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Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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The Black Mississippi teen's family questions whether his race contributed to his July 4th death on an island off the Mississippi coast. -
A grand jury found Wells' cause of death "consistent with drowning," and decided not to bring indictments. The teenager was found dead on Horn Island, after he boated there with friends to celebrate Independence Day. -
The former 49ers quarterback created an uproar in 2016 when took a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality. In The Perilous Fight he explains why he still wants to play football.
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The late superstar Dolly Parton had an incredible legacy in American culture. That was even true from a Black American viewpoint. The Black Wall Street Times' Nehemiah Frank describes Parton's impact.
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President Trump's Education Department is telling schools to stop considering race when it comes to school discipline. -
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Professor Shaun Harper about the intense media scrutiny of British sociologist Jason Arday and how the scholar's death has reverberated in Black academic circles.
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The Iowa National Bar Association turns 125 this year. We look at the history of the Des Moines organization that gave rise to the nation's largest network of Black and African American lawyers and judges. -
In 1864, Captain Silas Soule of the 1st Colorado Cavalry refused orders to kill innocent Native Americans. He wrote letters about the massacre, which may have changed the course of history.
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A gated community called Return to the Land in the northeastern Ozarks was designed exclusively for white people. A St. Louis realtor is challenging the plans after her application was rejected.
