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In gentrified East Austin, these three historically minority churches are at a crossroads
Three churches off East 10th Street — two historically Black, one historically Mexican — are weighing their options as ...
Pope Francis’ Legacy in the U.S.: A More Open, and Then Divided, Church
Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...
Record numbers of Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native women elected to state legislatures
Record numbers of Black, Hispanic, Asian, and Native women are serving in state legislatures this year, but remain ...
Did You Know That The Easter Monday Tradition In America Started Because Of Segregation?
What began as a pseudo-holiday for Black domestic workers who had to work on Easter Sunday and were banned from attending the ...
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Black Women in Accounting and their Success Stories
Continuing the theme from a previous column examining the experience of Black women accounting leaders, I had the good ...
What It Means to Tell the Truth About America
What Flanagan understands is that the real story of America includes the story of slavery. He looked around at all the people ...
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Oral histories preserve African Americans' takes on life, in the Crescent City and across the U.S.
Shukrani Gray, head of access and opportunity at the library, has worked extensively with The HistoryMakers database, and she ...
“It’s so many of us, but we don’t know where we are buried,’ Organization creates database for unmarked and missing African American graves
Generations of African Americans are buried across the Shenandoah Valley, but many of their final resting places remain ...
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Baltimore residents reflect on death of Freddie Gray
Reflections on the impact of Freddie Gray's death and its effect on Baltimore and the nation. Promises of justice and reforms still unmet.
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Racial diversity of scientists could increase enrollment of Black clinical trial participants
Research from Harvard Kennedy School’s Marcella Alsan shows Black survey respondents’ interest in clinical trials increased ...
How people of color contributed to the American Revolution in Massachusetts
A Concord man is making sure that the contributions of people of color during the Revolutionary War do not go unnoticed.
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Critics see Trump attacks on 'Black Smithsonian' as effort to sanitize racism in US history
ATLANTA — President Donald Trump's order accusing the Smithsonian Institution of not reflecting American history notes correctly that the country's Founding Fathers declared, “all men are ...