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Black-led nonprofits didn’t see the lasting funding boosts promised after 2020’s racial reckoning

While large Black-led nonprofits saw increased funding for several years, smaller organizations that could benefit greatly were not so blessed.

Protests and cancellations mar Trump administration’s America 250 tour

Linda McMahon’s “History Rocks!” tour hits roadblocks as multiple states cancel stops amid claims of partisan indoctrination and hypocrisy.

Alumni Interviewers Say Harvard’s Ban on Mentioning Race Has Created Confusion in Write-Ups

Harvard is among many colleges that have changed their admission and funding processes due to anti-DEI pressure from the federal government.

Photographs from WHS Freedom Summer Archive

This selection of photographs from the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Freedom Summer Archive documents the grassroots activism and local organizing that defined Mississippi’s 1964 Freedom Summer. Preserved through the foresight of WHS archivists and civil rights participants, these images have informed national and traveling exhibits, including Risking Everything, and support ABHM’s ongoing work connecting Southern civil rights struggles to activism in Milwaukee and beyond.

Photographs from UWM March on Milwaukee Archive

This selection of photographs from the March on Milwaukee archive documents the city’s pivotal fair housing movement of the 1960s, when activists challenged segregation through sustained protest and direct action. Together, these images capture Milwaukee’s vital role in the national struggle for civil rights and the passage of federal fair housing legislation.

‘We didn’t make it for a white audience’: how black theatre took centre stage in Australia

Australian artists can enjoy theater starring and directed by Black talent as more of the diaspora participate in performing arts.

Welcoming Tawanda Mutasah as AJWS’s new President and CEO

Zimbabwe-born Mutasah has worked for organizations around the globe, mostly recently Oxfam America, in his quest for human rights.

Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95

West, who was recognized by the U.S. Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018 for her contributions to satellite modeling, has passed.

Civic Media to acquire Wisconsin’s first Black-owned radio station, Milwaukee Courier newspaper

The newspaper, which was run by Dr. Jerell Jones for 61 years until his death earlier this year, is being sold by his daughter.

Tax targeting Gullah-Geechee landowners on Sapelo Island could force land loss

A revised tax plan reflects new developlments and not the goals to keep the Gullah community in their homes, according to opponents.