Tag: Black People
almost 3 years ago
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Life Expectancy in U.S. Dropped 1.5 Years in 2020, Largely From the Pandemic

The 18-month drop was the steepest decline since World War II, according to federal statistics. Black and Hispanic Am...

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almost 3 years ago
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Board Approves Removal of ‘Negro’ From 16 Place Names in Texas

An Interior Department committee’s decision to allow the renaming of the sites comes nearly 30 years after Texas lawm...

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almost 3 years ago
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Tulsa Massacre Survivors Testify to Congress

The three known survivors, who were all children in 1921, offered their firsthand accounts of the race massacre at a ...

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about 3 years ago
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Over 160 Confederate Symbols Were Removed in 2020, Group Says

The Southern Poverty Law Center said more “symbols of hate” were removed from public property last year after the dea...

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over 3 years ago
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‘No Slavery in Australia’? These Pacific Islanders Tell a Different Story

The Black Lives Matter movement has offered a rare moment for the descendants of plantation laborers brought aboard s...

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