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The very model of a modern ethnic group seeking self-determination. Photographer: Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images
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James Madison’s Montpelier in Virginia. (Kenneth M. Wyner/Courtesy of the Montpelier Foundation)
Too Many Americans Still Don’t See Black History As Their Own
When I return to Washington, the city where I was born and raised, I see places others do not. At 21st and K streets NW, I see the cheerful home of my great-grandmother, where a World Bank building now sits. On the rapidly gentrifying corridor near First and Bates...Caption:
Artistic depiction of Rumi, 1980
After Trump’s Election … U.S. Interest in Rumi Peaks
Washington- Last week, The Washington Post wrote: “How wonderful it is that Rumi, the 13th-century Muslim versifier, has become the best-selling poet in the United States! He might enjoy knowing that Trump’s America is snapping up translations of his tinged work even...Caption:
Credit Lauren Tamaki
Which Martin Luther King are We Celebrating Today?
Newburyport, Mass. — Every year on the third Monday of January, Americans of all races, backgrounds and ideologies celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He is rightly lionized and sanctified by whites as well as blacks, by Republicans as well as Democrats. It...Caption: