Stephanie Wright discovered that her name was omitted from a history book. She fought to get it put back.
Tag: Race and Ethnicity
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Roiled by a Police Killing, One Department Tries to Rebound
After an officer shot Walter Scott to death in 2015, the North Charleston police department hired more Black officers and cut down on traffic stops.
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Florida Will Review Social Studies Textbooks for ‘Prohibited Topics’
Behind the scenes, one publisher went to great lengths to avoid mentions of race, even in the story of Rosa Parks.
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Audubon Society Keeps Name Despite Slavery Ties, Dividing Birders
The national bird conservation group said it would “reckon with the racist legacy of John James Audubon,” a naturalist and illustrator who was an enslaver, but voted to keep the namesake.
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Authorities Reinstate Alcohol Ban for Aboriginal Australians
The reaction to a rise in crime has renewed hard questions about race and control, and about the open wounds of discrimination.