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Norwalk students receive full scholarships to historically Black college: ‘Truly a gift’

Two high school students will head to Livingstone College this fall, thanks to a scholarship to the historically Black school.

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Trappist abbey’s meditation garden honors enslaved people who once worked the land

What was once a plantation is now a Catholic Abby overseen by the first Black Catholic bishop in South Carolina.

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They were shot by police at the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. ‘I came home a different person’

Thousands of activists protested after George Floyd’s murder, and many of them bear the scars five years later.

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A look at the promise by George Floyd’s family to 38th and Chicago area in the years since grants awarded

Small Minneapolis businsses are among those who received part of nearly $500,000 in grants dispersed by George Floyd’s family.

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This Date in History: Brown v. Board of Education Is Decided

Heather Cox Richardson discusses two landmark civil rights anniversaries this weekend, includinf the one that barred school segregarion.

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Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress

Carla Hayden, the first woman and Black American to be Libraran of Congress, has been removed from her position after nine years.

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AmeriCorps cuts hit close to home, with program funding ended at the Milwaukee County Courthouse

More than 400 people have lost their Americorps jobs in Wisconsin, including those who helped visitors navigate the Milwaukee courthouse.

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Frustrations, fear of erasing history voiced after artifacts returned from African American history museum

Donors and those visitors who hoped to experience true Black history experienced frustration over changes enforced by the federal government.

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Columbia Canceled Her Course on Race and Media. She’s Going to Teach It Anyway.

One professor won’t let Columbia canceling her class stop her from teaching how media plays a role in race. She’ll teach the public instead.

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Abortion Saved Her. Now It Could Cost Her Freedom.

Black women in states where abortion isn’t protected fear the mental, legal, financial, and medical consequences of being unable to seek care.

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