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Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to honor his long civil rights legacy begin in Chicago. Events will also take place in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina, where he was born and began his activism.
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As a series of memorial services begin to pay respects to Jackson, a new generation of leaders works to preserve hard-fought civil rights gains.
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It explores the lives of free and enslaved African Americans in Guilford and Rockingham counties from the 1700s to emancipation.
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Dorothy Roberts' parents, a white anthropologist and a Black woman from Jamaica, spent years interviewing interracial couples in Chicago. Her memoir draws from their records.
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“To Form a More Perfect Union” features a collection of African American stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service to commemorate historic civil rights milestones.
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After ICE federal agents killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota, the divide between states on either side of the immigration enforcement debate is growing wider.
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A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.
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This event’s theme was “Rooted in Legacy: Impacting Generations.”
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A former Green Book site, the property hosted several Black cultural icons including James Baldwin and Tina Turner.
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This event’s theme is “Rooted in Legacy: Impacting Generations.” It includes a breakfast, and a panel discussion with three graduates, including Frank McCain Jr., the son of one of the A&T Four.
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A long-running fight over how to calculate and repay state funding debts to public HBCUs is flaring across the South, and Emily Siner and Camellia Burris tell the story in their podcast 'The Debt' from Nashville Public Radio and The Tennessee Lookout.
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On Monday, NCA&T will hold its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Contest. A&T students Kieren Nite, Ariyanna Clark-Drew, and Zayveon Davis share their reflections on the slain civil rights leader and how his life has impacted theirs nearly 60 years after his death.