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The Unemployment Gap Between Black and White New Yorkers Is Widening
The unemployment rate for Black New Yorkers was 12.2 percent in the first quarter of the year, while the white…
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Banned Bunnies
In 1959, the picture-book nuptials of a black rabbit and a white rabbit caused intense debate across the nation.
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A Growing W.N.B.A. Still Boxes Out Some Personalities
Ahead of the W.N.B.A. draft, women’s basketball remains troubled by racial disparities in how its stars are showcased.
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Who’s Afraid of Integration? A Lot of People, Actually.
In 1999, Robert D. Potter, a federal judge who was a protégé of Senator Jesse Helms, Republican of North Carolina,…
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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Legacy — and Betrayal — of Black Soldiers
In “The Wounded World,” Chad Williams examines the scholar-activist’s struggle to complete a book about Black troops’ experiences during World…
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The Things They Left Behind: How the U.S. Laid Waste to Southeast Asia
George Black’s new book, “The Long Reckoning,” describes the environmental devastation of the Vietnam War.
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I Did Not Feel the Need to See People ‘Like Me’ on TV or in Books
I didn’t know that I wanted there to be Band-Aids for Black people. There are now, in a nice range…
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Inside a Brooklyn School Teaching the Course That Florida Banned
Students taking the African American studies class have learned about ancient kingdoms, 20th century movements and modern issues.
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Eboni K. Williams and Her ‘Harlem Jewel Box’
The broadcaster and author’s brief to her designer was simple: ‘Imagine if Josephine Baker lived in Harlem today. That’s what…
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The Other Children in the DeSantis Culture War
ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s midday on Saturday in Orlando’s Greenwood Cemetery, and just up an incline from an algae-covered pond…