Gun control advocates are pushing lawmakers to do more to stop a surge in gun violence. A recent study by Everytown for Gun Safety found … The Racist Roots of the Constitutional Right to Bear ArmsRead more
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Your city is more segregated than it was in 1990
Picture this: two babies born on the same day, maybe even within the same hour, at the Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. One … Your city is more segregated than it was in 1990Read more
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Impact of ‘climate racism’ in US
A new study says that black people living in most US cities are subject to double the level of heat stress as their white counterparts. … Impact of ‘climate racism’ in USRead more
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One of 272 Enslaved People Sold on June 19, 1838, by Georgetown U
We look at another significant June 19 in the history of slavery in the United States: June 19, 1838, when Jesuit priests who ran what … One of 272 Enslaved People Sold on June 19, 1838, by Georgetown URead more
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Johns Hopkins, Namesake of Baltimore Hospital and University, Enslaved Black People
Johns Hopkins, the 19th century businessman and namesake of the prestigious hospital and university in Baltimore, Maryland, enslaved at least four Black people before the … Johns Hopkins, Namesake of Baltimore Hospital and University, Enslaved Black PeopleRead more
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The Tulsa Massacre: Remembering the History of ‘Black Wall Street’
When HBO’s TV series Watchmen (2019) and Lovecraft Country (2020) splashed across our screens, recreating the historical event now known as the Tulsa Massacre, Americans … The Tulsa Massacre: Remembering the History of ‘Black Wall Street’Read more
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100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
President Biden traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the single greatest acts of racist … 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacreRead more
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Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
Do African Americans have Second Amendment rights? That’s the question Emory University professor Carol Anderson set out to answer in her new book, “The Second,” … Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal AmericaRead more
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The centenary of the Tulsa, Oklahoma race massacre
This week marks the centenary of the Tulsa, Oklahoma race massacre, one of the deadliest and most destructive antiblack pogroms in the history of the … The centenary of the Tulsa, Oklahoma race massacreRead more
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Child Health Concerns for Black Adults
Black adults rate school violence and racial inequities higher on their list of children’s health concerns than other groups, a new national survey says. Among … Child Health Concerns for Black AdultsRead more