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News Articles: Series: Black History Month 2022

Post racist attack in 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. American National Red Cross Photograph Collection.

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  • Race

Why does Black History Month matter?

There is an ongoing debate as to whether U.S. history segregates Black history in February or whether Black History Month brings forward necessary untold stories.

February 27, 2022
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By:
  • Sandhya Dirks
<em>Curtis</em> creator Ray Billingsley works in his home studio in Stamford, Conn.

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  • Arts & Life

For decades, cartoonist Ray Billingsley has depicted Black family life in 'Curtis'

He got past obstacles in the industry to bring a mostly Black cast of characters to newspapers and digital platforms across the country.

February 27, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Pointer
Left to right: Xyenz Fyxion, Asante Amin, and Aidah Z. M.

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  • Photography

Reflecting on the power of affirmations for Black History Month

Daily affirmations can highlight traits we already possess or summon who or what we aspire to be. Photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn says they're an important part of a larger self-care routine.

February 26, 2022
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By:
  • Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts are the first same-sex couple to be featured on the cover of <em>Essence</em>.

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  • Race

Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts are the 1st same-sex couple on the cover of Essence

In the interview with the magazine, they opened up about their love story and how their relationship blossomed into marriage. The duo tied the knot in 2020.

February 26, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Shirley Caesar performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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  • Music

Pastor Shirley Caesar: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

The "First Lady of Gospel Music" delivers a sampling of her vast music ministry in this Tiny Desk home Concert.

February 25, 2022
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By:
  • Mitra I. Arthur
Authors Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson say it's important to be honest with children about the history of race and slavery in America.

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  • Author Interviews

'Born on the Water' gives Black children in America their origin story

Authors Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson discuss the importance of teaching young people about the history of slavery and racism in America with honesty and respect.

February 24, 2022
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By:
  • Jason Fuller
Tintype of a Civil War soldier, 1861 - 1865

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  • Photography

A picture of U.S. democracy in action: Black people at work, rest and play

A mantra for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is to explore American history through an African American lens.

February 22, 2022
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By:
  • Walter Ray Watson
GPB News NPR

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  • Photography

Photo of entertainer Josephine Baker is one to appreciate at the Smithsonian

Curator Aaron Bryant recently spoke to NPR about some favorite Black photographic subjects in the Smithsonian's collection. He remembers a photo of Josephine Baker in France from the 1920s.

February 22, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
People pledge allegiance to America as they receive U.S. citizenship at a naturalization ceremony for immigrants in Los Angeles in 2017.

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  • Race

1 in 10 Black people in the U.S. are migrants. Here's what's driving that shift

The breadth of what it means to be a Black American is widening, according to new analysis of the latest migration statistics.

February 21, 2022
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By:
  • Justine Kenin and
  • Jason Fuller
Tenor Curtis Bannister sings the role of Stan in Beethoven's <em>Fidelio</em>, in a dress rehearsal.

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  • Music Features

Prison choirs sing in a reboot of Beethoven's opera about unjust incarceration

A New York City opera company created an updated version of Fidelio for the Black Lives Matter era. The performance features singers who are incarcerated in real life.

February 19, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Big Rodeo Project, Greenville, Miss.

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  • Race

Not their first rodeo: How Black riders are reclaiming their place in cowboy culture

Black cowboys are often missing in pop culture depictions of cowboy culture. In reality, they have been a big part of cowboy history, as some estimates suggest as many as 1 in 4 cowboys were Black.

February 19, 2022
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By:
  • Grace Widyatmadja and
  • Photos by Justin Hardiman
Nina Simone, in performance in 1964.

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  • Music Lists

Black Voices in American Music: The Playlist

Some of the first truly American music was created by Black voices. In this playlist, pianist Lara Downes offers a broad range of songs that speak to the irrepressible, irresistible sound of hope.

February 19, 2022
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By:
  • Lara Downes
David Harris became the first Black man to fly a commercial airliner when he was hired by American Airlines.

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  • Arts & Life

'Segregated Skies' tells the story of the first Black pilot for a commercial airline

When American Airlines hired David Harris in 1964, he became the first African American pilot to fly for a commercial airline. Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cottman's Segregated Skies tells his story.

February 18, 2022
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden, pictured around 1942, with her granddaughter, Mary Othella Burnette, and two of Hayden's great-grandchildren.

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  • History

A granddaughter passes on the legacy of 'Granny Hayden,' a midwife born into slavery

"If somebody needed help — Granny was going. Black and whites alike, it made no difference to her," Mary Othella Burnette says of her late grandmother, a second-generation midwife in Black Appalachia.

February 18, 2022
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By:
  • Jo Corona and
  • Emma Bowman
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

NFL hires former AG Loretta Lynch to handle its racial discrimination suit

The former attorney general was tapped in 2020 by the NFL to work on an inquiry into claims of workplace misconduct involving the then-Washington Football Team.

February 16, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
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