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Black History Month: The story of Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, America’s first Black pop star

by Adam Gustafson, instructor of Music, Penn State February 11, 2021February 8, 2021

The forgotten voices of race records: Pullman Porters, Rev TT Rose, ‘Man with a Clarinet’

by Jerry Zolten, associate professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State February 9, 2021February 5, 2021

MLK’s vision of love as a moral imperative still matters today

by Joshua F.J. Inwood, associate professor of Geography, senior research associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State January 18, 2021January 16, 2021

Capitol siege raises questions over extent of white supremacist infiltration of U.S. police

by Vida Johnson, associate professor of Law, Georgetown University January 14, 2021January 14, 2021

‘A trailblazing legacy’: Former SF police chief was city’s first Black top cop

by Daniel Montes, Bay City News January 14, 2021January 12, 2021

Rooting out racism in children’s books

by Lindsay Pérez Huber, associate professor, College of Education, Cal State Long Beach January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

A brief history of Georgia’s runoff voting – and its racist roots

by Joshua Holzer, assistant professor of Political Science, Westminster College December 14, 2020December 14, 2020

UC Berkeley drops controversial names from two campus buildings

by Keith Burbank, Bay City News Foundation November 21, 2020November 18, 2020

S.F. supervisors pass CAREN Act, outlawing harassing emergency calls

by Daniel Montes, Bay City News October 24, 2020October 21, 2020

American environmentalism’s racist roots have shaped global thinking about conservation

by Prakash Kashwan, associate professor, University of Connecticut September 13, 2020September 9, 2020