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Slavery: new digital tools show how important slave trade was to Liverpool’s development. By Nicholas Radburn and David Eltis / The Conversation
Virginia Confederate monuments: ‘We’re going to hold hands on this journey as brothers and sisters.’ By Laura Vozzella / Wash Post
Birmingham’s ‘Fifth Girl.’ By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Latinos boosted Sanders on Super Tuesday. A lesson for the Biden campaign? By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
“Voter suppression, plain and simple”: Texas closed hundreds of polling sites in black, Latino areas. By Igor Derysh / Salon
Charlottesville will celebrate the end of slavery as an official holiday instead of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
The Long Struggle Against Educational Injustice. By AAIHS Editors
Prep for Prep and the Fault Lines in New York’s Schools. By Vinson Cunningham / The New Yorker
Trump nominates first African American Air Force chief. By Rebecca Kheel / The Hill
Excuse you, Iowa. Black voters flex for Biden in Democratic primary. By Brandon Tensley / CNN
Jaime Harrison: Meet the Democrat riding the Lindsey Graham backlash. By Katie Lobosco / CNN
How one man fought South Carolina Democrats to end whites-only primaries – and why that matters now. By Bobby J. Donaldson / The Conversation
The A&T Four Gave Me A Richer Understanding Of My Black History. By East L. Dockery / The Undefeated
Stacey Abrams Is Building a New Kind of Political Machine in the Deep South. By Tessa Stuart / Rollling Stone
In Selma, 55 years after Bloody Sunday, concern rises over voting rights. By Ankita Rao and Sam levine / The Guardian
Ex-Baltimore mayor sentenced to 3 years in prison for children’s book scam. By David K. Li / NBC News
Top General Orders Removal of All Confederate Paraphernalia From Marine Bases. By Elliot Hannon / Slate
How William Barber II Uses His Faith to Fight for Justice. By Mary C. Curtis / Time
Clyburn Delivers Emotional Endorsement Of Biden Just Before Critical SC Primary. By Kate Riga / Talkingpointsmemo
This is a big week for the wall Trump is building. But it has nothing to do with the border. By Catherine E. Shoichet / CNN
White supremacist propaganda produced by U.S. hate groups is spreading — and working. By Carla Hill / NBC News
Courts are seeing through Republicans’ voter suppression trickery. By Editorial Board / Wash Post
New study reveals previously invisible health issues among Asians in U.S. By Agnes Constante / NBC News
Lost Lineage: The quest to identify black Americans’ roots. By Nicole Ellis / Wash Post
Congress makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Emmett Till. By Matthew Daly / Associated Press and PBS
Rihanna Delivers Victoria’s Secret Its Final Business Blow. By Kori Hale / Forbes
Head of America’s only black telecom company wants to change the mobile landscape. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician And An Inspiration For ‘Hidden Figures,’ Dies. By Russell Lewis / NPR
A black lawmaker’s anti-lynching bill failed 120 years ago. Now, the House may finally act. By Meagan Flynn / Wash Post
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will soon be a part of the curriculum for Oklahoma schools. By Christina Maxouris / CNN
