How this Iowan overcame otherness and racism as a Black child adopted into a white family
Racism was not addressed in Jean-Marie Salem's family growing up. It wasn't until she found her birth family that she felt ...
The Root2d
Books Black People Need To Buy Now Before They're Banned
With Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans controlling the Senate, an increase in book bans is a serious threat.
Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress
Over a recent two-decade span, the U.S. has made almost no progress in eliminating racial disparities in key health ...
Racist texts about slaves and ‘picking cotton’ sent to Black people as state AGs, colleges and police probe their origins
Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” ...
‘I feel betrayed’: For Black women, Harris’s loss creates new wound
Black women vote at some of the highest rates in the nation, but after Harris’s defeat, they wonder whether they will ever ...
How Black Civil War Patriots Should Be Remembered This Veterans Day
O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN7d
These Black Americans Were Killed for Exercising Their Political Right to Vote
In the Jim Crow South, activists became martyrs at the hands of white racists, all for the just cause of using the vote to ...
Column: There’s no mystery. White women handed Trump the election
The answer isn’t that deep: The majority of white women in this country want a male president — preferably white. That’s not ...
Black college students nationwide targeted in racist texts; investigations underway
People in several states reported they had received racist text messages after Donald Trump won the 2024 election.
The Nation on MSN12d
Andrew Cuomo Is Not Black
Exhibit A: He is white. Some might say this is obvious ... an appeal to the sympathies of Black audiences. However unfamiliar ...
CNN on MSN7d
New Haven rejected plans for the nation’s first Black college almost 200 years ago. Today, the city is weighing an apology
New Haven city officials are considering issuing an apology for rejecting what would have been the nation’s first Black ...
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The Nation's Oldest Schoolhouse for Black Children Will Open to the Public Next Year
The oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the United States is getting closer ... The building is slated to open ...