How the rise of the automobile and modern policing became a perilous combination for Black Americans

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How the rise of the automobile and modern policing became a perilous combination for Black Americans

Racism and police misconduct certainly didn't start with the advent of the automobile. There were plenty of African-Americans who, during the 19th Century, got around via horse-drawn vehicles and were victimized by police aggression. But journalist Michael Quander describes the ways in which modern ...

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On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot deliveredone of the most

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1928

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9

1905

U.S. Supreme Court decision

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5

1917

Jonathan A. Rodgers becomes president of CBS's television stations division, the

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1990

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7

1927

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1970

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12

1966

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1969

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27

1872

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1992

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1852

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1961

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1968

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1969

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1959

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1922

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18

1860

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1925

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1950

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1921

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