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An Original Freedom Rider Reflects on the Struggle

Hank Thomas was arrested in 1961, when he was just a teenager, for riding segregated buses in a south that ignored desegregation laws.

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Tony Awards 2014 Belong to Audra McDonald

Audra Mcdonald

Audra McDonald became the most decorated Broadway actress of all time with her recent Tony win for Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.

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Transgendered Student Denied Equal Treatment

Jayce, a Black trans man attending George Fox University is not allowed a room in the men’s dorms.

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Obamacare Enrollment Surging With Last-Minute Sign-Ups

Although registering for coverage through HealthCare.gov has not always been a smooth process, Americans continue to do so.

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Video: Black Youth, Black Police & Transformative Justice

The Black Youth Project100, youth activists for racial equality, hosts a conversation with a Black officer who was racially profiled.

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8 Influential Women of 2014

Activists, police, and politicians are among the women who led and pushed for change around the globe in 2014.

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A Frank Talk About Race

America’s Black Holocaust Museum hosted a frank discussion about race that attracted participants of many races.

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Amiri Baraka, former N.J. poet laureate and prolific author, dead at 79

We remember the prolific life and work of Amiri Baraka, whose poetry, essays, and nonfiction works earned him recognition in his home state.

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How Many Africans Were Really Taken to the U.S During the Slave Trade?

The Middle Passage

Henry Louis Gates Jr. reveals the shocking truth about how many Africans were kidnapped from their homelands–and how many made it to the USA.

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Act Like a Slave?

The family of a mix-raced child who was exposed to racial slurs during an allegedly educational experience about slavery have concerns.

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