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What Black High School Grads Need to Hear
Show Me the Numbers: Graduation speakers often opt for tough love. Here's what they should say instead.
10 Pieces of Advice for Postcollege Life
She Matters: This writer wishes someone had told her these things at her commencement.
Celebrating Race in the Renaissance
Image of the Week: What's the meaning behind this 16th-century cameo featuring a black and a white face?
IRS Apology for Tea Party Racists?
If any other group called for the government's demise, the GOP would have a fit.
Which Slave Sailed Himself to Freedom?
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: Life took him from a daring sea escape to a stint in Congress.
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