With Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans controlling the Senate, an increase in book bans is a serious threat.

The messages urged recipients in multiple states to report to a plantation to pick cotton, an offensive reference to past ...

UN General Assembly President Philémon Yang said Friday that racism and discrimination remain deeply entrenched problems despite international efforts over the past 10 years. Speaking at a ...

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The Louisiana Attorney General's Office has released new information in an investigation into racist text messages being sent across the country.

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Just days after Donald Trump got elected president, Black and Hispanic Americans, including women and children as young as ...

Mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker was born on Nove.r 9, 1731, in Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland.

The day after Election Day, Black Americans across nearly a dozen states started receiving text messages telling them they ...

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The FBI says it's opened an inquiry into racist text messages invoking slavery that were sent to Black men, women and students -- including middle schoolers.