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“Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy held a secret meeting here yesterday with a group of prominent Negroes to obtain their views on methods of combating segregation and discrimination in the North,” Robinson’s article began.

From Slate • Aug. 18, 2025

Reporter: The first thorough study of Negroes and how they live in this country was completed only a few months ago.

From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2023

In the same interview, he noted ruefully that although he sang music with “roots in the Black culture of American Negroes, Africa and the West Indies,” most of his fans were white.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

However, the Home for Aged and Indigent Negroes was rebuilt in the early 1950s, and the infirmary was destroyed by fire in 1949.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2022

These were typical jobs that Negroes took in order to keep their families afloat and move their children ahead.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson