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They stood up to police brutality and fed poor kids. They were hated by the FBI. Meet the Black Panther Party.

Incredibly relevant today.

Taken #OTD in 1958. Is this the greatest photo in jazz history? Who can you spot? http://www.udiscovermusic.com/amazing-photograph-jazz-histo

Photo of some of the "Harlem Hell Fighters" soldiers of the 369th (15th New York) who won the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action during their World War I s...ervice overseas. The "Hell Fighters" nickname was given to them by the "Germans due to their toughness and that they never lost a man through capture, lost a trench or a foot of ground to the enemy... The Regiment consisted of African-Americans and Puerto Ricans and was known for being the first African-American regiment to serve with the American Expeditionary Forceduring World War I." They were active from 19131945 and their motto was "Don't tred on me.

Pictures like this will never go viral. All black fathers are not deadbeats.

"He was very generous, very kind, one of the most humble men I’ve ever met." Archie Shepp on John Coltrane. Read more:

Today in history, Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize for Best Fiction for her seminal novel, The Color Purple. Published in 1982, the Color Purple put Alice Wa...lker firmly in the literary pantheon of great American writers. The novel focuses on the experience of Black women in the rural South in the 1930s and explores their low social status as the most marginalized in the society. In 1985, the novel was adapted into an acclaimed movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah. The BBC serialized the novel into a radio drama in 2008, dividing the novel into ten 15-minute episodes. Most recently, in 2015, the m/usical was revived on Broadway starring Jennifer Hudson. See more