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He was a church official who criticized Trump. He says Christianity is in crisis. By Scott Detrow, Gabriel J. Sánchez, and Sarah Handel / NPR
“It’s a Way of Reparations”: Why Henrietta Lacks Settlement Matters for Bioethics & Racial Justice. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Why Christians need to support diversity professionals, not demonize them. By Michelle Loyd-Paige / RNS
’10 Million Names’ project aims to recover hidden history of enslaved African Americans. By Terri Martin and Allie Weintraub / ABC News
A brief history of the Ku Klux Klan Acts: 1870s laws to protect Black voters, ignored for decades, now being used against Trump. By Joseph Patrick Kelly / The Conversation
Henry Cort stole his iron innovation from Black metallurgists in Jamaica. By Regina G. Barber, Carly Rubin , Berly McCoy, Rebecca Ramirez / NPR
Activists Have Long Called for Charleston to Confront Its Racial History. Tourists Are Now Expecting It. By Jennifer Berry Hawes / Propublica
‘12 years of hell’: Indian boarding school survivors share their stories. By Dana Hedgpeth / Wash Post
When Confederate-glorifying monuments went up in the South, voting in Black areas went down. By Alexander N. Taylor / The Conversation
Alabama brawl turns spotlight on Montgomery’s racial history. By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Chandelis Duster / CNN
DeSantis Faces Swell of Criticism Over Florida’s New Standards for Black History. By Sarah Mcrvosh / NYT
Alabama lawmakers refuse to create a 2nd majority-Black congressional district. By AP and NPR
A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve. By Aallyah Wright / Capital B
Clarence Thomas accidentally blessed a new type of affirmative action. By Jonathan Zasloff / Slate
Students and Faculty Fear Tenure and DEI Bills Could ‘Destroy’ Texas Colleges. By Eva Surovell / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Fulton County is ready to unveil Trump’s ‘criminal enterprise.’ By Mark Sumner / Daily Kos
Post-Retirement Cognitive Decline Varies by Race and Education – Neuroscience News. By Neuroscience News
Frederick D. Haynes III on succeeding Jesse Jackson, marching and ‘woke preaching.’ By Adelle Banks / RNS
It’s a Christian mandate to create a society where all flourish — SCOTUS keeps undermining it. By Sally Vonner / RNS
Evangelical Colleges Will Continue to Pursue Diversity Without Affirmative Action. By Hannah McClellan / Christianity Today
White Texas couple leads ‘Let’s Talk Race’ class to educate churchgoers. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
John Mercer Langston Paved the Way for Black U.S. Representatives, But Most People Don’t Know It. By Tom Shields / Diverse Issues in Higher Ed
Biden Will Establish A National Monument Honoring Emmett Till, The Black Teen Lynched In Mississippi. By Darlene Superville / HuffPost
‘Rustin’ First Look: Colman Domingo Is Bayard Rustin, the Man Who Turned MLK’s Dream Into a Reality. By Chris Murphy / Vanity Fair
Activists split over whether reparations should go to Black immigrants. By Emmanuel Felton / Wash Post
John Lewis honored at Morehouse ceremony as stamp goes on sale. By Rahul Ball / WABE
