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In the last decade, at least 20 states have passed laws or policies that restrict how history can be taught in schools. Since ...

It traces black history in Ireland as far back as the Viking and Roman eras, through to the presence of African American GIs ...

Discover the 10 groundbreaking African American films that transformed cinema, broke barriers, and shifted cultural conversations nationwide.

And within those trees are the ruins, if you will, of the encampment where the African American people lived. Their church, their dilapidated school, their 75 to 80 houses that they lived in ...

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Word In Black This post was originally published on Afro From country and gospel to jazz and rhythm and blues, ...

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Carol Moseley Braun releases the story of her greatness. "Trailblazer: Perseverance in Life and Politics" details Braun’s ...