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Redress Movement aims to repair damage caused by decades of racism, discrimination in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor far too many years, Milwaukeeans have heard that they live in the most segregated community in...
Opinion | The difficult truth we have yet to confront 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAs a Black Southerner and the son and grandson of Jim Crow survivors, my life exists in the shadow...
Judge green lights FAMU students' lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in state funding
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for a lawsuit, which alleges racial discrimination in...
‘The Color of Law’ unveiled truths that Black Americans have always known | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOpEd: Redlining produced slums and segregation but also helped fuel the perception of inferiority...
Viewpoint: The tension between 'equality' and 'equity'
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoImagine a scenario where two students are being given a final exam. The exam has 100 questions, the...
Federal judge raises questions on discrimination class-action lawsuit against Florida A&M University
WJAX via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhile allowing attorneys to revise the case, a federal judge issued a ruling this week that...
MLK biographer Jonathan Eig: Americans are "missing the point of the King holiday"
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMartin Luther King Jr Underwood Archives/Getty Images Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the...
Right-wing states attacking diversity erase, repeat our ugly history of discrimination | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoOne common argument against the teaching of history is that it is a waste of time. And, given that...
Ruling: MN school segregation not unconstitutional unless lawmakers intended it
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRacial segregation in Twin Cities schools does not violate the state constitution unless it can be proven that state lawmakers intentionally caused that segregation, an appeals court panel ruled ...
‘Massive, systemic and institutional.’ How Lexington intentionally created a segregated city. |...
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLinda Blackford: In Lexington, a series of serendipitous events will shine a new spotlight on...