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August 8, 2019 at 7:41 am

Morrison appreciated for giving black women a voice VIEW

Random House senior editor Porscha Burke keeps a copy of the Toni Morrison-edited The Black Book — an expansive encyclopedia on the accomplishments of African-Americans...

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July 25, 2019 at 12:05 pm

Ebony and Jet images to be donated after photo archive sale

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first time Darren Walker was featured in The New York Times two decades ago, his grandmother asked when he would appear...

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July 22, 2019 at 11:18 pm

Hundreds of black deaths in 1919 are being remembered VIEW

America in the summer of 1919 ran red with blood from racial violence, and yet today, 100 years later, not many people know it even...

June 27, 2019 at 4:49 pm

Court decision could set up fights over race gerrymandering

WASHINGTON (AP) — When North Carolina drew its most recent political maps, state leaders split a historically black university in Greensboro into two congressional districts...

June 14, 2019 at 12:18 pm

AP Explains: Juneteenth celebrates end of slavery in the US

WASHINGTON (AP) — A holiday that is spreading across the U.S. and beyond, Juneteenth is considered the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery...

May 28, 2019 at 8:26 am

Lonnie Bunch to become new Smithsonian Institution leader

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Lonnie Bunch started working on the Smithsonian's first black museum, he had no collection, no building and one employee. The Smithsonian...

May 6, 2019 at 8:10 am

National Urban League focusing on minority voting for 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voter suppression and Russian interference are some of the greatest barriers to minority voting in 2020, the National Urban League said Monday....

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April 9, 2019 at 7:57 am

Poll: Most Americans say Trump makes race relations worse

Almost 3 out of 5 Americans, or 58%, say race relations in the U.S. are generally bad, and 56% of those in the Pew Research...

March 27, 2019 at 12:03 pm

More Americans say gov’t spends too little helping blacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — A record percentage of Americans — including growing percentages of whites, blacks, independents, Democrats and Republicans — say they believe the U.S....

February 7, 2019 at 9:37 am

Researchers seek fuller picture of first Africans in America

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first Africans to arrive in English-controlled North America were so little noted by history that many are known today by only...