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How 2020’s racial unrest led four friends to create a scholarship for Black students

Nziffa, with input from her three childhood best friends, created a scholarship for their alma mater in Camden, Caesar Rodney High School. 

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Florida’s 6-week abortion ban will disproportionately impact Latina and Black women, advocates say

Advocates worry the Florida’s new law would result in more people of color being forced to carry unwanted pregnancies to term

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott seeks pardon for man convicted in murder of Black Lives Matter protester

Texas Governor Greg Abbott seeks pardon for a man convicted in the murder of a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020.

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Kamala Harris, at Former Slave Port in Ghana, Ties Past to Present

The vice president reflected on the past and the United States’ connection with Africa during an international visit.

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Very few architects are Black. This woman is pushing to change that

There is a devastating story that Pascale Sablan sometimes tells when she talks about the experiences that have shaped who she’s become.

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The Women Behind the Black Press

Professor Ava Thompson Greenwell knows it’s time for Black women in journalism to receive credit for their work.

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Beyoncé, Lizzo, Viola Davis Among Early NAACP Image Awards Winners

In anticipation of the Image Awards, NAACP as released the names of nominees, including actors and musicians, all this week.

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Tennessee’s largest county to study reparations for descendants of enslaved people

Former Shelby County Schools board member Miska Clay-Bibbs s

Board members in Shelby County, Tennessee support reparations for descendants of enslaved people, but not everyone finds it feasible.

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Rihanna rises and shines during Super Bowl halftime performance — and reveals she’s pregnant with second child

Rihanna performs onstage during the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show

Rihanna’s halftime Super Bowl concert also served as an announcement of the singer’s second pregnancy.

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The 1619 Project Centers Us and Our Story

Epistemic violence, includ the intentional removal, erasure, or minimalization of contributions to society from a specific group of people. has victimized Black people since the 1400s. Nikole Hannah-Jones’ “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story,” “aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of the United States’ national narrative.”

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