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Michelle Obama launched a project that will allow students and educators around the nation to access scores of e-books.
Mississippi's governor signed a proclamation declaring April Confederate Heritage Month. The proclamation tries to justify the celebration, but is silent on slavery.
Joyce Curnell, who was battling sickle-cell anemia, alcoholism and hypertension, was found dead in her cell just before 5 p.m. ET on July 22. She had been deprived of water for 27 hours.
If Hillary Rodham Clinton is looking to appeal to more Black women voters, she might want to rethink her strategies.
A segregation law prevents an honors student from attending a charter school in St. Louis after his family moves out of the area.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Dr. Carla Hayden as the Librarian of Congress. If confirmed Dr. Hayden would be the first woman and first African-American to serve in the post, as mentioned in a press release issued by the White House Office of the Press Secretary. President Obama issued a […]
After being diagnosed with schizophrenia, Romechia Simms allowed her son to die of hypothermia and dehydration while on a swing set. A judge is allowing Simms to seek medical treatment for her mental illness in lieu of prison.
It looks like Spike Lee is #TeamBernie all the way.
U.S. Education Department proposes new rules to standardize how states identify special education students. The Obama administration suspects there is racial bias in the system.
Twenty-two-year-old trailblazer Noor Tagouri has been paving the way for Muslim-Americans as a hijab-wearing journalist.
