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Lifelong New York civil rights advocate, NAACP leader Hazel Dukes dies at 92
Hazel Dukes, the president of the New York State chapter of the NAACP and lifelong civil rights advocate, died Saturday…
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Kamala Harris receives prestigious Chairman’s prize at NAACP Image Awards
LOS ANGELES — Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering…
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What to know about the court cases over President Trump’s birthright citizenship order
SEATTLE — A federal judge who already questioned the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order is set…
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Trump Administration shuts down White House Spanish-language page, social media
Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the new administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House…
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Republicans renew efforts to limit people in US illegally from census count
Republican efforts to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states have…
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The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of…
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Native American students miss school at higher rates, it got worse during pandemic
SAN CARLOS, Ariz. — After missing 40 days of school last year, Tommy Betom, 10, is on track this year…
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Trump wants to end ‘wokeness’ in education. He has vowed to use federal money as leverage
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s vision for education revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of…
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Louisiana trooper avoids jail time in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene
FARMERVILLE, La. — A Louisiana state trooper pleaded no contest Monday to significantly reduced charges that spare him jail time…
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Boyfriend of a Navajo woman is sentenced to life in prison in her killing
PHOENIX — After family members of a slain Navajo woman described their grief in a federal courtroom, the judge on…
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