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U.S. education ignores, distorts Black History: Why that matters

Traditional education is built upon a foundation of White supremacy, and that needs to change if we are to end systemic racism and be honest about the unfair treatment and atrocities Black people have suffered throughout America’s history.

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Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action

Juneteenth marks the day on June 19, 1865, that Union soldiers told enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended and they were free. The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the South in 1863 but it was not enforced in many places until after the end of the Civil War in 1865.

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It’s About Time: ‘Aunt Jemima’ to finally retire its racist mammy image

The Aunt Jemima brand, established by Chris Rutt and Charles Underwood in 1889, now owned by Pepsi, is getting rid of the old logo and 130-year-old brand name as American corporations make sweeping changes to heed the calls for an end to long-held traditions and practices rooted in racism.

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Good Deeds: Tyler Perry to pay funeral expenses of Rayshard Brooks and his children's college education

Tyler Perry will pay for the funeral expenses of Rayshard Brooks, the 27-year-old black man who was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer, sparking protests and cries for justice across the nation, as well as for his children’s college educations.

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