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14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde becomes the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee
The eighth grader is the first champion from Louisiana and also holds three Guinness world records.…
Vanessa Gu
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RAND PAUL TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY: 'Big Government Is Not A Friend To African Americans'
Paul's appearance at Howard University is the first by a national Republican figure in nearly two d…
Grace Wyler
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African American history you probably weren't taught in school
Additional research found that students across the US were familiar with monumental figures such as…
Natalie Colarossi
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Black Americans are disproportionately losing their jobs but overwhelmingly support social distancing policies, according to a new poll
Despite the devastating job losses, 70% of black Americans support strict social distancing for any…
Eliza Relman
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Black And White Poverty: 1963 Vs. Today
Today is the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. We've made a lot of gains in improving ra…
Rob Wile
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Photos show Congressman John Lewis crossing the infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge one last time
The bloody and deadly day — Sunday, March 7, 1965 — went down in history books and ultimately helpe…
Frank Olito
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For some children of immigrants, 'African American' doesn't fit their unique, Black experiences in the US
Some children of African and Caribbean immigrants refuse to assimilate or accept labels like 'Afric…
Keishel Williams
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A woman in North Carolina said she received an 'African American, African service charge' from American Airlines
Kyetra Bryant told a local news outlet that after traveling with American Airlines last year, she s…
Taylor Ardrey
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The 25 Most Influential African-Americans In Technology
Wayne Sutton, a former partner at the NewMe accelerator and founder of PitchTo, tells Business Insi…
Megan Rose Dickey
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The 46 Most Important African-Americans In Technology
Still, racial minorities and women are generally underrepresented in management roles, according to…
Megan Rose Dickey
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American history is one giant terror regime against African Americans
Think about it for a second, against what you know of the history of African Americans in this coun…
Shane Ferro
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The Income Gap Between Blacks And Whites Has Only Gotten Worse Since The 1960s
Neither of these factors is mutually exclusive in any way, and both contribute to the third road bl…
Mandi Woodruff
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Charlottesville is giving a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee to an African-American art museum which plans to melt it down
Charlottesville's city council voted to donate the bronze statue, taken down in July, to the Jeffer…
Sinéad Baker
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Microsoft plans to double the number of Black and African American company leaders and suppliers
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday announced a series of investments meant to address racial in…
Ashley Stewart
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Rand Paul To Deliver Speech Next Week At One Of The Nation's Oldest Historically Black Colleges
Paul's speech comes as the GOP moves to step up its appeal to minority and youth voters in the wake…
Grace Wyler
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Can Rand Paul Solve The GOP's Minority Voter Problem?
The speech will put into practice some of the recommendations of the Republican National Committee'…
Grace Wyler
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US Air Force Gen. Charles Brown makes history by becoming the first Black officer to lead a military branch
"My nomination provides some hope but also comes with a heavy burden," Brown said recently in a pow…
Ryan Pickrell
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The coronavirus seems to disproportionately kill African Americans, according to the few states providing data on the race of victims
Dr. Camara Jones, a family physician, epidemiologist, and visiting fellow at Harvard University, to…
Julian Kossoff
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African Americans at more risk for coronavirus, says Trump
"We don't have any data that suggest that. What our data suggests is they are more susceptible to m…
PTI
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Mitch McConnell says he's offended by criticism and calls his remarks on African-American voters an 'inadvertent omission'
"I've never been accused of this kind of thing before. It's hurtful," Mitch McConnell said after be…