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Deputy Steven Mills of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office was on patrol one night in 2013 when he received a call about a naked Black man walking down a rural

By Shahid Meighan, Nathan Collins and Elena Santa Cruz | The Associated Press (AP) - Deputy Steven Mills of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office was on patrol

Researchers say the term “superhuman strength” is a relic of the post-Civil War Reconstruction era that was applied to Black men, often to justify racist violence. The findings of a

This event is supported with a grant from Nevada Humanities. Black Mountain Institute with UNLV’s Program on Race, Gender and Policing at the William S. Boyd School of Law present, ...

Black people make 76 cents to white people’s dollar. That disparity starts as early as 16.

Black people make 76 cents to white people’s dollar. That disparity starts as early as 16.

Running a small business has been a “special experience” for Mimi Striplin, the 31-year-old owner of The Tiny Tassel in Charleston.

WASHINGTON—On August 26, again at the Lincoln Memorial, there’ll be another mass March on Washington, just as there was in 1963. Organized by the Drum Major Institute, which the King family heads, and the National Action Network, the march starts at 8 a.m.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Institute about the legacy of influential economist William Spriggs. Spriggs died last week.

Tributes are paying homage to William E. Spriggs, the noted economist and longtime Howard University professor who died at 68.