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Evan Vucci / AP

11:31am Mar 08, 2020

Politics & Government Politics & Government

Trump Campaign Makes Pitch To Black Neighborhoods. Will It Connect?

The Trump campaign held a Black Voices for Trump event in Milwaukee, part of what many see as an uphill push to peel off some African American votes in battleground states in 2020.

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5:04am Feb 28, 2020

National National

Before Making Military History, She Witnessed One Of History's Worst Race Riots

Olivia Hooker advocated for the military to open its doors to women of color. But even after policies started to change, "nobody seemed to be joining," she said. So she decided to join herself.
4:09pm Feb 27, 2020

Politics & Government Politics & Government

Klobuchar Campaigns At Civil Rights Museum In Greensboro

by David Ford

Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar visited the Triad on Thursday. The Minnesota senator chose the International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro for the site of a roundtable discussio
Jack Rodolico / New Hampshire Public Radio

5:15pm Feb 15, 2020

National National Books

Early Novel Written By Free Black Woman Called Out Racism Among Abolitionists

by Jack Rodolico

In 1859, Harriet E. Wilson published a book about life as an indentured servant in New Hampshire. It remains an obscure classic because it challenges white ideals about racism in the North.
Esther Ciammachilli / WAMU

4:20pm Feb 12, 2020

Sports Sports National

Baseball Makes An Early Pitch To Catch The Interest Of Black Players

by Esther Ciammachilli

Baseball is having trouble attracting African-American players, so to increase participation, leaders are trying to get kids interested early, before other sports grab their attention.

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Cassandra Barragan

6:16am Jan 29, 2020

National National Books Arts

Author Susan Straight Takes Us 'In The Country Of Women'

by Karen Grigsby Bates

In her new memoir, Straight tells the story of the women in her family—her Swiss-German blood relatives and her African American, Indigenous and Creole in-laws who crossed the U.S. to settle in Calif.
6:00am Jan 20, 2020

Race Race Books

New Children's Book Highlights NC African American Heritage

by Eddie Garcia

A new children’s book on North Carolina’s African American history has been released.

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Mel Evans / AP

9:39am Oct 29, 2019

National National Religion

With Plans To Pay Slavery Reparations, Two Seminaries Prompt A Broader Debate

by Tom Gjelten

Two seminaries with historic ties to slavery recently set aside money for reparations. Another rejected such a proposal. The moves have prompted a debate over how to make up for pro-slavery legacies.

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Courtesy of Valaurian Waller

7:00am Oct 27, 2019

National National Health & Safety

Detroit Entrepreneurs Fight Food Insecurity With Lessons Of The Past

by Brittany Hutson

In 1968, a survey found that African Americans paid more money for lower-quality groceries and struggled for access to fresh food, among other inequalities. Today, those same battles persist.
Crixell Matthews / VPM News

10:31am Oct 18, 2019

National National Politics & Government

In Virginia, 2 Young Candidates Vie To Be First Black GOP Lawmakers In 15 Years

by Ben Paviour

Since Reconstruction, Virginia has elected only two African American Republicans to the legislature. This year, two young black men running against Democrats might change that.

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Craig Stivender for Colleton County sheriff

2:30pm Oct 10, 2019

National National Politics & Government

South Carolina Sheriff's Candidate: I Wore Blackface 10 Years Ago

by Victoria Hansen

In a political ad, Craig Stivender, a Republican candidate for sheriff in Colleton County, S.C., says he wanted to share his past mistakes before opponents tried to use them to disparage him.
Debbie Elliott / NPR

7:38pm Aug 28, 2019

National National

'Why Don't Y'all Let That Die?' Telling The Emmett Till Story In Mississippi

by Debbie Elliott

Emmett Till's 1955 lynching propelled the civil rights movement, but telling his story underscores a reluctance for some in Mississippi "to come to grips with its history of racial brutality."

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