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… Texas' relatively nascent elective African American and Mexican American studies courses … board unanimously approved the elective African American studies course in 2020 … often overlooked, such as African Americans, Mexican Americans and Asian Americans …
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CalHOPE Project Meets Critical Needs of Families During COVID-19 Crisis | Post News Group
Through this effort to meet the critical needs of this often under-resourced but high-risk population, 16 part-time African American crisis counselors and three administrators with diverse living experiences and a deep commitment to their community are readily available to respond to calls and
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Obama Finishes Six Decades With Swag: 60 Reasons Why He’s the Coolest President
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Ben Crump Suing Beverly Hills For Racial Profiling Over ‘Operation Safe Streets’ Program
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12 organizations directly helping Black, brown victims of Hurricane Ida
Powering through southeast Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane, Ida made landfall on Sunday evening leaving destruction in its path The post 12 organizations directly helping Black, brown victims of Hurricane Ida appeared first on TheGrio.
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Full Circle: After experiencing racial violence on Juneteenth, Opal Lee later pushed to make it a national holiday - Dallas Examiner
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California votes to return beach property seized from Black family as form of ‘reparations’
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20 Years After 9/11 Black Communities Bear The Burden of Surveillance
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'Shut Up': Meghan McCain Slammed for Blasting Olympian Gwen Berry Over Her Right to Protest the National Anthem
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Here's Where The Critical Race Theory Debate Currently Stands - Blavity
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Cori Bush Faces Backlash Over July 4th Comment
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Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Commission Hearings and Continuing the Legacy of Redress - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Michael Eric Dyson Says He Was Trying to Be ‘Cute and Clever’ When Referring to Trump Supporters as 'Maggots’, Offers Apology Following Backlash
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Oakland, Stand Up and Be Counted in This Recall Election | Post News Group
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COMMENTARY: Not Jumping for Juneteenth | BlackPressUSA
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