Old 19th-century agreements between the U.S. government which expelled Indigenous peoples from their land and gave it cheaply to white settlers continue to impact inequalities in the United States.
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In the 19th century, slaveholders advertised widely for runaway slaves and often hired men to track and capture fugitives. African-American communities offered sanctuary space to the runaways.
What are the race-related struggles that African-American students experience throughout their school years? Here's the story of Tyrone.
More than 150 years of scholarship and activism hasn't brought us any closer to consensus.
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Professor of Educational Psychology and African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Associate Professor of History and Chair, History and Classical Studies, McGill University
