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Colleges pushed anew for reparations for slavery, racism

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - For Brown University students, the Ivy League college's next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of slavery is clear: Pay up. Nearly two decades after the Providence, Rhode Island, institution launched its much-lauded reckoning, undergraduate students this spring <a href="https://www...

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5/13/21

Judge weighing relevance of Ahmaud Arbery's mental health

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia judge will continue hearing legal motions Thursday in the murder case of three men facing a fall trial in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was chased and shot after being spotted running in the defendants' neighborhood...

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5/15/21

Oklahoma governor booted from Tulsa Race Massacre commission

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The commission formed to observe the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre announced Friday that it had booted Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt from his seat on the panel a week after he signed a bill outlawing the teaching of some race and racism concepts in public schools.

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5/27/21

Century after massacre, Black Tulsans struggle for a voice

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - In the early days of Oklahoma's statehood, an angry white mob fanned by rumors of a Black uprising burned a thriving African American community in the oil boomtown of Tulsa. Although the area was quietly rebuilt and enjoyed a renaissance in the years after the 1921 Race Massacre, the struggle among Black people over their place in the city didn't end.

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6/4/21

Audio cut in speech on Black people's role in Memorial Day

HUDSON, Ohio (AP) - Organizers of a Memorial Day ceremony turned off a speaker's microphone when the former U.S. Army officer began talking about how freed Black slaves had honored fallen soldiers soon after the Civil War.

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6/17/21

Congress approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. The House voted 415-14 Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th federal holiday.

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6/18/21

Black Americans laud Juneteenth holiday, say more work ahead

WASHINGTON (AP) - Black Americans rejoiced Thursday after President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday, but some said that, while they appreciated the recognition at a time of racial reckoning in America, more is needed to change policies that disadvantage too many of their brethren.

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6/20/21

Juneteenth, recalling end of slavery, is marked across US

Parades, picnics and lessons in history were offered Saturday to commemorate Juneteenth in the U.S., a day that carried even more significance after Congress and President Joe Biden created a federal holiday to observe the end of slavery.

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6/20/21

Memphis erases Confederate general from its public spaces

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's polarizing presence has hung over Memphis since he moved here in 1852 - his legacy cemented by a giant statue that loomed over all who passed his gravesite in a popular park.

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7/24/21

Guardians chosen as new name for Cleveland's baseball team

CLEVELAND (AP) - While riding his bike over a bridge across the Cuyahoga River near Progressive Field, Indians owner Paul Dolan rarely paid much attention to the eight giant stone figures that seem to guard the city.