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Can reparations help right the wrongs of slavery?
The first African slaves arrived in North America 400 years ago this month, landing at Jamestown in what's now Virginia. Recently, the idea of paying reparations for the atrocity of slavery has been earning new attention, even making its way…
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Why is cervical cancer killing many more African-American women than we thought?
A new research analysis suggests the mortality rate of cervical cancer is higher than we thought, especially among African-American women. Miles O’Brien talks with Dr. Jennifer Caudle of the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine about the findings, as well…
Photos: LGBTQ Africans express identity in ‘(Limit)less’ ways
LGBTQ African immigrants are the heart of “Limit(less),” a photography documentary project that illuminates the lives of first and second-generation LGBTQ Africans in the diaspora.
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Photographer Gordon Parks’ hunt for childhood friends reveals 1940s black life under segregation
One of the most celebrated African-American artists of his time, Gordon Parks, is the subject of a photography exhibition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts that focuses on the realities of life under segregation during the 1940s. WGBH's Jared…
A black man was found hanging in a tree in Mississippi, and now federal and state investigators are trying to determine if his death was a suicide or homicide.
As Ferguson, Missouri, awaits a grand jury’s decision on whether to indict the police officer who shot teenager Michael Brown in August, Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and instituted a council of local leaders and law enforcement…
Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr. joined a delegation that took the events surrounding their son's killing to an international forum, listing several recommendations for the United Nations Committee Against Torture to help "end racial profiling and police brutality against…
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