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Alumni rally to restore historic Black school in Madison County
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Alumni rally to restore historic Black school in Madison County

MADISON COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV) – A former segregated school that once served as a beacon of education for African American students in Madison County now…

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Boston pauses Roxbury development, weighs new Madison Park school
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Boston pauses Roxbury development, weighs new Madison Park school

Local News “This is fundamentally taking agency away from the Black community, and frankly, it’s just racist.” The Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in…

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“I have a black wife…I’m used to people being angry and argumentative” – When a former Hawks GM got in trouble for a racial remark
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“I have a black wife…I’m used to people being angry and argumentative” – When a former Hawks GM got in trouble for a racial remark

What was supposed to be a fun and wholesome season-ticket holder event turned into a controversial incident when the then–Atlanta Hawks general manager Wes Wilcox made…

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Dallas Exonerates Black Man Who Was Wrongfully Executed in 1956 – The New York Times

… newspaper headlines as a Black man peeping inside windows. “That … Black community in Dallas. Image. A group of young Black people stand … Source…

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Docomomo Wisconsin and Milwaukee Public Library Present From the Archives Lecture: Wisconsin’s First Black Architect, Alonzo Robinson, Jr. Celebrating Black History Month with an Award-Winning Preservation Story
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Docomomo Wisconsin and Milwaukee Public Library Present From the Archives Lecture: Wisconsin’s First Black Architect, Alonzo Robinson, Jr. Celebrating Black History Month with an Award-Winning Preservation Story

Docomomo Wisconsin, in partnership with the Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) and UW–Milwaukee Cultural Resource Management (CRM), is pleased to invite the public to a special…

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Joint Center Featured in Public News Service on Black Unemployment
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Joint Center Featured in Public News Service on Black Unemployment

Joint Center January 22, 2026 Joint Center Workforce Policy Director Dr. Kayla Elliott was quoted in a Public News Service article on the state of…

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Man sentenced to nine years for role in fatal Black Creek drug overdose
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Man sentenced to nine years for role in fatal Black Creek drug overdose

APPLETON (WLUK) – Cole Simon was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for supplying the drugs used in a fatal drug overdose. Simon, 30,…

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‘Sinners’ Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Has Become the Most-Nominated Black Woman in Oscars History
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‘Sinners’ Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Has Become the Most-Nominated Black Woman in Oscars History

NEED TO KNOW Ruth E. Carter has made Oscars history The costume designer earned her fifth nomination on Thursday, Jan. 22, making her the most-nominated…

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Black History Month | University of Cincinnati

We welcome submissions from thematic areas that reflect the breadth and depth of the governance–development–environment nexus and beyond. These include: 1. Climate adaptation, extreme weather events,…

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Stories for Black Miami | Miami Herald
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Stories for Black Miami | Miami Herald

Melanie Acosta, an associate professor at Florida Atlantic University, is holding an event at the African-American Library Research and Cultural Center focused on the Jeanes…

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