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How a history teacher and 13 Black students shaped the civil rights movement

Civil rights leader Clara Luper poses with a photograph from her scrapbooks at a community center in Oklahoma City, Okla., …
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Teacher’s ‘Welcome to Kindergarten’ music video is a must-watch for calming first-day jitters

A Chicago educator named Dwayne Reed is paying musical tribute to kindergarten students and their teachers. Dwayne Reed has a …
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Sightings of a lifetime’: Whales and dolphins flock to NYC waters

Here’s one increase in city traffic that won’t have you pounding a car hood: The waters of our archipelago city …
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Brittney Griner is set to serve time in one of Russia’s penal colonies, where abuse is common, disease is rampant, and labor is forced

Brittney Griner is escorted from the court room following her Russian trial. Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/Reuters The WNBA star Brittney Griner was convicted …
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North Minneapolis nonprofit celebrates $1.5 million gift from anonymous donor

A North Minneapolis nonprofit on Wednesday announced the largest donation in the organization’s 11-year history. Appetite For Change co-founder and …
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Bessie Coleman, first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license, honored by All-Black, female airline crew

Phoenix — An American Airlines flight recently made history when, for the first time in the carrier’s 96-year existence, everyone involved …
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Black farmers say Inflation Reduction Act reneges on promises for debt relief

John W. Boyd Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association, has criticized a change to the eligibility criteria for …
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Texas cattle ranchers audited by IRS issue dire warning to Americans: ‘They want to get you’

David and Deborah Hajda were audited after spending money to rebuild a tractor Cattle ranchers recount grueling IRS audits, issue …
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Early voting begins for NY August 23rd primary: Here’s where and how to cast a ballot

A voter cast a ballot in Brooklyn for the June 28th primary. SCOTT HEINS Today marks the first of nine …
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