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“Non-educational value.” That is the phrase Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Department of Education used to describe the Advanced Placement African American Studies pilot program proposed …

For the past 12 years, civil rights historian Vicki Crawford has worked as the director of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection, where …

As an organizer who’s spent much of my life fighting for civil rights and access to the ballot box, I reflect on the work and …

As I briskly and excitedly ripped through the box that the FedEx delivery gentleman handed to me moments before, I wondered if my assumptions about …

The intersection of prayer and sports has been especially prominent in the aftermath of Damar Hamlin’s frightening collapse during an NFL game. All 32 NFL …

It does not require a quantum computer to figure out what would have happened if, instead of the more than 2,000 insurrectionists who staged a …

“You can’t tackle that subject.” “That’s too controversial!” “That doesn’t really happen.” These are things I was told when I dared to delve into the …

This year of great wonders and equal horrors has come to an end. Goodbye 2022. Hello 2023. While looking back over the past year, it …

Conclusion from previous edition. MIAMI (AP) – As their numbers continued to rise, their presence fueled racial and ethnic tensions. Then in the early 1980s, …

The first time I heard the names Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, and about their monumental contribution to the National Aeronautics and …