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News Articles: Race

A marble bust of Chief Justice Roger Taney is displayed in the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the U.S. Capitol on March 9, 2020.

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  • Politics

Congress votes to remove a bust of the Dred Scott decision's author from the Capitol

The bill calls for replacing the bust of former Chief Justice Roger Taney, who wrote the decision upholding slavery, with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black person to serve on the high court.

December 15, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Ahn
Counter-protesters carrying Black Lives Matter flags walk past a group of Trump supporters at the Michigan State Capitol building in November 2020 in Lansing, Mich.

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  • National

Man who threatened Black Lives Matter supporters pleads guilty to hate crime charges

The case was investigated by the FBI, as the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division prosecuted the case. The suspect, Kenneth Pilon, will be sentenced in March 2023.

December 15, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
The U.S. Postal Service said on Tuesday that the stamp "celebrates the life and legacy" of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis.

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  • National

U.S. Postal Service honors the late civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis with a stamp

The civil rights icon spent nearly 60 years in public service, including more than three decades representing the Atlanta area. Now, the USPS is paying homage to his years of work.

December 14, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Fingerstyle guitarist, singer and music producer Stefan Grossman.

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  • Arts & Life

Rev. Gary Davis was a prolific guitar player. A protégé aims to keep his legacy alive

"I want to pass on the joy of playing this music to others, just as Rev. Davis passed it on to me."

December 12, 2022
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By:
  • Jon Kalish
A dozen Black men were convicted<strong> </strong>of murder<strong> </strong>by all-white juries in connection with the 1919 massacre in Elaine, Ark. Above, defendants S.A. Jones, Ed Hicks, Frank Hicks, Frank Moore, J.C. Knox, Ed Coleman and Paul Hall with their attorney at the state penitentiary in Little Rock in 1925 after the Supreme Court overturned their convictions.

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  • National

In 2 U.S. cities haunted by race massacres, facing the past is painful and divisive

Tulsa, Okla., has offered a blueprint, however imperfect, for how to confront a history of racial violence. In neighboring Arkansas, the city of Elaine has found the Tulsa model hard to replicate.

December 11, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., waves to supporters as he arrives at a campaign rally Monday at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.

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  • Elections

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeats Republican Herschel Walker in Georgia runoff

After a long campaign cycle that stretched into December with a runoff election, Georgia elected Sen. Raphael Warnock to a full term.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
A missing persons flyer, bearing the name of Annie Le, shown here in New Haven, Conn., in September 2009. This year, the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) launched a new tool that allows users to openly share their "press value" with the world if they were to go missing.

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  • National

Racial bias affects media coverage of missing people. A new tool illustrates how

The database tool estimates that younger, white women will get increasingly more news coverage than other racial groups — such as Black, Latino and Indigenous people.

December 06, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
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  • Race

Families wanted a Black Santa, so one man created a company to provide them

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Stafford Braxton about his company, Santas Just Like Me, which provides Santas of color and representation for Christmas celebrations.

December 06, 2022
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf,
  • Justine Kenin,
  • and 1 more
The <a href="https://fantastic4doubledutch.com/">Fantastic Four </a>in 1981.

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  • Arts & Life

How the Fantastic Four took Double Dutch to new heights

The ties between Double Dutch and hip-hop can be traced to Nelly's "Country Grammar," Missy Elliott's "Gossip Folks" and "Throw It Back," and the Cartoon Network animated series Craig of the Creek.

December 04, 2022
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By:
  • Allyson McCabe
Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, Miss., was charged with violating the Fair Housing Act after burning a cross in front of a Black family because of their race.

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  • National

A man who burned a cross to intimidate his Black neighbors pleads guilty to hate crime

Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, Miss., who burned a cross in his front yard, was charged with violating the Fair Housing Act over the December 2020 incident.

December 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Winnipeg Police Inspector Shawn Pike provides an update to an ongoing homicide investigation in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.

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  • Race

A Canadian man is charged in the deaths of 3 more Indigenous women

Police alleged Thursday that a Canadian man previously charged with murdering an Indigenous woman also killed three other women — two also confirmed to be Indigenous and one believed to be.

December 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Britain's Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales, watch an NBA basketball game between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat on Wednesday in Boston.

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  • World

Prince William deplores his godmother's racial comments

His said "racism has no place in our society" as he sought to prevent the backlash over his godmother's treatment of a Black advocate for survivors of domestic abuse from overshadowing his U.S. trip.

December 01, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., ran unopposed for the position of House Democratic leader. He replaces Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who announced she would not run for the top leadership post after Democrats lost control of the House in the midterms.

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  • Politics

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries elected as leader of the House Democrats

Jeffries will replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi as the top elected Democratic leader. He represents a generational shift and faces challenges in a GOP House in January.

November 30, 2022
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh
Charity leader Ngozi Fulani (center left) attends a reception held by Britain's Camilla, the queen consort, (center) to raise awareness of violence against women and girls in Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday.

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  • World

A member of the Buckingham Palace household resigns after racial comments

An honorary member of the royal household has resigned after repeatedly asking a Black woman who runs a charity for survivors of domestic abuse what country she came from.

November 30, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a Senate subcommittee on homeland security on Capitol Hill on May 4.

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  • National

A fight over how to enforce immigration laws reaches the Supreme Court

The Biden administration wants immigration authorities to focus on threats to public safety, but a lower court said its guidelines went too far. Now the high court is hearing arguments in the case.

November 29, 2022
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  • Joel Rose
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