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Black in Blue has grown as a project, helping facilitate athlete progress both inside and outside of the classroom.

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Anti-blackness runs rampant amongst all communities and a consequence of that is the pressure placed on Black people to be ...

Discover 21 influential Black leaders who changed history through activism, politics, education, science and justice.

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That's thanks to an oral history database called The HistoryMakers that contains more than 3,000 interviews with African Americans from ... who served as the first black mayor of New Orleans.

Chuck Cooper was a rookie on the first Celtics team to end the season with a winning record. And a separate pick, Bob Cousy, would eventually become his close friend.

celebrates the contributions of African Americans in the development of the city and commemorates the former location of a Black business district, officials said. What’s that in Kerrytown?