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By Annie Ma 
AP Education Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — For generations, the federal government enforced civil rights laws with an eye toward remedying historic, systemic discrimination against Black people and other people of color. The Department of Justice pressed schools to desegregate. The Department of Education worked to promote equal opportunity and held...


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By Victoria Mejicanos
AFRO Staff Writer
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For many young adults, retirement no longer follows a straight path from a steady job to a pension. Instead, entrepreneurs, early career professionals and graduate students are navigating an array of opti...


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By Frances “Toni” Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher

Some Americans celebrate Juneteenth enthusiastically, while others observe it reluctantly or still question why it matters at all — even though it is now a federal holiday.

Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper, publisher and CEO of the AFRO, reflects on the meaning of Juneteenth and examines how debates over reparations,...

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The AFRO has learned of the passing of former Maryland state Sen. Nathan C. Irby Jr.

Maryland state Sen. Nathan C. Irby Jr.

Irby was born in Baltimore, Nov. 7, 1931. He attended Dunbar High School, and earned a bachelor’s degree from Antioch College in 1972.

A longtime civil servant, Irby represented the Second District on the Baltimore City Council fr...


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By Jennifer Porter Gore
Word In Black

Mental health counselor Regine Roy had “a situation” on her hands. More accurately, the 17-year-old female member of her therapy g...


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