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An area of Wyman Park Dell, which is located near Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, was renamed and rededicated on Saturday in honor of legendary abolitionist and freedom fighter Harriet Tubman. Now the Harriet Tubman Grove, the site formerly housed statues honoring Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, as well as […]

By Dilara K. Üsküp “Christianity is the white man’s religion. The Holy Bible in the white man’s hands and his interpretations of it have been the greatest single ideological weapon for enslaving millions of non-white human beings.” — Malcolm X (Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X & Alex Haley) While the idea that Christianity […]

If you’re a book lover, a literature lover, or a writer of any sort who needs recommendations on what to read, you’re in luck because NPR has released a “best of” list of over three hundred books in several different genres. I have gone through the trouble of looking through the list for work by […]

By Law Ware It should have worked. In theory, a film about a city on edge that erupts into violence because of police brutality should inspire conversations and think pieces about how little things have changed in the 50 years since the incident being represented. We could be discussing how the film shows the historical […]

By Imani J. Jackson If nothing else, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a cautionary tale conveyed cinematically. The HBO film, which premiered Saturday, April 22nd, and is based on Rebecca Skloot’s bestselling book of the same name, presented an incrementally improving story about Lacks, an African American woman whose cells changed history. George […]

Earlier this year, Pierre Jean-Louis, an artist based on the East Coast, posted a photo of a Black woman’s hair that he reimagined as a piece of art that looked like a perfectly coiled galaxy. Since then, Jean-Louise has continued to post artistic renditions of Black women’s hair on Instagram, and every photo is as […]

Having diversity among school teachers is just as important as having diversity throughout the student body. If all goes well, it’s reasonable to say that the interactions will help all involved parties. But a recent study shows that things don’t often go that smoothly. The Economics of Education Review included a study from Johns Hopkins and American […]

**Update: This story is from 2010. This story has been edited to reflect the correct year.** Katie Washington, who is from Gary, Indiana, is a biological science major at the University of Notre Dame. She was the University’s first Black valedictorian.

“Major colleges and universities are undercounting the number of sexual crimes that occur on their campuses in an attempt to downplay the issue, according to new research published in the journal Psychology, Public Policy and Law,” reports ThinkProgress.

The following post originally appears on the New York Times. It was written by Charles M. Blow. By: Charles M. Blow The killing of Michael Brown has tapped into something bigger than Michael Brown. Brown was the unarmed 18-year-old black man who was shot to death Saturday by a policeman in Ferguson, Mo. There are […]

  A young man who went to MIT is still making us proud. David Van Valen set the trend years ago when he was accepted into the prestigious institution at just 14. 

The following post originally appeared on The Root under the title, “Surprised? Even Poor Whites Have it Better Than Blacks.” It was written by Teresa Wiltz. By: Teresa Wiltz From birth, practically, we’re told—again and again—that education is the golden ticket to the American dream. This is a meritocracy! Study diligently, put the work in and […]