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One of the oldest Black museums is going viral with a new social media series
Staff at Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History are spoofing what it is like to work at the legendary institution from a…
 • Phil Lewis
Black bookstores report, CBS News shakeup, RIP Bernard LaFayette
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For the first time, we now know how many Black-owned bookstores exist in the U.S.
The National Association of Black Bookstores has released the “first comprehensive national report” on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores.
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BAFTA N-word outrage, Megan Thee Stallion takes Broadway, RIP Joanne Bland
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Mississippi’s Black voters brace for elections ruling that could gut Supreme Court clout
Black Mississippians won a Voting Rights Act case that challenges how the state elects supreme court justices. But that victory may be in jeopardy.
RIP Jesse Jackson, Philly slavery exhibit restored, Jill Scott Tiny Desk
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Jesse Jackson, longtime civil rights leader and presidential candidate, has died
The civil rights leader died "peacefully on Tuesday morning, surrounded by his family."
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