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The United States has forgotten its founders included Black men and women The Japan Times Source link
JACUMÉ, México — Near the towering border wall flanked by a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle, botanist Sula Vanderplank heard a quail in the scrub yelp “chi-ca-go,” a sound the birds use to signal they are separated from a mate or group. Then silence. A quail on the Mexican side called back, triggering a back-and-forth soundtrack […]
“], “filter”: { “nextExceptions”: “img, blockquote, div”, “nextContainsExceptions”: “img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”} }”> Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! >”,”name”:”in-content-cta”,”type”:”link”}}”>Download the app. The story of African American cyclists began strongly in the late 19th century thanks to Sergeant Mingo Sanders and his
In the summer of 1984, after he finished his first U.S. Foreign Service assignment, in Yugoslavia, Jan Krc flew to Washington, D.C., for what he thought would be a couple of weeks’ training en route to his next post, in South Africa. He thought nothing of it when he was called in for a security […]
Ketty Anyeko experienced first-hand the turmoil of the war in northern Uganda between the government and Lord’s Resistance Army rebels – and is now dedicating her scholarly efforts to supporting post-conflict resolution and pursuing justice for victims. A postdoctoral researcher at the University of Toronto, Anyeko is examining how children born of wartime sexual violence […]
By Kevin Hand BBC Sport Africa 2 hours ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Henry Olonga and Andy Flower donned black armbands at the 2002 Cricket World Cup to protest against the Robert Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe’s first black cricketer, Henry Olonga, says he has felt “hated” for 20 years following his black […]
“As a photographer, one has to accept the fact that one does invade other people’s privacy,” Eve Arnold commented in a BBC documentary in the 1980s. She was expressing misgivings about her professional relationship with Marilyn Monroe, and her intimate portraits of the actress that would establish Arnold as one of the 20th century’s leading […]
‘The Wounded World’: Du Bois’ forgotten work on WWIPhoto/Getty Images W. E. B. Du Bois By Jarret BencksJune 6, 2023 In the fall of 2000, Chad Williams was hunting through records at the W. E. B. Du Bois Library at the University of Massachusetts when he made a stunning discovery. Williams, a PhD candidate at […]
As Ian Foster continues to whittle down his options for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, one player who has starred for the Chiefs but is unlikely to gain an international recall is Pita Gus Sowakula. The Chiefs have recorded an unbeaten eight-game streak in the first half of the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season, with […]
Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Nadine WhiteSign up to our free fortnightly newsletter The Race Report Thousands of African students who fled Ukraine have been “frozen out” of receiving aid for those driven out by Russian attacks, The Independent has been told. Before the conflict, around 76 . […]