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World
Finding Traces of Harriet Tubman on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Of the many feats Harriet Tubman accomplished, none awe me more as an historian than the estimated 13 trips she…
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World
New Yorkers Honor a Black Village That Once Thrived in Central Park
Before the Civil War, a predominantly Black community flourished in Seneca Village, on the land that is now Central Park.…
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World
A Businessman Is Acquitted in a Georgetown Admissions Trial
A wealthy businessman accused of bribing his daughter’s way into Georgetown University as a tennis player was acquitted on all…
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World
Two U.S. veterans fighting in Ukraine have gone missing, family members say.
Alex Drueke in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in March, before he left for Ukraine.Credit...Lois Drueke, via ReutersA photo of Andy Tai Ngoc…
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Business
For Nikki Walton, Writing About Hair Was Just Step 1
In 2013, Nikki Walton had a thriving website, a best-selling book and a schedule packed with promotional events and appearances…
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World
Baz Luhrmann Is Ready for Rhinestones, Cadillacs, Dr. Feelgood and a Svengali
Baz Luhrmann dreams big. In a streaming world where, as Norma Desmond predicted, the movies get smaller, the Australian director…
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Magazine
What Should I Do About a Friend’s Racist Figurines?
I have been friends for years with someone on the opposite end of the political spectrum. He is conservative, and…
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World
Jeffries Fights New York District Maps: ‘Enough to Make Jim Crow Blush’
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the second-highest-ranking Black lawmaker in Congress, has launched an aggressive effort to discredit a proposed ...
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Politics
On Race, Herschel Walker’s Offer of Absolution Divides Georgia Voters
MACON, Ga. — Herschel Walker, the former football star leading Georgia’s Republican primary for Senate, had a mixed message about…
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Politics
Racists Once Scoured This Georgia County. Now It Proves Racists Wrong.
CUMMING, Ga. — In October 1912, after the raped and brutalized body of Mae Crow, a white 18-year-old, was laid…
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