DeNeen Brown
Feature Writer at The Washington Post
Washington Post feature writer. Covering Culture, Literature and the Arts in D.C. and beyond. Tweeting thoughts that give pause in a harried world.
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britannica.com | DeNeen Brown
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs—meant to address historical and systemic disparities based on race, gender, age, ability, and sexual orientation in the workplace—became a controversial cornerstone for both the government and private sector in the 21st century. The practice, once known as affirmative action, has its roots throughout U.S. history and pivotally in the mistreatment of a Black World War II veteran and how Pres. Harry S. Truman responded to it. Sgt.
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msn.com | DeNeen Brown
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washingtonpost.com | DeNeen Brown
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The quest for a U.S. presidential pardon for revolutionary Black nationalist leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey began more than 100 years ago, immediately after Garvey was convicted on racially motivated charges of mail fraud filed by the U.S. government. On July 1, 1923, two months after his conviction, more than 2,000 people gathered in a mass protest meeting at Liberty Hall in New York.
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Nov 12, 2024 |
postguam.com | DeNeen Brown
On Feb. 25, 1921, three months before the Tulsa Race Massacre erupted, World War I veteran C.L. Daniel wrote a letter to the U.S. War Department, asking for enough money to get home to his mother in Georgia. “I ant got no money and want to get home,” wrote Daniel, a Black man who was about 20 years old when he was honorably discharged from the Army in 1919. “Dear Sir, please send me a nof money to get me a job and to eat with till I get better …. I am asking for I nead it.
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Nov 12, 2024 |
msn.com | DeNeen Brown
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@DeNeenLBrown is one of the most gifted writers in America, an intuitive, astute, brilliant sister whom I've known for decades a woman I am proud to call friend. This piece hit me to my core. ICYMI, read it: The Case for Leaving America to Escape Racism https://t.co/wkvU8F1Kxx
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“Exterminate All the Brutes,” Reviewed: A Vast, Agonizing History of White Supremacy Raoul Peck’s four-hour documentary on HBO Max reveals the racist underpinnings of American national mythology and European society. https://t.co/DCInqwHX3a