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In September 1950, a black father took his 7-year-old daughter by the hand and walked briskly for four blocks to an all-white school in their Topeka, Kan., neighborhood.Sumner was the closest elementary school to their home, but Linda Brown was not allowed to attend because of the color of her skin.

"The Determined Black Dad Who Took Linda Brown by the Hand and Made History" is from the March 27, 2018 Local section of The Washington Post. It was written by DeNeen L. Brown and narrated by Sam Scholl.

It had been four months since a rampage in Houston left 15 whites and four blacks dead — one of the only riots in U.S. history in which more white people were killed than black people. The soldiers had been convicted of murder and mutiny during the largest murder trial the country had ever seen — a court-martial in which 63 black soldiers were defended by a single counsel, a man who was not a trained attorney.

"Seeking Justice for the Mass Hanging of Black Soldiers After the Bloody 1917 Houston Riots" is from the August 24, 2017 Retropolis section of The Washington Post. It was written by DeNeen L. Brown and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Eighty-four years before Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter traveled from their home in Virginia to wed in Washington, there was another interracial couple who made the same trip for the sake of love.

"Before Loving v. Virginia, Another Interracial Couple Fought in Court for Their Marriage" is from the June 11, 2017 Retropolis section of The Washington Post. It was written by DeNeen L. Brown and narrated by Sam Scholl.

A historian collecting thousands of runaway slave ads describes them as “the tweets of the master class” in the 18th and 19th centuries.

"Hunting Down Runaway Slaves: The Cruel Ads of Andrew Jackson and ‘The Master Class’" is from the April 11, 2017 Retropolis section of The Washington Post. It was written by DeNeen L. Brown and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

When Venus Williams steps onto Centre Court at Wimbledon on Saturday to vie for her sixth title, she will be following in the footsteps of a black tennis pioneer.

"Althea Gibson's Amazing Win at Wimbledon in 1957 Paved the Way for Venus and Serena" is from the July 14, 2017 Retropolis section of The Washington Post. It was written by DeNeen L. Brown  and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

For much of her brief, sad life, Julia Pastrana was denigrated, dehumanized and put on display for the amusement — and profit — of others, including her own husband.

"‘The Bear Woman’: The Brief, Sad Life of Julia Pastrana" is from the June 03, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by DeNeen L. Brown and narrated by Sam Scholl.