Building a New Canon of Black Literature
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.
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.
Brian Flores’s Discrimination Case Against the N.F.L. Can Move to Court
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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Elon Musk Accuses Media of Bias for Dropping ‘Dilbert’
The Tesla and Twitter chief called the media racist as newspapers stopped running “Dilbert” after the comic strip’s creator, Scott Adams, described Black people as a “hate group.”