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Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime

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By Darlene Superville Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents typically say a few words before they turn legislation into law. But Joe Biden flipped the script...

Emmett Till’s Chicago House Gets Landmark Status Amid Plans For Black...

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By Nina Golgowski Black Voices The former Chicago home of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black boy whose 1955 lynching in Mississippi helped ignite the nation’s civil...

Play imagines conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till 

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By Richard Friedman For The Birmingham Times It was a trip Cameron Mayers had to make, driving 90 miles and 65 years back into history. Mayers, an...

A ‘civil rights camp’ teaches kids a history they’re not learning...

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By Avis Thomas-Lester The Hechinger ReportTrevion Williams (left) and Jashun Griffith (right), both 13, students at Crystal Springs Middle School in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, chat at...