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African-American-related controversies

  • Racial segregation in the United StatesIn 1832, Prudence Crandall admitted an African American girl to her all-white Canterbury Female Boarding School in Canterbury, Connecticut.
  • Gone with the Wind (novel)Margaret Mitchell began writing Gone with the Wind in 1926 while recovering from a slow-healing injury sustained in an auto crash.
  • The Civil War (miniseries)Mathew Brady's photographs inspired Ken Burns to create a nine-episode documentary spanning more than ten hours. The production team gathered some 16,000…
  • Slavery in the United StatesIn 1703, more than 42 percent of New York City households held enslaved people in bondage. This figure stood second only to Charleston, South Carolina, where…
  • Fuck tha PoliceThe 1989 album Straight Outta Compton features a track that inverts the legal system. Dr. Dre takes the role of judge while three group members act as…
  • Donald SterlingDonald T. Sterling was born Donald Samuel Tokowitz on the 26th of April 1934, in Chicago. His family moved to the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles when he…