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In 1892, a Black man was lynched in the Hudson Valley

A new book about the mob killing of a Black man in 1892 shares eye-opening history of Hudson Valley racism and slavery

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The true legacy of Jackie Robinson s Dodgers debut is complicated

MLB’s integration 75 years ago decimated the Negro Leagues, leaving many Black players, coaches and executives with nowhere to go.

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Bethlehem Steel history: how a Black employee achieved success, fame in ′20s

Joseph Luther Ray, a man rarely mentioned in Lehigh Valley histories, stood close to one the area's most powerful figures of the 1900s, Charles Schwab, president of Bethlehem Steel.

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Black History Month: Black journalists were pioneers

African American journalists went where the mainstream didn t. Their work had a national impact still felt today.

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Black History Month: Black journalists were pioneers

African American journalists went where the mainstream didn t. Their work had a national impact still felt today.

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