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Edwin Pratt, the then-head of the Seattle Urban League, was assassinated in 1969 at his home. At StoryCorps, his daughter and her godmother remember him and the night he was shot.
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Sen. Kamala Harris, a candidate for president, is floating a new idea: funding for mental health treatment as a form of reparations for slavery. She talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.
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The Dallas Project on Education Pathways has been described as one of the most comprehensive studies into childhood development and school readiness in…
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"History is being wiped away in Austin," the Austin History Center's African American Community Archivist and librarian says.
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Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle, both African-American women, got the most votes out of 14 candidates in Chicago's mayoral election Tuesday night. They'll head to a runoff election on April 2.
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African-Americans are 20 percent more likely to experience serious mental health issues than the general population, according to Integral Care , which...
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The new publisher and editor of The Democrat-Reporter, Elecia R. Dexter, took the reins on Thursday, after Goodloe Sutton doubled down on his incendiary comments.
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African Americans make up about 7 percent of San Antonio’s population, but they have made rich contributions to the fabric of the Alamo City. Born Logic...
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Texas is dotted with Freedmen’s communities — African American neighborhoods that sprouted after the Civil War in the era of segregation. They range from…
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During the years after the Civil War, communities of African Americans worked together throughout southeastern Texas to form what historians call...
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Harris County, Texas, took a giant step toward representation this month when it sat 19 black women judges to the bench.
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From the Great Depression through the Civil Rights era, "The Green Book" travel guides were issued every year to help African-American drivers safely…