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December 3rd, 2024
First- and second-grade students sit in a classroom at the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in Genoa, Neb. Researchers are now trying to locate the bodies of more than 80 Native American children buried near the school. National Archives/AP Few US presidents have formally apologized to Americans for the “sins” of previous administrations. In 1976, President … Continued
December 2nd, 2024
Photo Credit: Metro Centric – Queensbridge Houses, CC BY 2.0 By Jennifer Porter Gore This article was originally published on Word In Black. Over the weekend, President-elect Trump announced his nomination of Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Turner, a former NFL player and Texas legislator, would be the first … Continued
November 29th, 2024
Civil rights marchers protest housing discrimination in Chicago on Aug. 2, 1966. AP Photo by Colin Gordon, University of Iowa Donald Trump has picked former football player Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. While not much is known about Turner’s positions as he awaits confirmation by the Senate, Trump’s … Continued
November 25th, 2024
Several Black political commentators consider themselves the “talented tenth.” W.E.B. Dubois coined the term “talented tenth” at the turn of the twentieth century. Between 1865 and 1900, the majority of Black Americans received industrial education. Dubois believed that 10 percent of the most outstanding Black Americans should pursue higher education and that “talented tenth” would … Continued
November 24th, 2024
Linda McMahon, who led the pro-Trump group America First Action and chairs the America First Policy Institute, a Trump-aligned think tank, is the President-Elect’s pick to lead the Dept. of Education (AP pic courtesy of Malaysia Today under Creative Commons license 4.0). By Quintessa Williams In yet another controversial pick for his second-term cabinet, President-elect … Continued