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Report shows how one DFW company's algorithm is raising rents

One of the developers told ProPublica leasing agents had “too much empathy” compared to computer-generated pricing. RICHARDSON, Texas — A new report from ProPublica has documented how one Richardson-based company is helping landlords across the country push the highest rents possible onto their tenants. The company, RealPage, offers software called YieldStar, which provides suggested rent […]

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Malcolm X’s life changed dramatically in the first six months of 1964. On March 8, he left the Nation of Islam. In May he toured West Africa and made a pilgrimage to Mecca, returning as El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. While in Ghana in May, he decided to form the Organization of Afro-American Unity

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Jarvis Christian College (1912- )

Founded in 1912 near Hawkins, Texas, the Jarvis Christian Institute (renamed Jarvis Christian College in 1927), owed its existence to both the philanthropy of white Disciples of Christ and to the initiative of African American Disciples of Christ. On the one hand, J. J. Jarvis and his wife, Ida Van

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Paul Quinn College (1872- )

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Adams, John H. (1927-- )

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Although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, slavery continued i

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(1995) Louis Farrakhan, “A Million Men Marching On"

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Ailey, Alvin (1931-1989)

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Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft (1902-1985) and the Long Civil Rights Movement in Texas

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(1964) Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet”

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Race, Gender, Jazz & Local 493: Black Women Musicians in Seattle: 1920-1955

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(1867) The Reconstruction Acts

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Brown, Jill E. (1950- )

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