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A federal program to encourage black homeownership in the 1970s ended in a flood of foreclosures.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/opinion/sunday/blacks-hud-real-estate.html

“Breathe,” by the scholar Imani Perry, takes the form of a letter, by turns indignant, despairing and hopeful, to her young sons.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2019/09/28/books/review/breathe-imani-perry.html

A new survey from Sesame Workshop suggests when it comes to talking with kids about things such as race, class and gender, parents have some work to do.
— Read on www.npr.org/2019/10/08/767205198/the-things-parents-dont-talk-about-with-their-kids-but-should

Southern Spaces: A Partial History | Southern Spaces
— Read on southernspaces.org/2017/southern-spaces-partial-history

America is historically rich, yet its middle class is increasingly insecure. Three fundamental policy failures are to blame: We let wages fall too low, health-care costs rise too high, and our social welfare institutions to grow too outdated.
— Read on nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2019/10/these-3-policy-failures-are-killing-the-american-dream.html

Hundreds of black citizens were killed in Elaine, Ark., a century ago this week.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/opinion/elaine-massacre-1919-arkansas.html

We asked you how you learned about slavery in school. You told us about degrading role play, flawed lessons and teachers who played down its horrors.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/27/magazine/slavery-education-school-1619-project.html

Kelly Lytle Hernández’s work challenges the historical narratives surrounding mass incarceration and immigrant detention. The UCLA professor was named one of this year’s 26 MacArthur Fellows.
— Read on www.npr.org/2019/09/25/764364172/rebel-historian-who-reframes-history-receives-macarthur-genius-grant

A Yurok Tribe resolution allows cases to be brought on behalf of the river as a person in tribal court.
— Read on www.hcn.org/articles/tribal-affairs-the-klamath-river-now-has-the-legal-rights-of-a-person/

A free online tool will allow journalists, educators, parents and policymakers to explore student test scores and trends nationwide.
— Read on news.stanford.edu/2019/09/23/new-data-tool-shows-school-poverty-leads-racial-achievement-gap/