The hulking, shuttered Eastern State Penitentiary, a short walking distance from Philadelphia's downtown, was in many ways the first modern American prison. Almost from its opening in the early 19th century, there were people calling for it, and prisons like it, to be shut down because they felt they were inhumane.
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The words of the late writer James Baldwin narrate the award-winning documentary I Am Not Your Negro.
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Mae Reeves and her husband Joel pose with her hats at Mae's Millinery in Philadelphia, circa 1953.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
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Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
Susan Glisson, former director of the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi, facilitates discussions on slavery and race.
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Native American protestors gather at a construction site for the Dakota Access pipeline to perform a daily prayer ceremony. Over 1,000 people, most Native American, have gathered at two prayer camps along the Cannonball River near its confluence with the Missouri in North Dakota to protest the Dakota Access pipeline.
Andrew Cullen
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Verona is a one-stop shop for original and stylish conservative wear, filling a long-term void in the fashion industry.
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Film director Ava DuVernay brings her talents to "Queen Sugar," a drama series premiering Tuesday Sept. 6 on Oprah's OWN network.
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A woman holds a picture of Mexican songwriter and singer Juan Gabriel near a statue of him during a mass in Mexico City's Garibaldi plaza, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016.
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