National News
‘Ax Handle Saturday’: The Klan’s vicious attack on Black protesters in Florida 60 years ago. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
The ‘Mississippi Plan’ to keep Blacks from voting in 1890: ‘We came here to exclude the Negro.’ By Ronald G. Shafer / Wash Post
From ‘Birth of a Nation’ to ‘Till’: Confronting Racism in the White House Screening Room. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs / NYT
George Washington, Slavery, and Farming. By Rebecca Dudley / AAIHS
Racism takes a toll on the brain, research shows. By Richard Sima / Wash Post
More Black Families Are Considering Home-Schooling — And It Shouldn’t Be A Shock As To Why. By Sage Howard / HuffPost
Nikki Haley removed the Confederate flag. She sounds different as a candidate. By Dan Balz / Wash Post
Sen. Tim Scott test drives a potential 2024 campaign message. By Allan Smith / NBC News
Georgia GOP senators push through installation of Clarence Thomas statue at state Capitol. By Stanley Dunlap / Georgia Recorder
College Board slams Florida, DeSantis over AP African American Studies course. By Joe Hernandez / NPR
Why Is Affirmative Action in Peril? One Man’s Decision. By Emily Bazelon / NYT
Cost of getting sick for older people of color is 25% higher than for white Americans – new research. By Marc Cohen and Jane Tavares / The Conversation
Gunman sentenced to life in prison for Buffalo massacre of Black victims. By David Nakamura / Wash Post
Docuseries on Black church highlights history, links to biblical orthodoxy. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Aren’t Jesus Teachings Considered “Woke” ? By Afua Hirsch / Daily Kos
Ron DeSantis Knows: The Path to Victory Runs Through Right-Wing Churches. By Katherine Stewart / New Republic
A Black Woman’s Spiritual Journey Up a Mountain, in “You Go Girl!” By Shariffa Ali and Vivian Cheng / The New Yorker
This Artist Has a Mission to Call White Americans to Truth. By Tish Harrison Warren / NYT
Deion Sanders receives complaint about praying at Colorado. By Steven J. Gaither / HBCU Gameday
Black Virginians and the American Revolution. By Adam McNeil / AAIHS
America has a history of banning Black studies. We can learn from that past. By Derecka Purnell / The Guardian
After MLK’s home was bombed, he refused to back down: ‘This movement will not stop.’ By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
HBCUs and the Red Scare. By Candace Cunningham / AAIHS
Black Vietnam veteran’s nearly 60-year wait for Medal of Honor is over. By Catherine Herridge / CBS News
Even in Death, Black Americans Have Been Denied the Right to Rest in Peace. By Greg Melville / NYT
Florida Officials Had Repeated Contact With College Board Over African American Studies. By Dana Goldstein, Stephanie Saul and Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
