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Opinion | The difficult truth we have yet to confront 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoAs a Black Southerner and the son and grandson of Jim Crow survivors, my life exists in the shadow...
Learn about Lexington’s history of segregation, redlining at these community events
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSegregation is a common tale in American cities — most practiced discrimination in housing loans and...
The Black Maternal Health Crisis Is Generations in the Making—Here's How
Parents via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA long history of inequity led to the stark maternal healthcare disparities Black parents are facing but it doesn't have to remain this way. The racial disparities Black birthing parents face ...
The Green Book Helped Black Motorists Survive America’s Highways During Jim Crow
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Pixabay/Courtesy of HarperCollins/Library of...
Florida’s a battleground but not for votes. It’s the civil rights left vs. anti-woke right
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoAs protesters marched to the Florida Capitol on Wednesday for the second rally in three weeks to...
Historic acquittal in Louisiana fuels fight to review ‘Jim Crow’ verdicts
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoNonunanimous verdicts are no longer legal but state and federal courts have refused to make that...
The 1950s Burlesque Dancer Who Challenged Florida’s Anti-LGBTQ Dynamics
Time via Yahoo News· 2 months agoZorita (center) with her mother (left) and friend “Gus” (right), circa 1950s Credit - Courtesy of...
What Was Affirmative Action Really About? And What Happens Now?
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 11 months agoUniversities can no longer consider race in college admissions, the Supreme Court ruled today. The...
Supreme Court Declares Affirmative Action In Education Unconstitutional
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Supreme Court declared affirmative action programs at public and private colleges and...
TikTokers Warn Black Travelers of Sundown Towns
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“Don’t let the sun go down on you in this town.” If you were a Black traveler during the Jim Crow era and saw these words painted on a roadside sign, you...