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Virginia school board to vote on restoring names of Confederate leaders to schools
AOL· 18 hours agoThe measure would reverse the board’s decision in 2020 to change the names of schools that had been linked to Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Turner Ashby, three men who led the pro-< ...
Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 3 hours agoA Vodouist clad in white invokes a gede spirit during the Saint George celebration, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 24, 2024. Shunned publicly by politicians and intellectuals for centuries, ...
8 genre-defining Black country, folk and blues musicians
The Week· 1 day agoOn her 2020 album, "Uncivil War," she "is not content to merely sing blues fodder about love gone...
At Capitol Rally, Former Inmates Share Memories of Forced Labor - Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles Sentinel· 2 days agoWilson, Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), was speaking at an April 29 rally at the State Capitol organized to promote “The End Slavery in California ...
Teaching beyond the classroom: Chira brings students to Cuba | The Emory Wheel
The Emory Wheel· 2 days ago“My undergraduate students are one of the biggest joys in my life, inside and outside of work,”...
Lee Hawkins unpacks family history and intergenerational trauma in new podcast
MPR News· 2 days agoJournalist Lee Hawkins grew up in Maplewood, but Alabama has always haunted his family. In a new...
Virginia judge to decide whether state law considers embryos as property
WJXT Jacksonville· 12 hours agoA trial is underway in Virginia that will determine whether state law allows frozen embryos to be...
Over century old historic site in Edgecombe County tied to slavery now has new leadership
WUNC Chapel Hill· 4 days agoAn 153-year-old historic site in Edgecombe County held an event Saturday to celebrate new leadership taking over. The Franklinton Center at Bricks' new executive director is Douglas Wooten.
Virginia School Board Considers Restoring Confederate Names to Schools
US News & World Report· 1 day agoThe motion would undo the school board's decision in 2020 stripping a high school and elementary school of the names of three military leaders of the pro-slavery Southern ...
CORRECTION - Doman Building Materials Group Ltd. Announces First Quarter 2024 Financial Results
Digital Journal· 11 hours agoIn the Company’s announcement dated May 9, 2024, the 2023 comparative year EBITDA was corrected from $33.2 million to $44.8 million. Doman Building Materials Group Ltd. (“Doman” or “the Company ...