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News Articles: Race

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An education law professor on why race should be considered in college applications

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Dana Thompson Dorsey of the University of South Florida about the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.

June 29, 2023
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  • GPB Newsroom
The Effingham County School District logo is displayed on a clear glass wall inside a building.

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  • Law

ACLU lawsuit alleges ‘pervasive racial discrimination’ at Georgia school district near Savannah

Black students accuse the Effingham County School District of ignoring acts of racial animosity by white students and staff.

June 26, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Joe Armstrong, the owner of WJBE 99.7 FM/1040 AM — whose call letters pay tribute to the original WJBE's owner, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown — says the Federal Communications Commission is threatening to revoke his broadcast license over his prior conviction for a tax crime, one that occurred years before he took ownership of the station.

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  • National

Black-owned radio station may lose license over FCC 'character qualifications' policy

Joe Armstrong, owner of WJBE 99.7 FM, says the FCC is threatening to revoke his broadcast license over his conviction for a tax crime — one that occurred years before he took ownership of the station.

June 26, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
GPB  NPR

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  • National

Presidential campaign talking point: Fort Bragg's name change

Confederate General Braxton Bragg's name was recently stripped from the nation's largest Army base. The name change has since become a presidential campaign talking point.

June 26, 2023
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By:
  • Jay Price
The AG Gaston Motel is part of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, a collection of landmarks associated with 1963 Birmingham Campaign events, like The Children's Crusade.

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  • Race

Birmingham honors the Black businessman who quietly backed the Civil Rights Movement

The National Park Service and the city are teaming up to restore the AG Gaston Motel built by Black entrepreneur AG Gaston. It served as a secure space for civil rights leaders to strategize in 1963.

June 22, 2023
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By:
  • Marisa Peñaloza and
  • Debbie Elliott
A demonstrator holds a sign saying "PROTECT VOTER RIGHTS!" at a 2021 rally in Washington, D.C., calling for Congress to pass new voting rights legislation.

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  • Elections

Voting rights advocates welcomed a Supreme Court win. But the fight isn't over

An unexpected U.S. Supreme Court ruling has upheld a key section of the Voting Rights Act. But many voting rights advocates and legal scholars are bracing for new efforts to dismantle the law.

June 20, 2023
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
A young boy walks past a painting depicting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during a Juneteenth celebration in Los Angeles in 2020. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

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  • National

Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday, is gaining awareness

Monday marks the Juneteenth holiday — a date commemorating the fall of slavery in the United States. While it's a new federal holiday, it's been celebrated since the 1860s.

June 20, 2023
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By:
  • Alana Wise
John Blake's story is about growing up as a Black kid in West Baltimore in the 1980s and learning painful secrets about his family.

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  • Race

He saw the ghost of his racist grandfather. It helped lead to meaningful healing

John Blake's story is about growing up as a Black kid in West Baltimore in the 1980s, learning painful secrets about his white mother and, as he recalls, a ghost.

June 19, 2023
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  • Rachel Martin
Atlanta musicians rehearse for The Black Legacy Project workshop

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  • Agents for Change

The Black Legacy Project is using music to create a safe space to talk race

Music has the power to bring people together and break down tribes.  That's what the Black Legacy Project is banking on.  Recently, its creators brought together Black and white artists in the Atlanta area to record present-day interpretations of songs central to the Black American experience.   

June 19, 2023
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  • Leah Fleming
Virginia Del. Sally Hudson's campaign for state Senate has held informal house parties, including this one in Charlottesville, Va. on June 12. Hudson, a 35-year-old economist, says she'd lead on progressive issues in a state Senate she argues is dominated by older white men.

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  • National

For Democrats trying to retake Virginia legislature, fiery primaries are first hurdle

It's nearly been two years since Virginia Democrats lost the governor's office and the House to the GOP. Before attempting a comeback this fall, they must first survive Tuesday's expensive primaries.

June 19, 2023
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By:
  • Ben Paviour
An demonstrator holds a portrait of George Floyd in March 2021 outside the Hennepin County Government in Minneapolis, where the trial of former Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin in Floyd's killing was under way.

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  • National

DOJ report finds systemic patterns of abuse by the Minneapolis Police Department

The Justice Department, city and police will begin negotiations to set the terms of a consent decree, which will bring federal oversight to police

June 16, 2023
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
A new vision of Goldilocks, sipping tea

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  • Books

A husband and wife reimagine fairy tales with Black children in mind

In their latest book CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora, Kahran and Regis Bethencourt retell fairy and folk tales with Black children as the main characters.

June 16, 2023
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By:
  • Destinee Adams
GPB  NPR

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  • Elections

GOP presidential candidates of color walk a 'tightrope' as they discuss race

The Republican presidential field is the most diverse it has ever been, raising questions about race, identity and immigration for candidates of color in an overwhelmingly white party.

June 14, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
New York Army National Guard Sgt. William Henry Johnson, circa 1919.

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  • History

The U.S. Army renames a base in honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black WWI hero

Louisiana's Fort Polk became Fort Johnson, the latest Army base to replace its Confederate name. It now honors a soldier who earned a Medal of Honor a century after the night that made him a hero.

June 14, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
State courts in every state highlighted on this map have cited cases involving enslaved people in the 1980s or later.

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  • Law

Slave cases are still cited as good law across the U.S. This team aims to change that

Michigan State law professor Justin Simard says 18% of all published American cases are within two steps of a slave case. His team has spent years documenting them, hoping to force a legal reckoning.

June 14, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
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