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There’s a traditional narrative about the history of Black people and the law. It describes how slaves were entirely shut out of the legal system, disenfranchised and bereft of even a modicum of legal ...

WASHINGTON ‒ As some educators pull back from teaching Black history, college professor Kijua Sanders-McMurtry is taking a different path. This summer, during a conference break, she typed furiously ...

In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During this era, which rose to prominence in the 1950s, Black folks worked ...

PHILADELPHIA — President Biden claimed twice on Wednesday that he was involved in the Civil Rights Movement as he courted black voters in battleground Pennsylvania — despite admitting in the past that ...

Harvard professor Brandon M. Terry offers a new way of thinking about what the leaders of that period achieved, what they ...

Well, maybe I should say some Fox viewers. As Black History Month comes to an end, I’ve been traveling across America -- from Seattle to St. Louis, from Chicago to Philadelphia – to promote my new ...