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Archaeologists unearth foundation of 1760s schoolhouse for Black children
Archaeologists in Virginia have unearthed the foundation of a building from the 1700s that once supported the nation’s oldest ...
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School Principal Yelled At A Teacher, And It Was The Straw That Broke The Camel’s Back, So She Quit
What would you do if you had a principal who was always trying to get you in trouble and make your job more difficult? That ...
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The American dream while Black: ‘We took our foot off the gas pedal’
School integration programs once broke down barriers. Today, white and Black students in cities like Minneapolis are growing up apart. Shannon Wright / for NBC News Shannon Wright / for NBC News ...
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South Carolina High School Elects First Ever Black Homecoming Queen In Its 155-Year History
Porter-Gaud High School in Charleston, South Carolina has not had a Black homecoming queen during the entirety of its 155-year existence. But that changed this year. Senior Amber Wilsondebriano ...
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BC Law School conference focuses on the history and impact of Black land loss
Drinan, S.J., Professor Thomas Mitchell An upcoming conference co-hosted by Boston College Law School will spotlight the only case in American legal history in which a Black family whose property was ...