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Elmira's Madison Ave. Bridge to be renamed for civil rights icons. How they made an impact
The Corning Leader· 5 days agoOne of the bridges that connects Elmira's north and southsides will be officially renamed in honor...
Major Investigation Discovers More Than 1,200 Formerly Enslaved People Received – and Then Lost –...
Mother Jones· 6 days agoThe discovery is significant because it was largely assumed the program only promised land to Black people, and yet this investigation demonstrates that was not the case, even though they were ...
Bodycam footage shows 'wrongful arrest' & release of high school senior
ABC45 Greensboro· 13 hours agoLa'Nisha Hemingway, 18, who was a senior in high school at the time, was driving to meet friends on...
5 Black History Landmarks in the U.S. You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
AFAR· 1 day agoThe D.C.-based tour guide set out to write 111 Places after feeling that not many African American stories were being told regularly...
How the US revoked land grants to Black Americans
Mother Jones· 1 day agoFour days after Easter Sunday, a group of about 10 Confederate spies bedded down for the night at a South Carolina cotton plantation. For days the spies...
We Asked Republican Senators About Pride Month. It Got Awkward.
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“The best thing I can do to help Pride is end the war in Gaza,” said Senator Lindsey Graham, a South...
This law is a lifeline for pregnant workers even as an abortion dispute complicates its enforcement
ABC News· 14 hours agoVictoria Cornejo Barrera thought the legal helpline for workers sounded too good to be true. A month...
True Vision Church honors pastor who led push for Juneteenth
San Antonio Express-News· 2 days agoAmong long rows of white markers, the Rev. Sherman Clifton Byrd lies at rest at Fort Sam Houston...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 15 hours agoCollege campuses across the nation have lit up in protests against the U.S. government’s support of Israel in its war with Gaza over the last several weeks. From the University of California ...
New documentary explores history of Columbia's 'Black Wall Street'
The Post and Courier· 18 hours agoPlanned by 7Sunday’s Deon Generette, who was unavailable for comment, the Extravaganza is meant to...