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DAUFUSKIE ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Historic Black communities have dwindled from their once-thriving existence in the United States and efforts to preserve whats left encounter complicated challenges. The incorporated towns were founded by formerly enslaved people and often had their own churches, schools, stores and economic systems. A decrease in the number of these settlements is due in part to amended local ordinances, uneven tax rates, home devaluations and political fights that leave communit...

Sallie Ann Robinson proudly stands in the front yard of her grandmother's South Carolina home. The sixth-generation native of Daufuskie Island, a once-thriving Gullah community, remembers relatives hosting meals and imparting life lessons on the next generation.

US News: Scholars and researchers are raising awareness about the dwindling of historic Black communities in the United States. These communities were founded

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Inflated operating costs mean some owners are struggling to keep ticket prices affordable and take chances on lesser-known artists.

Inflated operating costs mean some owners are struggling to keep ticket prices affordable and take chances on lesser-known artists.

The Philadelphia City Council announced Friday it is seeking Black residents to apply to join the city's reparations task force, set to begin in February.

By Corey Williams and Aisha I. Jefferson | The Associated Press - The United Auto Workers has reached a tentative contract agreement with Ford, Stellantis and General Motors, resulting in a 25% general wage increase and cost of living raises for top-scale assembly plant workers, which has been a pillar of the Black middle class in America.

The return of federal student loan payments in October threatens to derail prospects for graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, a cohort already facing steep economic disadvantages.

Autoworker jobs have long been a pillar of the Black middle class in America, and the strikes and the fight for higher wages have had even deeper significance for workers like Johnson.