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The Smithsonian Institution Building on the National Mall is seen on March 28 in Washington, D.C. The organization is the target of an order from President Trump that seeks to restore "truth and sanity to American history."

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These 7 executive actions show how Trump wants to reshape American history

President Trump wants to reframe how the country's stories are told. But historians are pushing back, saying the administration's actions amount to an attack on core institutions — and on history itself.

May 21, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell
Former President Donald Trump appears on a panel at NABJ on Wednesday in Chicago. From left, ABC's Rachel Scott, Semafor's Kadia Goba and FOX News' Harris Faulkner moderated the event.

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  • Analysis

Scholars on the 'divide and conquer' strategy behind Trump's false claim that Harris ‘turned Black’

Scholars say Trump’s false claim that Harris “turned Black” isn't a new racial conspiracy theory.

August 03, 2024
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By:
  • Sandhya Dirks
Alissa Pili #35 of the Utah Utes is introduced before the game against the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at McCarthey Athletic Center on March 25, 2024, in Spokane, Wash.

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  • Sports

Police investigating racial harassment of NCAA women's basketball team in Idaho

Police are investigating reported harassment of the University of Utah women's basketball team while staying in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, for the NCAA tournament in nearby Spokane, Wash.

March 27, 2024
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By:
  • Troy Oppie
People of color who have a doctor who looks like them report more satisfaction with their health care. Here, Abel Woldu and Dr. Kelsey Angell participate in the University of Minnesota's white coat ceremony in 2022. Half of that incoming class of doctors-in-training are people of color.

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  • Health

Black Americans expect to face racism in the doctor's office, survey finds

For many people of color in this country, a visit to the doctor means being extra careful about their appearance in the hope to be treated fairly during the appointment.

December 05, 2023
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  • Maria Godoy
Johnny Smith is the author of "Jumpman: The Making and Meaning of Michael Jordan".

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  • News

Georgia Tech professor unpacks the Michael Jordan 'mystique' in 'Jumpman'

A new book unpacks the "mystique" that Michael Jordan built around himself as he dominated the NBA in the 1990s.

November 27, 2023
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Ibram X. Kendi speaks during the Netflix film <em>Stamped From the Beginning.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'Stamped From the Beginning' is a sharp look at the history of anti-Black racism

Professor Ibram X. Kendi's documentary kicks off with a provocative question: What is wrong with Black people?

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
A screenshot from one of the videos of the brawl in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday. The video shows a fight that broke out between an apparent dock worker and several men who appeared to be parking their pontoon boat in a space reserved for the city's riverboat.

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  • Arts & Life

I've spent my career explaining race, but hit a wall with Montgomery brawl memes

When you've built a career around explaining race and racism to people, what happens when you find a moment you just don't want to explain?

August 10, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
Mercer University's Civic Journalism Senior Fellow Liz Fabian covers Macon-Bibb County government entities. She hosts the monthly discussion Ask Mayor Miller.

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  • News

WATCH: Macon mayor pushes back against ABC's 'The View' after Jason Aldean song controversy

Mayor Lester Miller shared his thoughts about a TV host calling his city "one of the most racist in the country."

August 04, 2023
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  • Liz Fabian and
  • GPB News Staff
A carving on Stone Mountain honoring Confederate generals is shown on Monday, May 24, 2021, in Stone Mountain, Ga. Civil rights groups are blasting a concert series with Black performers dubbed “Soul Fest” at a Georgia park with a giant carving of Confederate leaders. Stone Mountain Park just outside Atlanta is where the Ku Klux Klan marked its rebirth in 1915.

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Civil rights groups condemn 'Soul Fest' concerts at Georgia park with giant Confederate carving

Civil rights groups are criticizing a concert series with Black performers dubbed "Soul Fest" that is being held at a Georgia park with a giant carving of Confederate leaders.

July 27, 2023
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  • Associated Press
One exhibit inside the new International African American Museum in Charleston , South Carolina, describes the accomplishments of Black leaders in health care, including nurse - midwife Maude Callen, who delivered hundreds of infants across the South Carolina Lowcountry during a time when segregation limited access to medical care for many African Americans.

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  • News

New Charleston museum nods to historical roots of U.S. health disparities

A $120 million International African American Museum opened this week in Charleston, S,C. The galleries allow visitors to step back in history at Gadsden’s Wharf, where tens of thousands of enslaved Africans arrived in America, the genesis of generations of health disparities.

June 27, 2023
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  • Lauren Sausser
Public health professor Arline Geronimus says marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress, which leads to increasingly serious health problems over time.

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  • Health

How poverty and racism 'weather' the body, accelerating aging and disease

Public health professor Arline Geronimus explains how marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress, which damages their bodies at the cellular level. Her new book is Weathering.

March 29, 2023
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  • Dave Davies
Atlanta-based journalist Josie Duffy Rice is the host of the podcast "Unreformed."

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  • News

Atlanta journalist spotlights stories of violence at Alabama's Mt. Meigs

A new podcast spotlights the stories of survivors of violence at Mt. Meigs, a school in Montgomery, Ala., billed as an institution for reform for troubled Black children.

February 09, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
A scene from the new documentary about Stone Mountain from the Atlanta History Center.

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  • News

A new Stone Mountain documentary examines the world's largest Confederate monument. Watch it here

A new documentary from the Atlanta History Center highlights the role the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th century played in the creation of Stone Mountain, the world's largest Confederate monument. 

February 01, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
People attend a candlelight vigil in memory of Tyre Nichols on Thursday at the Tobey Skate Park in Memphis, Tenn.

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  • National

There's no way to prepare for the Tyre Nichols video, a Memphis pastor says

As Memphis braces for video footage and protests, pastor and police reform advocate Earle Fisher says he's "seen far too much Black death as a spectacle." He shares his concerns and hopes in the case.

January 27, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
A Freddie Gray protest in Baltimore, Md., in 2015.

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  • National

How one photographer is using his camera as a weapon against poverty and racism

In his recently published photobook, "No Justice, No Peace," Devin Allen confronts readers with the reality of how little has changed since the civil rights movement.

January 16, 2023
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  • Seyma Bayram
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