Maryland lawmakers approve measure to study reparations for slavery
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Maryland lawmakers voted Wednesday to create a commission to study and recommend potential reparations for slavery and ...
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Former Utah Rep. Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to the US House, has died
SALT LAKE CITY -- Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first ...
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Robert Clark, Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96
LEXINGTON, Miss. -- Robert G. Clark, who was elected in 1967 as Mississippi's first Black lawmaker of the 20th century ...
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris to be honored by NAACP with Chairman’s Award
NEW YORK -- Former Vice President Kamala Harris is to receive the NAACP 's Chairman's Award during the civil rights ...
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NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
WASHINGTON -- The NAACP wants Black Americans to steer their buying power toward companies that haven’t pulled back from diversity, ...
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Black church vandalized by Proud Boys given rights to the group’s name and trademark by court
Washington D.C. -- A D.C. Superior Court Judge has awarded an historic Black church control over the Proud Boys trademark ...
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Black History Month explained: its origins, celebrations and myths
WASHINGTON -- Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation will mark the start of Black History Month ...
Read moreDetailsMaria Elena Cruz picked to be the first Latina and first Black person on the Arizona Supreme Court
PHOENIX -- Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday, making the state ...
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Florida requires teaching Black history. Some don’t trust schools to do it justice
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Buried among Florida's manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the ...
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White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor through door faces manslaughter sentence in Florida
A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute over the ...
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