His passion for teaching Black history is fueled by his students’ eagerness to learn it. During class the day before visiting Fort Monroe, he stalked the aisles as he lectured …
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Black man was holding sandwiches and keys when an Ohio deputy fatally shot him, prosecutor says
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Prosecutors say a gun that a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy said a man was waving at him when he fatally shot him in the back in 2020…
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A conservative news website reported Tuesday on a complaint that accuses Harvard’s chief diversity and inclusion officer of plagiarism, in a campaign similar to the one that led to Claudine…
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Schools are increasingly locations for hate crimes, FBI data shows
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsSchools, colleges and universities were the third most common location for a hate crime to be committed in the United States from 2018 to 2022, new FBI data shows, with…
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Brazil, confronting calls for reparations, grapples with slavery’s painful legacy
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsRIO DE JANEIRO — The executive manager for institutional relations at a Brazilian state bank took the microphone before roughly 150 people at a forum on slavery’s legacy in his…
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Foreign-born residents file suit in Japan over alleged racial profiling
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsThree foreign-born residents of Japan filed a lawsuit on Monday against the national and local governments over alleged illegal questioning by police based on racial profiling. It is the first…
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Central Park 5 exoneree and council member says police stopped him without giving a reason
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsNew York City Council Member Yusef Salaam, a member of the exonerated group of men known as the Central Park Five, says he was stopped and pulled over by police…
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Jackie Robinson statue stolen from a Kansas park after sculpture cut off at ankles
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsWICHITA, Kan. — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita. The statue honors…
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Trial set to begin for 2 accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay over 20 years ago
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsNEW YORK — Two men accused of murder in the death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay are set to go on trial Monday, more than 20 years after the trailblazing…