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Knox County Schools takes 'Roots' off banned book list, restores to libraries
Weeks of controversy ensued after the Knox County Board of Education pulled the Pulitzer Prize-winning book from school shelves.
Sonny Rollins, legend of the jazz saxophone, has died
Sonny Rollins, one of the most influential jazz musicians of our time, died Monday afternoon. He was 95.
 • Phil Lewis
NPR Music pays homage to BET for Black Music Month with Tiny Desk lineup
NPR Music pays homage to BET for Black Music Month with Tiny Desk lineup.
 • Phil Lewis
Historic Black church in Virginia will fund Black student council at Mizzou, pastor says
“Although they’ve been defunded by the government, we have decided we are not going to let that student organization fail to have programming,” said…
 • Phil Lewis
NAACP's new campaign, new W.E.B. Du Bois doc, 'white grievance reparations fund'
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 • Phil Lewis
NAACP urges Black athletes, donors to avoid Southern schools amid voting rights fight
“What these states have done is not a policy disagreement. It is a sprint to erase Black political power,” said Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP.
 • Phil Lewis
The word ‘Black’ has disappeared from a set of bills aimed at addressing Black maternal health
Why does the federal Momnibus now only say 'Black' one time? The answer depends on who you ask.
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