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Robin Lindley Interviews History Professor Chad L. Williams

Robin Lindley
November 01, 2024

A Conversation: History Professor Chad L. Williams on Discovering W.E.B. Du Bois’s Lost Book on Black Americans and the First World War. When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, the legendary American intellectual and activist W. E. B. Du Bois urged Black Americans to support the war effort and enlist in the military. He believed that full citizenship would become a reality for African Americans with a showing of patriotism and sacrifice in war.

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A Stone Suitable for a Great Man: John Edward Bruce

Mary Hoar
September 01, 2024

Prolific journalist and author John Edward Bruce laid in an unmarked grave at Oakland Cemetery in Yonkers for 100 years. The James H. Farrell Lodge #34, Prince Hall Masons, recognized the injustice of this important, talented man going unrecognized; they arranged to have a temporary marker placed on his grave.  The lodge is now raising funds for a permanent stone. 

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Book Review: White Fragility - Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

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Patricia Vaccarino
January 10, 2023

My childhood in Yonkers instilled me with a multi-ethnic, multi-racial view of life. My very first teacher, in kindergarten, was a woman of color. Throughout my life I have had friends and colleagues who are people of color. So why do I feel as though it is so difficult to talk about race? Furthermore, why did I have stiff resistance to reading this book?

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Playing 2nd Base, Number 42

E.G. Singer
April 15, 2022

Now imagine, it is April 14th, 1947.  Every professional player and coach you see on the baseball diamond is white. Seems strange doesn’t it?

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Laura Coates author of Just Pursuit seeks a fair legal system for Blacks

Nick J. Licata
March 05, 2022

Laura Coates, author of Just Pursuits, touches the heart as few other writers can. Her stories are not filled with anger or pity but with empathy for those caught in the legal-system web, both as victims and perpetrators.

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