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April 12, 2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi said he doesn't think the Virginia governor's 'Confederate History Month' proclamation…
April 8, 2010
OPINION - Attempting to honor the Confederacy while citing the evils of slavery is like trying to commemorate Santa Claus…
April 8, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Under pressure from critics, Gov. Bob McDonnell called it a "major omission" not noting slavery in…
March 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Amistad, a U.S.-flagged vessel headed for largely forbidden Cuban waters is a symbol of both a…
March 11, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tourists and history buffs will be able to see some rare, personal belongings of abolitionist Harriet Tubman…
March 3, 2010
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Research shows the first black people settled in South Carolina in the 1600s. They were slaves…
February 26, 2010
Rep. Trent Franks said that because of U.S. abortion policy, "far more of the African American community is being devastated…
February 15, 2010
OPINION - On President's Day, African-Americans might want to give props to the father of our country...
February 1, 2010
OPINION - In January 1822, the first group of black American emigrants landed on Providence Island, Liberia...
January 13, 2010
OPINION - It looks like the word "Negro" is back in style these days, for better or for worse. And…
January 6, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A ex-Richmond city councilman is among those asking that Virginia officials excavate part of a university…
December 14, 2009
DALLAS (AP) - She was a widow in a Nigerian village trying to raise six children when she says she…
December 9, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele is renewing his demand that Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid apologize for…
December 3, 2009
OPINION - While Western societies have made societal changes and continue to address racism, there is little acknowledgment in most…
November 18, 2009
VIDEO- Police now believe Shaniya's mother was lying in the 911 call she made. They say the call was part…
November 18, 2009
FREDERICK, Maryland (AP) - More than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming…
October 16, 2009
OPINION - Perhaps our churches can take a page out of the churches that used their facilities as schools for…
October 12, 2009
TAMPA, Fla. - Columbus' stature in U.S. classrooms has declined somewhat through the years, and many districts will not observe…
October 10, 2009
VIDEO - "It's such a wonderful story to hear that she has roots here," said local seamstress Naomi Gilson. "But…
October 9, 2009
OPINION - The term "good hair" harks back to antebellum America, when slaves knew that the less African they appeared,…