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How African-Americans Fought For The Right To Vote In US Presidential Elections
In the aftermath of the Civil War, with the abolition of slavery formalised by the 13th Amendment in 1865, approximately 4 million freed Black Americans were eager to secure their place as full citizens, including the critical right to vote.
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AI Shows Racial Bias, Fails To Detect Depression In Black Meta Users: Study
Analyzing social media using artificial intelligence may pick up signals of depression in white Americans but not in Black counterparts, according to a study that highlights the risk of training AI models for healthcare tasks without proper data.
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Life In Jail For Killers Of Black American Jogger
Three white men convicted of murdering African American jogger Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in their pickup trucks were sentenced to life in prison Friday in a case that highlighted US tensions over racial justice.
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Google Search Trends Show Growth for African-American Studies, Historically Black Universities
Google searches around African-American Studies reached a 10-year high in June worldwide, revealed the tech giant while detailing the latest search trends on its website. It also mentioned that US search interests for historically black universities reached all-time high in June.
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"I Can't Breathe": African-American Dies After US Cop Kneels On His Neck
A video of a handcuffed black man dying while a Minneapolis officer knelt on his neck for more than five minutes sparked a fresh furor in the US over police treatment of African Americans Tuesday.
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Century After Grandfather's School Expulsion, Harvard Teacher Fights Bias
In 1926, Sarah Lewis's grandfather, Shadrach Emmanuel Lee, was expelled from a Brooklyn public high school for asking why black people were not in his history textbook. His teacher told him African Americans had done nothing worthy of being included.
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Einstein Decried Racism In America But Diaries Reveal A Xenophobic Side
"There is separation of colored people from white people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it," he said during a commencement speech at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.
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African American Man Gunned Down With 2 Dozen Bullets By Police
Police gunned down an African American father of three using two dozen bullets in the parking lot of a Walmart supermarket in California, authorities and his lawyer said Tuesday.
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A Coffee Shop Celebrated Gentrification - And Is Now Profusely Apologising
On Twitter, Ink has been accused of "gleefully colonising" Denver's Five Points neighbourhood and of being "steeped in white supremacy."
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My Mother Spent Her Life Passing As White. Discovering Her Secret Changed My View Of Race - And Myself.
Her refusal to talk about her mixed race only fueled my curiosity. How had she deceived my racist white father? Why was she so fearful and ashamed of her black heritage?
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Bhutanese Man's Store Set On Fire Allegedly By African-American In North Carolina
A Bhutanese refugee is the victim of a false flag assault in Charlotte by an African-American man who allegedly made the attack on the man's store.
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US Church Shooter To Represent Self At Trial
A US federal judge granted self-described white supremacist Dylann Roof's request on Monday to represent himself at trial on charges of gunning down nine African American churchgoers last year in South Carolina.
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'Go To Another Country' If You Don't Like Donald Trump, Judge Tells New US Citizens
The photographs and hugs and congratulations from family members would have to wait. First, several dozen of the nation's newest citizens who gathered at the Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio would have to endure some harsh words about the state of the country they had just become a part of. The topic: President-elect Donald Trump.
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High Resting Heart Rate Tied to African American Heart Failure Risk
For African Americans, a high resting heart rate may indicate greater risk of death or hospitalization with heart failure, a recent analysis finds.
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African-American Museum Tells 'Story Of All Of Us', Says Barack Obama
President Barack Obama on Friday celebrated the pending opening of the Smithsonian's new African-American museum and said the institution, decades in the making, is a powerful place because it tells "the story of all of us," not just the famous.
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How African-Americans Fought For The Right To Vote In US Presidential Elections
In the aftermath of the Civil War, with the abolition of slavery formalised by the 13th Amendment in 1865, approximately 4 million freed Black Americans were eager to secure their place as full citizens, including the critical right to vote.
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AI Shows Racial Bias, Fails To Detect Depression In Black Meta Users: Study
Analyzing social media using artificial intelligence may pick up signals of depression in white Americans but not in Black counterparts, according to a study that highlights the risk of training AI models for healthcare tasks without proper data.
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Life In Jail For Killers Of Black American Jogger
Three white men convicted of murdering African American jogger Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in their pickup trucks were sentenced to life in prison Friday in a case that highlighted US tensions over racial justice.
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Google Search Trends Show Growth for African-American Studies, Historically Black Universities
Google searches around African-American Studies reached a 10-year high in June worldwide, revealed the tech giant while detailing the latest search trends on its website. It also mentioned that US search interests for historically black universities reached all-time high in June.
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"I Can't Breathe": African-American Dies After US Cop Kneels On His Neck
A video of a handcuffed black man dying while a Minneapolis officer knelt on his neck for more than five minutes sparked a fresh furor in the US over police treatment of African Americans Tuesday.
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Century After Grandfather's School Expulsion, Harvard Teacher Fights Bias
In 1926, Sarah Lewis's grandfather, Shadrach Emmanuel Lee, was expelled from a Brooklyn public high school for asking why black people were not in his history textbook. His teacher told him African Americans had done nothing worthy of being included.
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Einstein Decried Racism In America But Diaries Reveal A Xenophobic Side
"There is separation of colored people from white people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it," he said during a commencement speech at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.
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African American Man Gunned Down With 2 Dozen Bullets By Police
Police gunned down an African American father of three using two dozen bullets in the parking lot of a Walmart supermarket in California, authorities and his lawyer said Tuesday.
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A Coffee Shop Celebrated Gentrification - And Is Now Profusely Apologising
On Twitter, Ink has been accused of "gleefully colonising" Denver's Five Points neighbourhood and of being "steeped in white supremacy."
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My Mother Spent Her Life Passing As White. Discovering Her Secret Changed My View Of Race - And Myself.
Her refusal to talk about her mixed race only fueled my curiosity. How had she deceived my racist white father? Why was she so fearful and ashamed of her black heritage?
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Bhutanese Man's Store Set On Fire Allegedly By African-American In North Carolina
A Bhutanese refugee is the victim of a false flag assault in Charlotte by an African-American man who allegedly made the attack on the man's store.
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US Church Shooter To Represent Self At Trial
A US federal judge granted self-described white supremacist Dylann Roof's request on Monday to represent himself at trial on charges of gunning down nine African American churchgoers last year in South Carolina.
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'Go To Another Country' If You Don't Like Donald Trump, Judge Tells New US Citizens
The photographs and hugs and congratulations from family members would have to wait. First, several dozen of the nation's newest citizens who gathered at the Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio would have to endure some harsh words about the state of the country they had just become a part of. The topic: President-elect Donald Trump.
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High Resting Heart Rate Tied to African American Heart Failure Risk
For African Americans, a high resting heart rate may indicate greater risk of death or hospitalization with heart failure, a recent analysis finds.
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African-American Museum Tells 'Story Of All Of Us', Says Barack Obama
President Barack Obama on Friday celebrated the pending opening of the Smithsonian's new African-American museum and said the institution, decades in the making, is a powerful place because it tells "the story of all of us," not just the famous.
