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Treasury Will Review Trump Admin Delay to Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Redesign

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Eddie Africa of MOVE 9 Released from Prison After 40 Years

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Trump Admin’s Move to Delay Placing Harriet Tubman on $20 Bill Is “Rooted in Misogyny & Racism”

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2 Members of MOVE 9 Freed After 40 Years Behind Bars

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Harvard’s Tacit Endorsement of Slavery

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Chicago Makes Herstory: First African-American Woman and Gay Chicago Mayor Wins in Landslide

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The World Is Watching: Woman Suing Harvard for Photos of Enslaved Ancestors Says History Is At Stake

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“Agitate, Agitate, Agitate!”: Great-Great-Great-Grandson Echoes Frederick Douglass on 201st Birthday

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Ibram X. Kendi on Surviving Cancer & His Anti-Racist Reading List for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam

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Nehanda Abiodun, Black Revolutionary and “Godmother of Cuban Hip-Hop,” Dies at 86

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