Secret use of census info helped send Japanese Americans to internment camps in WWII | The Washington Post

Lori Aratani, The Washington Post Children at the Manzanar internment camp in California in 1943; photo taken by photographer Toyo Miyatake. (National Park Service/AP). Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] Census Bureau plans to ask people if they are U.S. citizens in the 2020 count of the nation’s population, igniting fears that the information could be used to […]

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From Glasgow to Tulsa: A Scot wrestles with his racial identity | The Scotsman

Martyn McLaughlin, The Scotsman The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, during which white residents destroyed the prosperous black neighborhood of Greenwood, left as many as 300 people dead and 8,000 homeless. Credit Oklahoma Historical Society/Getty Images. Featured Image Early exposure to prejudice drove Eric Miller across the Atlantic to demand reparations for African American victims […]

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Kamala Harris proposes $100 billion plan for black homeownership | Politico

David Siders, Politico “A typical black family has just $10 of wealth for every $100 held by a white family,” Sen. Kamala Harris said. | David J. Phillip/AP Photo. Featured Image [dropcap]Kamala[/dropcap] Harris, calling on the nation to “deal with the racial wealth gap,” on Saturday proposed a $100 billion federal program to help black […]

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How this Texas college gives every single student help with trauma, mental health| The Dallas Morning News

Eva Marie Ayala, The Dallas Morning News Shaban Athuman/Staff Photographer. Featured Image [dropcap]Paul[/dropcap] Quinn College prides itself as a school that aggressively recruits the kids often ignored by big-name universities: [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Students who grew up in tough Chicago neighborhoods where it is common to lose a classmate to gang violence. Children from Los Angeles […]

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Ebony, Jet fire remainder of staff, may close its doors for good | The Atlanta Voice

Miana Massey, Chevrolet DTU Fellow | The Atlanta Voice, The Atlanta Voice [dropcap]THE[/dropcap] It’s official, Ebony Magazine—along with its sister publication Jet Magazine—has potentially closed its doors for good. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Former employees of the company took to Twitter last week using the hashtag #EbonyOwes to air out their frustrations with the company, as it […]

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Hear Wade in the Water: An Unprecedented 26-Hour-Long Exploration of the African American Sacred Music Tradition | Open Culture

Open Culture, Open Culture [dropcap]It[/dropcap] may well be a truism to say that American music is African American music, but that doesn’t make it any less true. And when we reduce truths down to truisms they lose the granular detail that makes them interesting and relevant. Everyone knows, for example, that there would be no […]

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