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Librarian of Congress Names Tracy K. Smith 4th Poet Laureate of Color

June 14, 2017 Staff 0

The Librarian of Congress has appointed Tracy K. Smith as the Library’s 22nd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, for 2017-2018. Smith will take up her duties in the fall, opening the Library’s annual literary season […]

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Alabama Governor Signs Law Giving Thousands of Felons Their Right to Vote Back

May 29, 2017 Staff 0

 by Kira Lerner, ThikProgress Supporters for a bill that would automatically restore voting rights to convicted felons upon their release from prison hold up signs supporting the bill during a news conference Thursday, Feb. 9, […]

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Memorial Day in Black America

May 29, 2017 Staff 0

Memorial Day 2017 is here, and it is the 149th year of its celebration. It started as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868. It is a federal holiday set aside to honor […]

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Miss USA Crowned Competing With Her Natural Hair

May 15, 2017 Staff 0

The District of Columbia has won back-to-back Miss USA titles and both of them are women of color. Kara McCullough, a 25-year-old scientist working for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was crowned Sunday at the […]

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Judge Allows White Alabama Town To Segregate Their Schools

May 14, 2017 Staff 0

An Alabama judge has given a predominately white town the right to remove itself from the current racially mixed school system to create their own that would most likely result in all-white schools. To make matter worse: Judge […]

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New Orleans Removes Confederate Statues To Mixed Reaction

May 13, 2017 Staff 0

by Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The statue of the Confederacy’s president had been hoisted from its stone pedestal in the pre-dawn hours and the blue glint of police lights was still visible two […]

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This Mother’s Day, Black Lives Matter Activists Will Give More Than 30 Women Their Freedom

May 13, 2017 Staff 0

by Dani McClain Shonta Montgomery hugs her son Levell Jones at California Institute for Women in Chino, California. (Reuters / Lucy Nicholson)  (THE NATION) This week, black women in more than a dozen jails across […]

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Attorney General Sessions Charts Course Back to Long Drug Sentences Reversed Under Obama

May 13, 2017 Staff 0

by John Schuppe (NBC NEWS) The Trump era of drug enforcement has officially arrived, and it sounds a lot like the old days. The message came this week in the form of a memo from […]

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DeVos’ Speech at Bethune-Cookman’s Commencement Sparks Protests, Outrage

May 13, 2017 Staff 0

by CHANDELIS R. DUSTER (NBC NEWS) Bethune-Cookman University graduates booed, turned their backs and walked out during Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ 22 minute commencement speech on Wednesday — all in an effort to make it […]

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Rep. Davis: “Hell no, We won’t go” to Trumpcare Health Plan

May 13, 2017 Staff 0

At a press conference held at Loretto Hospital, Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-7th) Friday, said, “Hell no. We won’t go for the Trumpcare health plan and predicted the Senate will reject the House GOP version. […]

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