African American students are disproportionately punished, starting in preschool.
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These new findings could help explain why Black students are more likely to be suspended, expelled or otherwise disciplined than other children.
When grassroots radicalism meets corporate wealth.
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Corporate foundations are no stranger to co-opting social movements aimed at challenging the deep structures of American inequality.
Mortality rates for COVID-19 are two to three times higher for African Americans than whites.
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COVID-19 has again demonstrated the health inequities that exist between African Americans and whites.
Howard University, in Washington, D.C., recently got its finances in order.
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Any HBCU closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic could potentially hinder the careers of many Black Americans.
Former slaves harvesting for their own profit.
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Black farmers own far less land than they did in 1910 and the racial gap in homeownership is at the highest level for 50 years.
A group of sharecroppers, evicted from their land in the Great Depression, stand beside a Missouri road in January 1939.
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In many national crises, black Americans have been essential workers – but serving in crucial roles has not resulted in economic equality.
In Minneapolis, the memorial near the spot where George Floyd died while in police custody.
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Racism – and the chronic stress it causes – leads to poor health among African Americans. It may change the way genes are expressed, leading to increased levels of dangerous stress hormones.
A protester holds a sign showing a black US flag during a demonstration in Denver, Colorado, on May 31, 2020.
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That George Floyd died at the hands of four police officers is uncontested, but interpretations of his death and its aftermath differ greatly. The result is two starkly opposed narratives.
Mourning in Minneapolis: Terrence Floyd at a vigil for his brother George Floyd on the spot where he died in police custody.
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By filming everyday acts of racism, today’s Black Lives Matters activists are using an old strategy in a new media age.
A protester raises a fist in New York’s Washington Square Park during a June 2, 2020 demonstration.
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Sweeping changes were possible in the past because black leaders were willing to risk their lives and call out problems before they became crises.
The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer has sparked widespread outrage.
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Half a century after the federal government voided Jim Crow laws, the criminal justice system still discriminates against African Americans.
Sheriffs deputies in riot gear move in on protesters in Los Angeles, California.
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The militarization of local police departments has been associated with an increase in police violence against citizens.
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African Americans have long taken to the streets to protest against racial injustice. While some progress has been made, police violence remains an ever-present reality.
Ahmaud Arbery’s best friend, right, and his sister speak at a memorial event for Arbery on May 9, 2020.
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The US has a centuries-old tradition of killing black people without repercussion – and of publicly viewing the violence. Spreading those images can disrespect the dead and traumatize viewers.
When the shuttered economy reopens, how many black Americans will be left out in the cold?
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Black Americans were left especially vulnerable to the economic impact of COVID-19 and history shows it will take them longer to rebound.
A Seattle man wearing a mask walks past posters encouraging participation in the 2020 Census.
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African Americans, young children and rural Americans are a few of the groups at risk of being undercounted in this year’s census.
A woman waits for a streetcar in Toronto on April 16, 2020. The many Black people working in essential jobs do not have the luxury of staying home during the pandemic.
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Black lives are further in peril in a time of COVID-19. Subject to death on both the public health and policing fronts, we will not be silent.
Throughout his career, Hughes was eager to mentor and promote the work of writers abroad.
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To foreigners, he was a fellow traveler who recognized the plight of the oppressed.
You wouldn’t think Bob Marley ‘shot the sheriff,’ but rappers are held to a double standard.
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When prosecutors introduce lyrics, they’re asking juries to suspend the distinction between author and narrator, reality and fiction, and to read them as literal confessions of guilt.
Octavia Spencer, left, stars in this rags-to-riches tale, along with Blair Underwood.
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The founder of a black hair-care empire supported the NAACP and the Tuskegee Institute, helped preserve Frederick Douglass’s home. She also tried to used her prominence to stop lynching.