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Dead more than a century, now on research shelves, will Milwaukee’s early poor rest in peace?

Forest Home Cemetery will be the new final resting place for 831 souls who were disinterred from the area’s pauper cemeteries for study.

Alsobrooks and Blunt Rochester: Black Women Make Senate History

Amid a disastrous loss to President Trump, two Black women have made history as they become representatives for their respective states.

Project reveals UK sites where black Americans fought to end slavery

Abolitionist Frederick Douglas was among the anti-slavery activists who visited England to rally support for his case.

Colorado officer who killed Black man holding cellphone mistaken for gun won’t be prosecuted

The victim’s family is disappointed at the court’s decision, which is a failure to provide justice for Kilyn Lewis,

Why Black Kids Need the Education Dept. — and Why Trump Wants it Gone

Trump and others on the right see the Education Department as a wasteful, “woke” bureaucracy interfering with local control of schools.

Humanity and history: a Q&A with “Nat Turner in Jerusalem” director Tyrone Phillips

Tyrone Phillips talks to reporter Robert Chappell about the importance of telling this historical narrative through a Black lens.

Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss

An activist organization discovered that an American Internet has donated $1million to an white supremacist organization.

One year later, California’s system to find missing Black people is working through its challenges

While California implemented a system to track missing Black persons, who are often overlooked, there are still wrinkles to iron out.

New Virtual Gallery: Risking Everything, The Fight for Black Voting Rights

The fight for Black voting rights can be explored through virtual and physical exhibits, as well as ABHM’s book club.

Why Eric Adams Is Nothing Like David Dinkins

Comparisons between New York’s first and second Black mayor equate one’s corruption with the racism the other faced.