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3 Black U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime
3 Black senators introduce bill to make lynching a federal hate crime. Representative Leonidas Dyer of Missouri sponsored an anti-lynching bill that was thwarted by Southern Democrats in the 1920s.
Read MoreJuneteenth and the future of Milwaukee
American descendants of slaves have celebrated Juneteenth for 153 years, but freedom remains elusive for many.
Read MoreHow the 14th Amendment’s Promise of Birthright Citizenship Redefined America
The 14th Amendment was ratified 150 years ago. Here’s how it attempted to stop plans to make the U.S. a white man’s country.
Read MoreNAACP sues Connecticut over ‘prison gerrymandering’
The suit coming from the NAACP is part of larger effort to fight practices that the NAACP argues are attempts to suppress minority voting via prison-based gerrymandering.
Read MoreMore police, criminalization and gang suppression will not end homelessness in San Francisco
This article is written about homelessness and wealth inequality in San Francisco and the way homelessness has been criminalized and is being policed.
Read MoreQueer Love in Color
This article from the New York Times contains intimate interviews and photographs of black, queer couples.
Read MoreMonticello recognizes the rest of Thomas Jefferson’s children
“President Thomas Jefferson was the father of his slave Sally Hemings’ children. Therefore, Monticello, where they lived and worked, is now as much the family home of my Hemings cousins and all the other slave descendants as it is mine,” says Jefferson’s 6th great-grandson.
Read MoreHidden portraits: African American life gets a spotlight
This article describes the photographs of unknown African Americans from the 20th century that are being displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Read MoreWhite Kid Wears KKK Costume To School As An Assignment… With Teacher’s Approval
Kid wears KKK costume to school to honor Klan leader.
Read MoreBetsy DeVos and the Department of Education Get Sued for Abandoning Discrimination Complaints
Betsy DeVos abandons discrimination complaints from the Dept. of Education. NAACP sues as a result.(See link to their complaint in this article.)
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