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A Black French scholar and expert on U.S. minority rights movements who’s taking charge of France’s state-run immigration museum says it’s “vital” for his country to confront its colonial past so that it can conquer present racial injustice.

PARIS (AP) — A Black French scholar and expert on U.S. minority rights movements whos...

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges The following are two extracts from The Strad’s February issue feature about the Chevalier de Saint-Georges.  To read in full, click here to subscribe and login.  Saint-Georges was born on Christmas Day 1745 on the island of Guadeloupe, son of George Boulogne de Saint-Georges (a wealthy planter of Huguenot descent) and Anne Nanon (an enslaved chambermaid of African descent). George Boulogne had appended ‘Saint-Georges’ to his name a few years ...