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Johnson: Five years after the summer of George Floyd, what have we learned?
It’s been 5 years since the “summer of George Floyd”. There have been some notable reforms, but our country still struggles ...
Protests, parades and Pride: One week in June 2025 is drawing stark American fault lines
On the first weekend: a vision of the nation built upon inclusivity and the tenets of liberalism — a conception of country ...
In Worthington, fear becomes a fixture of immigrant lives as feds crack down
Katie’s fifth birthday, some official-looking men came to her family’s door. The little girl got excited, thinking it was ...
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For 75 years, the Barristers have fought for the advancement of African American lawyers in Philadelphia
Current Barristers president Courtney N. Richardson, front center, stands with leaders and members of the organization, which has served Philadelphia’s African American lawyers in Philadelphia ...
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UC names Verna Williams as first African-American law school dean
Verna L. Williams has been named dean of the University of Cincinnati College of Law. She becomes the first African American to lead the law school, which is the fourth-oldest continuously ...
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National African American Museum Faces Uncertainty Without Its Leader
a law professor and executive director of the African American Policy Forum, who is helping to lead the effort to protect the museum. Though the African American museum celebrates the achievements ...
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First African American U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada announces resignation
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - United States Attorney Jason Frierson has announced his resignation. Frierson is the first African American to hold the position in the District of Nevada. According to ...
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Georgia school chief says AP African American Studies can be taught after legal opinion
"As I have said, I will follow the law," Woods said. "In compliance with this opinion, the AP African American Studies course will be added to the state-funded course catalog effective immediately." ...
The State1y
SC ends AP African American Studies in public schools. Some say it’s ‘whitewashing history’
The department said in a memo that some African American history is being taught ... is appealing to manufactured controversy and a law that is not on the books. “There’s nothing to be gained ...
Independent Florida Alligator1y
Florida education reform initiatives limit African American studies, DEI funds
UF African American Studies Program Director David Canton ... wrote the course was “inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value” but did not indicate which ...
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This Fort Worth lawyer blazed Texas legal trails. Now a children’s book shares his legacy
Judge L. Clifford Davis, 99, opened one of the first African-American law offices in Tarrant County and was one of the first Black district judges appointed in Tarrant County. Amanda McCoy amccoy@ ...
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As demand for AP African American Studies curriculum surges across US, Florida ban remains
Ron DeSantis and other state leaders have defended their rejection of the College Board course by saying state law already requires teaching African American history. That law, passed in 1994 ...