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Billionaire MacKenzie Scott makes more historic donations to HBCUs
This recent $200 million donation adds to Mackenzie Scott’s previous $70 million donation to HBCUs earlier this year.
Read MoreJesse Jackson’s Health Struggles Highlight the Impact of His Civil Rights Leadership
Jackson’s allies point out his 66 years of activism, with even age and COVID failing to slow him entirely.
Read MoreU.S. WWII cemetery in the Netherlands removes displays about Black troops
The displays’ removal comes amid American parks and museums being forced to remove information about race by the Trump administration.
Read MoreVirginia’s probe into public universities’ displacement of Black neighborhoods no longer theoretical
The report is investigating properties that were acquired from Black neighborhoods to expand the college and families who were impacted.
Read MoreBaby Formula Recalled After Product Sickens 15 Infants
Botulinum found in ByHeart Baby Formula forces nationwide product recall.
Read MoreCrime dropped after Trump sent officers to Memphis. Not everyone is happy.
Trump sent troops into Memphis, claiming high crime rates, but while he calls it a success, it’s exacerbating some issues.
Read MoreAfrica Is Rising. The World Shouldn’t Turn Its Back.
Africa faces a major population surge as global powers retreat from aid and investment, causing the need for Black self-reliance.
Read MoreBlack Women Sweep Local Elections in Small Towns
Where Black Americans see politicians failing to represent them, they’re running for–and winning–local positions.
Read MoreThis Date in History: The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
White supremacists interfered with Black voters and overthrew the elected multiracial officials in what’s called the only successful American coup.
Read MoreJimmie C. Gardner, exonerated after 27 years in prison, forms foundation for social justice
D. Kevin McNeir, The Afro In 1990, Jimmie C. Gardner, now 59, was a member of the Chicago Cubs Minor League team in Charleston, W.Va., pursuing his lifelong dream of playing professional baseball. But after two elderly White women falsely accused him of sexual assault and robbery, he was arrested, convicted and sentenced to 110 years…
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