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07-16-2025 8:26 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
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Renee King, granddaughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP, File)
From court rulings affecting civil rights to landmark political milestones, 2024 was a year of challenges and pivotal achievements.
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Marcus Garvey (Photo: NNPA)
In a letter to the president, the lawmakers described the case as rooted in prosecutorial misconduct designed to discredit Garvey and undermine his work for racial justice and empowerment.
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The report, part of a series examining police interactions with U.S. residents since 1996, reveals that racial disparities in these encounters persist.
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A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of James Meredith, honoring the Black man who fought white supremacy by integrating the University of Mississippi in 1962. Now 91, Meredith wore a red Ole Miss baseball hat as he watched Friday's ceremony from the front seat of a pickup truck in Kosciusko, a town of 6,800 that is also the birthplace of media mogul Oprah Winfrey.
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By the state’s own metrics, just a dozen Florida school districts have demonstrated excellence at teaching Black history, by providing evidence that they are incorporating the content into lessons throughout the school year and getting buy-in from the school board and community partners.
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The auto club AAA predicts that more than 119 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home between Saturday and New Year’s Day. The two weekends on either side of Christmas are tempting a lot of people to head out earlier.
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The plaintiffs said they and five other Black men were ordered to deboard an American flight from Phoenix to New York last January after a flight attendant complained about an unidentified passenger’s body odor. The three men said they weren’t responsible for any body odor, weren’t seated near each other and didn’t know each other.
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Founded during the Black Freedom Movement of the 1960s, Kwanzaa is a non-religious holiday that is observed by millions of Americans.
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Members of the task force listen at a public meeting. Screenshot/Channel 10
We are a team of University of Michigan-based scholars of political science and sociology specializing in public opinion and attitudes toward reparations. Our research provides important context for understanding the challenges Detroit’s reparations committee faces.
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Trump promised middle-class benefits at the time, but in practice more than 80% of the cuts went to corporations, tax partnerships and high-net-worth individuals. The tax advantage to the middle class was small. Advantages for Black Americans were smaller still.
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