douglass used the words of Psalm 137 in his famous speech, ‘What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?’ For centuries, this poem has resonated with writers and composers on how humans deal with trauma.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
THE BEAT by Allen Parr: How to Resist Temptation as a Christian
HERITAGE FOCUS
Mary Lou’s Sacred Jazz
Commentary: Mary Lou Williams inspired Duke Ellington and a generation of future jazz legends. But it’s her sacred jazz, and journey of faith, that captivated my spirit.
Juneteenth: Freedom’s promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable to make bail
Just as with so many other criminal justice policies, pretrial detention disproportionately affects African-American men and women, destabilizing black families in the process.
Miniseries about Madam C.J. Walker Leaves Out Philanthropic Legacy
America’s first self-made female millionaire and founder of a black hair-care empire supported the NAACP and the Tuskegee Institute, helped preserve Frederick Douglass’ home. She also tried to used her prominence to stop lynching.
