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Some NBA teams have played ‘negro national anthem’ at games

WASHINGTON – Several NBA teams have played what is known as the “negro national anthem” at games during Black History Month thanks in part to the urging of a retired Howard University profes...

DATE: Feb 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Smithsonian’s black history museum popular destination in D.C.

WASHINGTON – In its first year, the Smithsonian’s new black museum has become the nation’s top temple to blackness, an Afrocentric shrine on the National Mall where people of all races, colo...

DATE: Sep 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Officials grappling with Confederate names on public schools

With a new school year dawning, education officials are grappling with whether to remove the names, images and statues of Confederate figures from public schools – especially since some are ...

DATE: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education

Black gun owners worried by acquittal

Officer in Castile case found not guilty

DATE: Jun 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Watchdog: Number of anti-Muslim hate groups on the rise

WASHINGTON – The number of anti-Muslim hate groups in the United States has nearly tripled since 2015, due in part to radical Islamic attacks and the incendiary rhetoric of last year’s presi...

DATE: Feb 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Black gun owners fear backlash from police shootings

WASHINGTON – One man told an officer during a Minnesota traffic stop that he was a licensed gun owner, and that he was reaching for his wallet, a witness said. The other was on the ground wi...

DATE: Jul 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Swift action key to handling racial incidents

Colleges, universities should be prepared to respond right away

DATE: Dec 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Will Carson attract black voters?

Experts doubt he will dent Democrats’ dominance

DATE: Nov 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Survey: Half of black millennials know of police violence

WASHINGTON – Long before the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, more than half of African-American millennials indicated they, or someone they knew, had been victimize...

DATE: Nov 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Half of blacks say police have treated them unfairly

WASHINGTON – A majority of blacks in the United States – more than 3 out of 5 – say they or a family member have personal experience with being treated unfairly by the police, and their race...

DATE: Aug 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Definition of race is becoming more fluid in United States

WASHINGTON – Rachel Dolezal, born to white parents, self-identifies as black – a decision that illustrates how fluid identity can be in a diversifying America, as the rigid racial structures...

DATE: Jun 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

When is it OK for police to use force?

Answer depends on who you ask

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World