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House Dems reintroduce reparations legislation: 'We refuse to be silent'
House Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced legislation that aims to find ways to deliver reparations to Black Americans w...
Continue readingEvanston’s First “Reparations” Payments Have Gone Out. Here’s How It Was Spent.
Ramona Burton bought her house, a three-bedroom ranch style home in Evanston, Illinois, 46 years ago. When her husband d...
Continue readingJuneteenth and the Broken Promise of “40 Acres and a Mule”
For many Black Americans, Juneteenth is a day of celebration. Observed on June 19th, the holiday commemorates the day th...
Continue readingA Move for 'Algorithmic Reparation' Calls for Racial Justice in AI
Forms of automation such as artificial intelligence increasingly inform decisions about who gets hired, is arrested, or...
Continue readingFor democracy to work, racial inequalities must be addressed, Stanford scholars say
The Stanford Center for Racial Justice is taking a hard look at the policies perpetuating systemic racism in Ame...
Continue readingGeorge Floyd: What happened in the final moments of his life
The US has been convulsed by nationwide protests over the death of an African-American man in police custody. ...
Continue readingThe Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws
After the United States Civil War, state governments that had been part of the Confederacy tried to limit the voting rig...
Continue readingThe Long Shadows Of Slavery And Jim Crow: Uncovering The Economic Impact On Black Americans
Racial inequality has been one of the most stubborn challenges confronting American society. Black Americans continue to...
Continue reading5 Black American Towns Hidden Under Lakes And Ultimately From History Books
Shoutout to Amber Ruffin! In a video clip that has now gone viral, Ruffin kicked off a segment of her Amber Ruffin...
Continue readingThe Race Riots of 1919
American servicemen returned from the First World War only to find a new type of violent conflict waiting for them a...
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