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The Black history you didn't learn in school is being taught on TikTok Arit John © Provided by The LA Times Across the TikTok app, Black creators are posting videos that confront America's racist past. (Micah Fluellen / Los Angeles Times; Getty Images) Put away your textbooks and pull out your cellphones: some of the best Black history lessons are happening on TikTok. Across the app, Black creators are posting videos that confront America’s racist past in graphic detail, use history to add context to the way race is viewed today and view history through a lens that addre...

Put away your textbooks and pull out your cellphones: some of the best Black history lessons are happening on TikTok. Across the app, Black creators are posting videos that confront America’s racist past in graphic detail, use history to add context to the way race is viewed today and view history through a lens that addresses the way homophobia, colorism, age and respectability politics influence who history remembers best. They go beyond the surface level explorations of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks that run rampant during Black History Month to examine lesser-known fig...

By Mary Ashley Canevaro UAB News Each year in February, the United States honors Black History Month to celebrate the achievements of Black/African American individuals, recognizing the central role of the Black/African American community in America’s history and highlighting the importance of racial justice, diversity and inclusion, and equity. “One of the principles of Black History Month is that it is a key part of America’s identity,” said Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., FACS, dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine. “One of our struggles in this countr...

Gov. Ron DeSantis last week said he would direct flags to fly at half staff once Limbaugh's body is laid to rest. Some officials find this outrageous.

Gov. Ron DeSantis last week said he would direct flags to be lowered to half staff after Limbaugh's body is laid to rest. Not everyone is on board.