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As Chicago Celebrates Jesse Jackson's Life, Those He Inspired Confront What's Next From Chicago to Washington, those shaped by his vision are grappling with how to carry forward the Rainbow Coalition he built.

From Chicago to Washington, those shaped by his vision are grappling with how to carry forward the Rainbow Coalition he built.
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HBCU Students Walk Miles to the Polls After Campus Sites Are Cut Black college students in North Carolina and Texas continue to engage students to be more civically active.

Dozens of North Carolina A&T State University students recently walked more than 30 minutes to a nearby polling site holding signs that said “Aggie Votes Matter,” “Use Your Vote or Lose Your Vote,” and other signs after they found out there was no early voting site on campus.
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Texas Primaries Set High-Stakes November Test for Black Voters Jasmine Crockett falls short in her bid for a U.S. Senate seat, while Reps. Al Green and Christian Menefee face a likely runoff race for the House.

Jasmine Crockett falls short in her bid for a U.S. Senate seat, while Reps. Al Green and Christian Menefee face a likely runoff race for the House.
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The Little-Known Committee That Has Cost Black Farmers for Generations County committees may not be as powerful as they were at the height of Jim Crow, but the system still has serious consequences for Black producers.

The USDA’s discrimination against Black farmers is widely documented, contributing to a historic decline in land loss. Yet, it’s also rooted in a little-known but powerful county committee system, where Black farmers have been denied resources & access to programs.
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Henrietta Lacks' Family Reaches Settlement in Fight Over Her Stolen Cells Details of the Novartis agreement aren't public, but the family says it is pleased with the outcome.

A long overdue reckoning for Henrietta Lacks — the Black woman whose cancer cells led to breakthroughs but were harvested without her consent. Novartis has settled a lawsuit by Lacks’ estate that alleged the pharmaceutical giant profited off her cells.
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Black Texans Head to the Primaries With More Than Just Ballots on the Line Residents say they want leaders who deliver on health care, voting access, and reproductive freedom, issues that could shape communities for years to come.

Residents say they want leaders who deliver on health care, voting access, and reproductive freedom, issues that could shape communities for years to come.
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Hampton University, Stripped of Land Grant Status 100 Years Ago, May Get It Back As Va. lawmakers move to restore a designation lost during the Jim Crow era, students await the resources and opportunities its return could bring.

In 1920, Hampton University was stripped of its land grant status during a wave of segregation-era policies — cutting the university off from decades of potential federal funding for research. Now, a bill in the Virginia legislature aims to make amends.
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Hampton University, Stripped of Land Grant Status 100 Years Ago, May Get It Back As Va. lawmakers move to restore a designation lost during the Jim Crow era, students await the resources and opportunities its return could bring.

In 1920, Hampton University was stripped of its land grant status during a wave of segregation-era policies — cutting the university off from decades of potential federal funding.Now, a bill in the Virginia legislature aims to make amends and help the university recoup the money lost.
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S.C. Court Victory Grants Gullah Geechee Temporary Access to Blocked Cemetery Residents have fought for the right to bury their loved ones, but property owners had denied them access.

Despite a judge granting her and other Gullah Geechee residents in St. Helena Island, South Carolina, access to the centuries-old Big House Cemetery, they must give the property owners — who put up a gate to block the entrance — written notice first.

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Trump Touts Success in State of the Union as Black Communities Reflect on Hard Year “They really need to understand that they’re not the administration of just a certain kind of American,” one man says.

Throughout the night, Trump highlighted what he framed as a year of achievements, striking optimistic chords on the economy, immigration, and health care. Yet for many Black Americans, the story of his return to the White House has unfolded differently.
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Why Afro-Venezuelans Oppose U.S. Intervention in Venezuela More than half of Venezuelans identify as having African ancestry, the highest rate of the world’s Spanish-speaking nations.

In interviews, some Afro‑Venezuelans offered their support for Maduro’s government, while others cautioned against romanticizing his rule as truly serving the poor. At the same time, they all firmly rejected U.S. military intervention.
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Black D.C. Residents Say Trump’s Tactics Bring More Fear, Not Safety As agents patrol popular areas in the nation’s capital, many Black residents are worried about being over overpoliced.

Repeating racist rhetoric, the president has claimed that the city, which is nearly 45% Black, has been “overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals.” The city police department released data showing that crime is at a 30-year low in the nation’s capital.
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Cashless Bail Helps Keep Families Together. Trump Wants to Shut It Down. As the president escalates his federal takeover of D.C., his latest efforts target a system held up as a model since 1992.

