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Listen to This: ‘Black History, For Real'
Think you know everything about Black History? Think again! Sue O’Connell spoke to the hosts of the “Black History, For Real” podcast, where they talk about lesser-known historical figures.
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A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. The school says it wasn't discrimination
Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, was initially suspended the same week Texas outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles.
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DeSantis faces backlash after defending new Black history academic standards
Along the campaign trial, DeSantis has touted Florida’s new public school curriculum on Black history, a topic that has stirred political controversy across the country.
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VP blasts Florida's new Black history standards, which say slavery had ‘personal benefit'
Vice President Kamala Harris is set to travel to Florida Friday to deliver critical remarks in response to the state Board of Education’s approval of new standards for how Black history will be taught in public schools.
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‘A Beautiful Resistance': Multi-media Boston Globe series celebrates Black joy
Culture columnist for The Boston Globe, Jenee Osterheldt, talks about the third season of the multi-media series “A Beautiful Resistance”, which honors and celebrates Black joy. She also talks about a panel she is speaking on about Black culture in this week’s Embrace Ideas Festival.
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Mass. Governor's Black Empowerment Council Holds First Meeting
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Monday creating a new panel tasked with advising the administration on ways to help support empowerment efforts in the state’s Black community. The 33-member Governor’s Advisory Council on Black Empowerment held its first closed-door meeting at the Statehouse on Monday. The panel will offer Healey guidance on issues related to the...
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Dan Smith, Believed to Have Been Last Living Person Born to Enslaved Parent, Laid to Rest in DC
A reminder that slavery is a not-so-distant part of our history: Daniel Smith Sr. was born in 1932 to a 70-year-old father who was once in bondage in Virginia.