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by Lynette Holloway onOctober 1, 2011
Just 2 percent of U.S. high school seniors in 2010 could fully answer a basic question about the historic Brown v. Board of Education case.
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by Jacqueline Trescott onFebruary 28, 2011
The National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution seeks historical artifacts from black families for its 2015 opening.
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November 29, 2010
To counter the negative images of African Americans in the late 19th century, Du Bois displayed portraits of middle-class blacks at the Paris Exposition of 1900. The Root has published some images from this act of defiance.
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by Joel Dreyfuss onFebruary 19, 2010
As a member of a new generation of African-American historians, Feimster’s work focuses on the overlooked role of politics in racial and sexual violence.
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January 27, 2010
From the civil rights movement to the election of President Barack Obama, Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Root's editor-in-chief, presents a time line of the highlights of African-American history. See how far we've come and how far we've yet to go.