Criminal justice advocates warn that President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at ending cashless bail policies will disproportionately impact low-income communities.

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‘Jim Crow 2.0’: Civil Rights Leaders Sound Alarm on SAVE America Act The bill “is not about protecting our elections,” the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund says. “It’s about disguising voter suppression.”

The bill “is not about protecting our elections,” the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund says. “It’s about disguising voter suppression.”
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Rep. Al Green Accepts Censure Vote and Recalls Civil Rights Era Protests The Texas lawmaker says Trump’s “lunatics” comment toward Democrats is why he spoke up.

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) was escorted from the House chamber just minutes into the State of the Union after standing with a sign that read, “Black People Aren’t Apes!”

It’s the second year in a row Green has been removed during a president’s address to Congress. capitalbnews.org/texas-rep-al...

Black-Owned Businesses Confront Rising Costs Amid Trump’s Tariffs With tariffs now in effect, Black businesses face a dual challenge: economic survival and preserving community anchors.

With key Trump tariffs recently deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court, Black businesses face a dual challenge: recovering from months of higher costs and preserving the community anchors they sustain.
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Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Targets Medicaid, SNAP, and Student Loans The legislation will disproportionately burden Black Americans, who rely on these services at higher rates.

Among other things, the legislation guts Medicaid, slashes funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and limits access to federal student loans.
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The administration claims that it’s targeting DEI. It’s really chipping away at civil rights protections.
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A City-by-City Breakdown of Trump’s Immigration Raids and Troop Deployments The Trump administration deployed federal troops into at least 10 cities.

So far, National Guard troops have also been deployed to at least 10 cities, including Charlotte, North Carolina, and Memphis, Tennessee, despite local crime data showing reductions in violent crime, including homicides, in several of these cities.
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Ahead of Trump’s State of the Union, Black Communities Reflect on a Hard Year “They really need to understand that they’re not the administration of just a certain kind of American,” one man says.

Trump will walk into his address with 6 in 10 Americans disapproving of his performance. This figure lays bare the electoral challenge facing the Republican Party in the midterm elections this fall.
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Smithsonian Exhibit Highlights the Power and Joy of HBCUs Five HBCUs have sent the National Museum of African American History artifacts spanning decades.

At the Vanguard: Making and Saving History at HBCUs highlights the contributions made by Black colleges and universities at a time when President Donald Trump has complained that Smithsonian museums have “nothing about success.”

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Georgia Is Letting a Railroad Seize Land a Black Family Has Owned For 100 Years Descendants of enslaved people are fighting an attempt to use eminent domain to carve a spur through one of Georgia’s largest Black‑owned farms.

The families in the railroad’s path said they see this as another instance in a pattern of extraction that has defined this corner of Georgia since before the Civil War.
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Racist Doll Thrown at Mardi Gras Parade Ignites Citywide Backlash Outrage erupted after a child was thrown a Black doll with plastic Mardi Gras beads tied around its neck, reminiscent of a noose.

Outrage erupted after a child was thrown a Black doll with plastic Mardi Gras beads tied around its neck, reminiscent of a noose.
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Georgia Is Letting a Railroad Seize Land a Black Family Has Owned For 100 Years Descendants of enslaved people are fighting an attempt to use eminent domain to carve a spur through one of Georgia’s largest Black‑owned farms.

Descendants of enslaved people are fighting an attempt to use eminent domain to carve a spur through one of Georgia’s largest Black‑owned farms.

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Drone Footage Shows Musk's AI Power Plant Flouting Clean Air Regulations in Black Community Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship data centers.

Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship data centers.
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Philadelphia Wins Court Fight Over Slavery Exhibit Removal The effort to dismantle the exhibit is part of the administration’s ongoing targeting of sites it says disparage the country’s national values.

The effort to dismantle the exhibit is part of the administration’s ongoing targeting of sites it says disparage the country’s national values.
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The Mardi Gras Indian Tradition Carrying Generations of Black History Black Masking Indians transform New Orleans with hand-sewn suits and street rituals that challenge who has the power to move freely and be seen.

As gentrification pushes longtime residents out of the neighborhoods where the tradition was born, chiefs and tribes use the art of masking to hold fast to the community, history, and joy that built Black New Orleans.

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Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson's Impact and Civil Rights Leadership The 84-year-old recovered from two bouts of COVID in 2021 and 2023 while battling a neurodegenerative disorder.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a grandfather, husband, and storied civil rights icon, has passed away.
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HBCU Bands Bring Big Sound to Mardi Gras Parades Several bands will be marching through New Orleans this holiday season.

Where to find several bands that will be marching through New Orleans this holiday season.

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