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U.S. District Judge Steve Jones Rules GOP’s Redistricting Maps Unfair to Georgia’s Black Voters
Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia slapped down the redistricting maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature…
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Rise East Project: East Oakland Youth Development Center Assures Youth Have Input in the Future of Their Neighborhood
Part 5 By Tanya Dennis Rise East is a $100 million privately funded initiative to rebuild Black neighborhoods in a…
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Harriet Jacobs: A Beacon of Resistance Against the Darkness of Slavery
Within the fabric of American history, certain narratives rise above the rest, illuminating the darkest corners of our past while…
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Seeking Zero-Tolerance of Slavery: The Abolitionism Movement
The trans-Atlantic slave trade introduced a system of slavery that was commercialized, racialized and inherited, according to The New York…
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Westley (“Wess”) Watende Omari Moore: Maryland’s First
Wess Moore (born 1978) has taken his own place in the history of American politics. He is Maryland’s first Black…
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More Books Touch on Different Eras as Black History Month Nears End
It’s been more than a century since the Tulsa Race Massacre, and it still seems like there’s much to learn…
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Our Challenge During Black History Month: Resistance to Ignorance
Each year the Association for the Study of African American Life and History sets a… The post Our Challenge During…
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The Unapologetic Assault on Black History in America
Will you sit back and allow it to happen? Are you proud to be Black?… The post The Unapologetic Assault…
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