When local clubs don’t feel welcoming, recreational runners of various races, life stages and speeds are creating their own communities. The internet is helping them widen their reach.
Category: Black People
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Nontraditional Runners Are Finding Their Stride Online
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Bernadette Carey Smith, Black Reporter in Mostly White Newsrooms, Dies at 83
The New York Times – Business:She was one of the first Black female journalists at The New York Times and The Washington Post. The Times put her on the staff of a women’s news section.
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Black Equestrians Want to Be Safe. But They Can’t Find Helmets.
The New York Times – Sports:For Black riders with natural hair, finding a helmet that fits can be virtually impossible. Some are trying to raise awareness of the problem, but manufacturers say it’s not a simple fix.
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Building a New Canon of Black Literature
The New York Times – T Magazine:What older novels, plays and poems by African American writers are being — or should be — rediscovered?
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Black Soldiers Cycled 1,900 Miles Across the U.S. So He Did, Too.
The New York Times – Travel:A remarkable journey from Montana to St. Louis by 20 Black infantrymen in 1897 seemed doomed to obscurity until Erick Cedeño, a bicyclist, retraced their journey.
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Brian Flores’s Discrimination Case Against the N.F.L. Can Move to Court
The New York Times – Sports:A judge ruled that the former Miami Dolphins coach’s claims of discrimination against the league were not subject to private arbitration, opening a path for a public airing of grievances.
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Newspapers Drop ‘Dilbert’ Comic After Creator’s Rant About Black ‘Hate Groups’
The New York Times – Business:Scott Adams, who created the syndicated comic strip, also said that white people should “get the hell away from Black people,” prompting criticism from editors across the country.
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A Dave Brubeck Cantata Boasts Star Soloists: His Sons
The New York Times – Music:“The Gates of Justice,” a large-scale 1969 choral work about relations between Black and Jewish Americans, is being performed in Los Angeles.
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In Vail, 2,000 Black Skiers and Snowboarders Hit the Slopes
The New York Times – Travel:The National Brotherhood of Skiers recently observed 50 years of camaraderie on the slopes with parties, parades, s’mores and, of course, skiing and snowboarding.
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‘Tirailleurs’: Movie Honors the African Soldiers France Tried to Forget
The New York Times – Movies:The success of “Tirailleurs,” set in the mire and mayhem of World War I, has helped resurface the often neglected story of colonial soldiers forced to take up somebody else’s fight.
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Amiri Baraka’s ‘Blues People’ Comes Home to the Apollo
The New York Times – Music:The trumpeter and composer Russell Gunn will premiere “The Blues and Its People,” a suite inspired by Baraka’s influential text, to mark its 60th anniversary.