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U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson and NAACP President Derick Johnson, from left, march across the Edmund Pettus bridge during the 60th anniversary of the march to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Selma, Ala.
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‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future

Associated Press March 10, 2025

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs...

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The Metro: New book details the struggle to integrate Detroit schools

The Metro, Trevor McConico, Sam Corey January 29, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Many school districts throughout metro Detroit, and Detroit in particular, are...

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Students and teacher in a classroom
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Detroit Evening Report: Nonprofit Rising Voices urges support for ‘Teach MI History’ bills

Hernz Laguerre December 16, 2024

The nonprofit Rising Voices is urging the public to advocate for the "Teach MI History" bill package introduced this month...

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"The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future" by Robert P. Jones.
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Created Equal: Christian nationalism and the hidden roots of white supremacy in America

Sasha Bacon October 22, 2024

When Donald Trump says, “Make America Great Again,” what era is he referring to and which demographic is he appealing to?Robert...

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"The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America," by Aaron Robertson.
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The Metro: New book takes historical look at how Black Americans envisioned utopia

John Filbrandt October 1, 2024

For many Black Americans, the idea of religion intersects with freedom in a complicated way. Enslaved Africans came to this...

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Detroit Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison (right) joins Viola Liuzzo Park Association President Artis Johnson and Elaine Steele, co-founder of Raymond & Rosa Parks Institute and family members in unveiling the new monument.
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Civil rights monument unveiled in Detroit reflects on voting rights struggle

Bre'Anna Tinsley September 17, 2024

The landscape of voting in Michigan has evolved significantly, with expanded early in-person voting, enhanced absentee ballot tracking, and permanent...

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The first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights.
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This Constitution Day, know your rights: The Bill of Rights

Pat Batcheller September 17, 2024

The Sept. 9 debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump took place at the National Constitution...

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Aerial view of the "Demonstration Garden" at the Institute of American Indian Arts, a 1994 Land-Grant Tribal College and University Land-Grant member, in Santa Fe, N.M.
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Created Equal: How state universities profit from land taken from Native Americans

Cary Junior II August 21, 2024

In 1862, the federal government passed the Morrill Act which ultimately allocated over 10 million acres of land to states...

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Any institution or state or local government agency (including any institution of higher learning) that has possession or control of human remains or cultural items and receives Federal funds must comply with NAGPRA.
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Created Equal: Former museum curator explains how he returned items to Native American tribes

Cary Junior II August 19, 2024

In museums across the United States, you can see artifacts and human remains that belong to the native peoples who...

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Fifteen Cents on the Dollar: How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap" by Ebony Reed and Louise Story.
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Created Equal: Examining the Black-white wealth gap in America

Justina Giglio July 23, 2024

Typical Black families in the United States have 15 cents on the dollar compared to typical white families, according to...

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The Freedmen's Bureau, depicted in this 1868 drawing, was created to give legal title for Field Order 15 — better known as "40 acres and a mule."
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Created Equal: Uncovering the truth behind the phrase ‘40 acres and a mule’

Madison Ganzak June 25, 2024

In the years following the Civil War, formerly enslaved Black Americans in the South were promised "40 acres and a...

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FILE - In this Aug. 2, 1942, file photo, Kansas City Monarchs pitcher Leroy Satchel Paige warms up at New York's Yankee Stadium before a Negro League game between the Monarchs and the New York Cuban Stars.
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Whitmer signs bill designating May 2 as ‘Negro Leagues Day’ in Michigan

Rick Pluta June 20, 2024

State Rep. Helena Scott (D-Detroit) celebrated Juneteenth this year by showing up at a historic ballpark, watching as her bill...

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