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One Year Later Sophie Kloppenburg Continues to Inspire

Posey County Candlelight Ceremony

One year has passed since Sophie Kloppenburg and her supporters successfully installed a memorial bench and sign concerning the 1878 lynching of seven back men in Posey County, Indiana. If you thought that was the end of this story, it was not. Because, one year later, Sophie continues to inspire.

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Caught in the middle: Blacks in Israel say war is ‘inhumane’

Black residents of Israel want an end to the violence committed by both sides of the Israel and Palestine conflict.

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Scholastic Reverses Controversial Decision to Separate Books on Race, Gender, and Sexuality 

Man at a book fair

A company that introduces new books to students has walked back a decision to separate potentially controversial titles at book fairs.

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A Landmark Year for a Rare Calendar

A storied calendar’s next release will feature beautiful shots by a talented Black photographer named Prince Gyasi.

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Moving to the Foreground: A Look at Black Women and the March on Washington

Women civil rights leaders are gearing up for the 2023 March on Washington and reflect on the role of female activists sixty years ago.

For 60 years, Black women have been participating in the March on Washington, even though they have often been overlooked.

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Florida Decides to Teach That Our Ancestors Benefitted From Being Enslaved

The Florida department of education has approved an education plan that lauds the benefits slavery instead of the humans rights atrocity.

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Sotomayor and Jackson slam idea that U.S. is ‘colorblind’

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is working on a memoir. Jackson, the first Black woman appointed to the court, is calling the book “Lovely One." “Mine has been an unlikely journey,” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Justices Sotomayor and Brown Jackson are not staying quiet about the Supreme Court’s decisions to strike down affirmative action.

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How ex-Confederates spread racist attitudes far and wide after the Civil War

The National Bureau of Economic Research has traced the impact of former Confederates migrating from the south and brining racism with them.

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Harry Belafonte put it all on the line for Black people: his career, his heart, his soul

“Harry Belafonte truly showed and gave a blueprint on how to literally live the walk and walk the talk in ways that we just have never seen before.”

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Black and Latina Mothers’ induced labor rates rise due to systematic racism

A new study found that Black and Latina mothers in the US may have been induced into labor based on the needs of White pregnant women.

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