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Can the Save Our Schools Movement Fix Public Education?

August 4, 2016African American Education, Education ...

Activists such as Jonathan Kozol headed to Washington, D.C., to protest inequalities in the K-12 system.

How African American Entrepreneurs Can Power the Economy

August 4, 2016African American Entrepreneurs, Black Businesses ...

New business creation is down in general, but up among African Americans.

Honoring the heroic ‘Montford Pointers,’ the African American Marines the Corps Didn’t Want

August 3, 2016African American History, African American Veterans ...

“If it were a question on having a Marine Corps of 5,000 Whites or 250,000 Negroes, I would rather have the Whites.”

How the American Civil War Built Egypt’s Vaunted Cotton Industry and Changed the Country Forever

August 3, 2016Africa, African American History ...

The battle between the U.S. and the Confederacy affected global trade in astonishing ways

Oprah’s book club pick: ‘The Underground Railroad,’ by Colson Whitehead

August 3, 2016African American History, African American Literature ...

Nobody could wait for Colson Whitehead’s new book — including Oprah, so here it is, a month early.

Black Lives Matter Releases Policy Agenda

August 3, 2016African American History, African American Lives ...

It has been nearly two years since the killing of Michael Brown Jr. by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, touched off outrage and a national movement to save black lives from state violence. Now, just days ahead of the anniversary of Brown’s death, a coalition of organizations that grew from that uprising have launched a policy agenda calling for deep criminal justice and policing reforms.