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HBCUs are getting creative to meet growing student housing demand

January 12, 2023
A rendering of a plan to use shipping containers for housing at Fisk University. (Fisk University)

HBCUs have to find creative ways to house students after an increase in enrollment over the last few years.

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One civil rights icon has been overlooked in history books. His family is trying to change that.

January 11, 2023
Martin Luther King Jr. kneels in prayer with the Rev. F.D. Reese and others before going to jail in Selma, Ala. They were arrested Feb. 1, 1965, after protesting Alabama's voter registration requirements. After the prayer, they all marched peacefully to jail. (Bettmann Archive)

Rev. Frederick Douglas Reese was a significant player in Selma during the Civil Rights Movement, and his grandsons are ensuring people know.

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Outrage mounts in D.C. after man fatally shoots boy, 13, he suspected was breaking into cars

January 10, 2023
Washington forensic sciences investigators at the scene of a shooting.( NBC Washington)

A man who fatally shot a young Black boy in Washington, D.C., might face charges for the boy’s death during an “interaction.”

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Why the Bruce’s Beach $20 million sale isn’t a model for reparations

January 10, 2023
Descendants of the original owners of Bruce's Beach on the land

Andrew W. Kahrl recognizes the significance of Bruce Beach changing hands, yet he also realizes it isn’t the path forward for reparations.

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Black Golden Globes winners bring ‘Black Girl Magic’ and more to the awards show

January 10, 2023
Quinta Brunson accepting an award

Quinta Brunson and Angela Bassett were among the Golden Globe winners bringing “Black Girl Magic” to the spring this season.

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Damar Hamlin is released from Ohio hospital after his cardiac arrest

January 9, 2023

Fans who have been waiting with bated breath for Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin’s release from the hospital after a heart attack can now exhale.

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Lawyers for Dr. Dre tell Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to stop using his music

January 9, 2023
Dr. Dre

The musician demand that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stop using one of his songs because he doesn’t allow any politicians to do so.

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Mississippi agency denies NAACP’s water discrimination claim

January 8, 2023
EPA Administrator Michael Regan, right, speaks to reporters at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, a Ridgeland, Miss.-based facility near Jackson, Miss., about longstanding water issues that have plagued the city, Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

One Mississippi department denies racism played a role in Jackson’s water crisis despite an NAACP claim on behalf of residents.

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Trial set for Black soldier suing police over violent stop

January 7, 2023
A trial in federal court in Richmond is set to begin Monday, Jan.9, 2023, for the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Army lieutenant, shown in the video, who was pepper sprayed, struck and handcuffed by police during a traffic stop but never arrested.(Windsor Police via AP, File)

One U.S. Army soldier is heading to trial against the officer who allegedly illegally detained and assaulted the servicemember in 2020.

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Phoenix police to probe detainment of Black Wall Street Journal reporter

January 6, 2023
Journalist Dion Rabouin. (CNBC)

One publication wants answers from Phoenix police after their reporter was detained in a cop car while doing his job.

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ABHM builds public awareness of the harmful legacies of slavery and Jim Crow in America and promotes racial repair, reconciliation, and healing. 

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