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'40 Acres and a Lie' details a broken promise of reparations to formerly enslaved people
WLRN Miami· 5 days agoA three-part series from Reveal and the Center for Public Integrity tells the history of “40 Acres...
Built to maintain segregation, grants to help renovate some SC 'equalization schools'
The Post and Courier· 4 days agoIn some ways, the old Edgewood School is a memory of the Jim Crow regime that once oversaw education...
Kimball Shinkoskey: A shameful parade of political servility
The Sun Chronicle· 2 days agoAmerica has experienced some embarrassingly cultic, racist, and repressive moments over the past couple hundred years: The Mormon polygamy experiment in the 19th century; Ku Klux Klan and < ...
'Aiming for Freedom': Asheville honors Juneteenth with art, food, music in historic Block
Gannett via AOL· 2 days ago"Here, on the Block, because it holds the history and the legacy of Black resilience. You think...
These are Trump’s potential picks for vice president - ABC17NEWS
ABC17 NEWS· 3 hours agoWith just weeks until the Republican National Convention, where the former president is expected to announce his pick for vice president, sources have told CNN that these are the possible contenders on Trump’s mind.
San Francisco Giants Legend Willie Mays Dies at 93
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSan Francisco Giants legend Willie Mays died at age 93 on Tuesday, his family announced.“My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones,”...
Wait, so Jim Crow was a good period for Blacks? You could have fooled me
The Mining Journal· 7 days agoByron Donalds of Florida, whom multiple news outlets have put on Trump’s short list of possible running mates. “During Jim Crow the Black family was together ...
Minneapolis residents celebrate Juneteenth with annual 'Soul of the Southside' festival
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFour years ago, this south Minneapolis neighborhood was the charred epicenter of Minnesota's racial...
$4.25M grant to go to restoration of segregation-era school building on South Carolina campus
WLTX-TV Columbia· 1 day agoSchool buildings at 226 Bull Street in Columbia will soon undergo much needed restoration with a...
At age 50, MD nonprofit's National History Day keeps pushing students to seek difficult truths -...
The Daily Record· 5 days agoBui, of Temple, Texas, is one of half a million young scholars taking part in this year’s National...