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Sociologist James Loewen used oral histories, census data, and other historical records to identify sundown towns nationwide.  

Trump’s decision to hold rallies in these locations is raising alarms, especially given his long history of stirring racial tensions and his open embrace of white supremacist groups.

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Last year, 18-year-old Khalifa Aminu from Kano, Nigeria, began working on an innovative invention: sensory glasses designed to help the visually impaired navigate safely and independently without a walking stick. Though still in development, this creation has the potential to transform how visually impaired people experience their surroundings, Daily News 24 reports.

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In a working paper, Gyesi interviewed 13 African immigrant students in Iowa high schools who come from different cultures and speak different languages. She found that many of them take advanced courses in high school and aspire to go to four-year colleges, busting what research has shown to be stereotypes about African students as academically unmotivated or likely to fail.

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A Healthy Start pamphlet (AP Photo/Mary Conlon) 

Federal, state and local governments are all trying to reduce maternal mortality rates across the United States and eliminate racial disparities. The federal Healthy Start program funds more than 100 local projects that coordinate care for pregnant women and help meet social needs. California halved its maternal mortality rate through an organization that shares the best ways to treat common causes of maternal death.

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Recent research suggests that conservative critiques of DEI often boil down to one thing: anti-Black racism.

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Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (AP Photo/Tran Nguyen) 

None of the bills would provide widespread direct payments to African Americans. The approved proposals allow for the return of land or compensation to families whose property was unjustly seized by the government, and issuing a formal apology for laws and practices that have harmed Black people.

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Kamala Harris speaks at her alma mater, Howard University(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) 

Howard University in Washington, D.C., is well known for producing luminaries like Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and author Toni Morrison. Now its students and alumni are turning attention to the person who could become their most famous graduate: Vice President Kamala Harris. If Harris wins the White House, she would be the first woman elected president and the first graduate of a historically Black college to hold that office.

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Artificial intelligence will allow employers to automate functions long performed by human workers but instead of being a job killer AI might be more like major technological breakthroughs of the past — the steam engine, electricity, the Internet: eliminating some jobs while creating others and increasing productivity READ MORE


 

Minority athletes don’t just bear their countries’ hopes for gold at the Olympics and Paralympics. They also represent their identities and culture. Yet social scientists say prejudice can be reduced through positive images of athletes

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People denied church burials were interred in the cemetery for more than 120 years until the late 19th century. The cemetery was covered over by a lumberyard as the city by the Hudson River grew. Archaeological excavations over the last three summers have located the remains of up to 27 people. Now money is being raised to turn the urban backyard into a respectful resting place. Advocates hope DNA and other tests will provide information on those buried there and possibly identify descendants.

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