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Sen. Tim Scott is a different kind of Republican who could reshape the 2024 election

It should also be noted that making a show of presidential ambition early but then backing off has been an excellent way to get on the national ticket, albeit in the role of running mate.

WEKU

The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience

Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906.

The Conversation

40 years after 'Reading Rainbow,' LeVar Burton is still fighting for literacy

LOS ANGELES — Sitting in a booth at a Hollywood coffee shop across from LeVar Burton, there's no denying the passion in his eyes when he talks about literacy and how reading is not only a tool that unlocks doors to success but also a civil right.

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Former reporter pens bio about the incredible life of Black Civil War veteran in new book, 'The Sergeant'

Shortly after 9/11, a group of Palestinian students had some questions for an American reporter about the lives and history of Muslims in America that sent him on a decadeslong journey, researching and writing about Muslims who had been in the United States since a few years after the Mayflower…

Tribune News Service

Another Judge on the Acela Corridor Takes The Thirteenth Amendment Seriously

Judge Matey's concurrence sketches out the original meaning of "involuntary servitude."

Reason

The Continuing Relevance of Frederick Douglass

Douglass is best-known for his role in the abolitionist movement that helped end slavery. But much of his thought is also relevant to contemporary issues.

Reason

Maryland artist’s sculpture of civil rights leader set to replace Robert E. Lee statue at US Capitol

Steven Weitzman is going to bring a civil rights icon to life in the U.S. Capitol.

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Wes Moore takes oath of office as Maryland’s first Black governor

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Wes Moore, placing his hand on a Bible once owned by abolitionist Frederick Douglass, took his oath of office Wednesday to become Maryland’s 63rd governor, the state’s first and the country’s only current Black chief executive.

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Wes Moore takes oath of office as Maryland’s first Black governor

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Gov.-elect Wes Moore embraces Maryland’s Black history as he readies for historic oath of office

BALTIMORE — The inauguration day of Westley Watende Omari Moore as Maryland’s first Black governor is shaping up to look like a walk through history.

Tribune News Service

Bristol writer has spent decades bringing 'strangers' together through story

"Inclusivity needs to be about changing what we’re trying to get into - there’s no point adding people to something that’s rotten"

Bristol Post

Cori Bush: GOP tokenizes speaker nominee

“His name being in the mix is not progress—it’s pathetic," the progressive lawmaker said

Salon

Buffalo turns focus to food justice after supermarket shooting

The shooting at Tops Friendly Markets reignited conversations around food insecurity in Black communities – and residents are reimagining and rebuilding

The Guardian - US

US House votes to remove bust of judge who wrote Dred Scott decision defending slavery

Supreme court justice Roger Taney wrote 1857 decision justifying slavery, widely regarded as one of worst rulings in history

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The Swiss mountain with a racist name – and the artist fighting to rechristen it

Agassizhorn is an alp in Switzerland named after a notorious scientist. Sasha Huber explains why she flew to the summit by helicopter and rechristened it Rentyhorn – in honour of an enslaved man

Chicago Sun-Times

Abraham Lincoln is a role model for today’s turbulent times

When Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham writes about someone as complex as Lincoln, and a time more divisive than today, there are important lessons to learn.

The Conversation

Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife have bolstered conservative causes as he is poised to lead the Supreme Court rolling back more landmark rulings

With the opening of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new session on Oct. 3, 2022, Clarence Thomas is arguably the most powerful justice on the nation’s highest court.

Daily Mirror

When is Black History Month 2022? Why event is celebrated and why UK date is different to US

Black History Month is nearly here in the UK and the annual celebration commemorates the contribution of African and Caribbean communities to culture and society

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Belfast Council appeals for artist to create statue of anti-slaver

Artists have until September 16 to show interest

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Five takeaways from Joe Biden’s Md. rally: ‘I don’t respect these MAGA Republicans,’ Wes Moore calls Dan Cox a ‘threat’

ROCKVILLE, Md. — In a show of party unity, the Democratic National Committee jump-started its midterm campaign in the Washington, D.C., suburbs Thursday evening, showcasing gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore and some of Maryland’s political heavy-hitters alongside President Joe Biden.

Reason

The New York Times Is Surprised To Find Public Defenders Championing the Second Amendment

Yet the civil rights movement has long had a gun rights component.

The Guardian - US

Frederick Douglass gets the Hamilton treatment with new musical

American Prophet, focusing on the abolitionist, orator and polymath, is the latest marker of a Douglass renaissance in popular culture

Reason

The Political Strategy of "Making the Other Side Better"

Economist Tyler Cowen argues this approach is too often neglected. But is more common than he suggests.

Reason

Thoughts on the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution

A compendium of some of my previous writings on these topics, which I hope remain relevant today.

The Guardian - US

Denmark Vesey’s Bible review: searing history with lessons for a troubled America

The leader of a would-be South Carolina slave rebellion was hanged 200 years ago today. A new account is a must-read

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