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A federal website watered down the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman’s descendant wants to know why.

Relatives of the heroic woman who helped people escape their enslavers want to know why the government won’t tell the true story.

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Can This Chicago Preacher Save ‘The Blacksonian’?

When he heard President Donald Trump threatened the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III came up with a plan to push back.

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Trump’s National Park Service Brings Its Revisionist History to the Underground Railroad

The latest victim of Trump’s war on DEI is a National Park Service website that once educated visitors about the Underground Railroad.

Published in 2011, this book is the memoir of Leon Bass, a soldier who at 19, helped liberate Buchenwald.

The soldiers of color who freed concentration camps 80 years ago

While government websites are removing content related to DEI, including that about Black service members, others are preserving history.

The Ts Madison Starter House opened in Atlanta on Monday, which was Transgender Day of Visibility. (Courtesy Ts Madison Starter House)

Reality star Ts Madison opens re-entry home for formerly incarcerated Black trans women

The Atlanta home will host up to five residents who will participate in a 90-day program that includes job assistance, nutrition education and individualized therapy.

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Former President Barack Obama calls out Trump double standard: ‘Imagine if I had done any of this’

Former President Barack Obama spoke to CNN about the current president’s changes, including increasing tariffs on other countries.

“American Sublime” show, opens April 9th at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City (Kidfly182, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

From first lady to everyday life, artist Amy Sherald captures the beauty of Black America

Painter Amy Sherald, who is known for her portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama, will soon have an exhibit at the Whitney in New York City.

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Experience the Dr. Maya Angelou Immersive Experiences For Yourself

Visitors can now learn more about Dr. Maya Angelou’s life and work through new augmented reality immersive experiences on the official site.

The author experiences connections across the African diaspora (Darrel Und, Pexels)

‘We feel the pain but there is also joy’: the healing power of diasporic connection

Despite being worlds apart, both Atlantans and Brazilians use a word with African origins, reminding us of their common histories.

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Spelman College Pageants Go Viral On TikTok

Spelman College’s Spring pageants, including Miss Spelman and Miss Black and Gold, recently went viral on TikTok, drawing widespread attention to HBCU pageant culture. The videos showcase contestants’ confidence, talent, and school pride, resonating with audiences beyond the Spelman community.

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John Boyega Says His ‘Star Wars’ Debut as the First Black Lead Faced Backlash Because the Franchise Is ‘So White’

Starring in the sci-fi franchise was the role of a lifetime, but the racist responses illustrate how far we have yet to go despite the progress we’ve made.

Viola Davis with director Shola Lynch in “Number One on the Call Sheet.” (Apple TV+)

‘Number One on the Call Sheet’ celebrates Hollywood’s Black A-listers

A new documentary series on Apple+ highlights Black stars and their relationships with the Hollywood scene.

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This Date in History: Tracy Chapman, Singer, and Lyricist born

The award-winning artist is known for songs “Give Me One Reason” and “Fast Car,” along with her deep voice and activism.

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How Bob The Drag Queen’s New Book, ‘Harriet Tubman: Live In Concert,’ Channels The Revolutionary Black History Icon

An unlikely creative idea by Bob The Drag Queen has resulted in a book about one of the most famous Black women in history.

The US Department of Education headquarters building in Washington, DC, March 24, 2025. US President Donald Trump signed an order on March 20, 2025, aimed at "eliminating" the Department of Education, a decades-old goal of the American right, which wants individual states to run schools free from the federal government. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

In Trump’s War on Federal Workers, Black Families Pay the Price

The government has often been the first to strive for more diversity. Without such policies, Black workers and their families face uncertainty.

The assault took place at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, the police said. (Thalia Juarez for The New York Times)

16-Year-Old Is Charged With Hate Crimes in Gang Assault on Black Teen

The suspect was part of a group that attacked a Black 16-year-old who was on his way to school at a subway station in Brooklyn, the police said.

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Arizona officers who beat deaf Black man with cerebral palsy are suspended

The Phoenix Police Department has suspended three officers who were involved in the violent and sudden arrest of a disabled black man.

Uzo Aduba as Cordelia Cupp in "The Residence." (Jessica Brooks)

Uzo Aduba leads a star-studded cast in White House mystery series ‘The Residence’

Producer Shonda Rhimes is at the helms of a new mystery series starring Uzo Aduba as Cordelia Cupp, investigating a death at the white house.

The supreme court in Washington DC last year. (Aashish Kiphayet/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock)

US supreme court sharply divided on Louisiana race-based redistricting case

Legal saga over state’s majority-Black districts could be vehicle for justices to further weaken the Voting Rights Act

101-year-old Col. James H. Harvey III, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, sits for a portrait in Aurora, Colo., Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen remembers struggle for recognition amid Trump’s DEI purge

Col. James H. Harvey III has experienced more than a century of racism, and ignoring his service as a Tuskegee Airman continues that.

‘There is a set of concerns in nature writing that doesn’t easily imagine black bodies and lives’: Jason Allen-Paisant.  (Richard Saker/The Observer)

Poet Jason Allen-Paisant: ‘We belong in the picture’

The award-winning poet was born in Jamaica and writes about the African diaspora and his experiences in his work.