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From the formation of America to the killing of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police, Black bodies have never been safe.
Ta-Nehisi Coates testifies before Congress in support of reparations for slavery. The day before, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected the idea, saying, “I don’t think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago, for whom none of us currently living are responsible is a good idea.”
Louisiana's governor will pardon Homer Plessy, who was arrested in 1892 for challenging a ban on Black people sitting in “whites-only” train cars.
The freshman congressman ripped into the West Virginia senator's op-ed, in which he said he would vote against Democrats' elections reform bill.
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“If we still had water fountains, the unvaccinated would have separate ones," claimed the Fox News personality, prompting scorn on Twitter.
Ta-Nehisi Coates testified before Congress in support of reparations for slavery.
Using your "Green Book," travel with your family from state to state, discovering how segregation and racist violence influenced black travel.
Many prominent politicians and entertainers have worn blackface. The racist practice isn’t new.
Brian Kemp is using a tried-and-tested formula designed to erode and corrode American democracy.
The original version of the proposal would have exempted rural white areas from work requirements.
