Race – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:13:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Race – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 The African American Experience on the Panama Canal in the Early 20th Century https://brewminate.com/the-african-american-experience-on-the-panama-canal-in-the-early-20th-century/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:06:42 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=199710 African Americans started arriving on the Canal Zone in the early construction years of 1904–1908. The history of

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]]> Agent of Change: A Brief History of the Black Church’s Diversity https://brewminate.com/agent-of-change-a-brief-history-of-the-black-churchs-diversity/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:35:52 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=200730 The Black church came about when African Americans began to establish their own congregations. Introduction With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and

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]]> How Civil Rights Leader Mary McLeod Bethune Sought to Unify the African Diaspora https://brewminate.com/how-civil-rights-leader-mary-mcleod-bethune-sought-to-unify-the-african-diaspora/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:05:34 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=235256 How an archivist came to see Bethune as a global figure. Introduction When I first landed an internship

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]]> Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar Gave Dignity to the Black Experience in the 19th Century https://brewminate.com/poet-paul-laurence-dunbar-gave-dignity-to-the-black-experience-in-the-19th-century/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:02:13 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=203764 Dunbar became the first Black writer to earn international acclaim through his poetry, essays, and musical lyrics. Introduction

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]]> The Black Women Soldiers Who Demanded Opportunities during World War II https://brewminate.com/the-black-women-soldiers-who-demanded-opportunities-during-world-war-ii/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 01:44:49 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=196164 Four women went on strike at Fort Devins to do skilled jobs instead of ‘maid work’. In late

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]]> Wo-Chi-Ca: A Summer Haven for Black Artists from the Early to Mid-20th Century https://brewminate.com/wo-chi-ca-a-summer-haven-for-black-artists-from-the-early-to-mid-20th-century/ Sat, 11 Oct 2025 17:04:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=240072 Wo-Chi-Ca was born in 1935, catering mostly — but not exclusively — to children in the New York

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]]> William P. Powell Jr.: Pioneering Black Civil War Surgeon in the Union Army https://brewminate.com/william-p-powell-jr-pioneering-black-civil-war-surgeon-in-the-union-army/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:44:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=201346 Powell continued to practice medicine as a civilian. More than 180,000 African Americans—some free born, some escaped slaves—served

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]]> Racism, Colonization, and the Cartography of Power in the Eighteenth Century https://brewminate.com/racism-colonization-and-the-cartography-of-power-in-the-eighteenth-century/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:43:09 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=259192 The cartography of power drawn in that era still shapes our world. Understanding its contours remains a task

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]]> Fertile Ground for Division: Inside the ‘Return to the Land’ Movement in Rural Arkansas https://brewminate.com/fertile-ground-for-division-inside-the-return-to-the-land-movement-in-rural-arkansas/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:42:38 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=259101 The fields may be quiet in Arkansas. The towns may remain friendly. But the soil is being seeded

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]]> White League and Red Shirts: Racist Paramilitary Terror in the Late-19th Century America https://brewminate.com/white-league-and-red-shirts-racist-paramilitary-terror-in-the-late-19th-century-america/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:42:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=259203 If Reconstruction was the birth of a more expansive democracy, then the White League and Red Shirts were

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