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"Nothing is being swept under the rug," the sheriff said. "There’s nothing to hide."

The California Reparations Task Force will recommend a new version of the Freedman's Bureau to administer any potential reparations programs.

The $5 million-per-person payment is among more than 100 recommendations including offering grants to buy and maintain homes and tax exemptions for Black-owned businesses.

The revised statistics follow preliminary numbers that indicated a slight decrease in hate crimes that year.

Rasheem Carter's mother said that before he disappeared in October, he called in a panic to say white men were chasing him in trucks and hurling racial slurs.

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget, which is hosting three virtual town halls about the subject this week, is set to decide on new classifications next year.

The finding is likely to reflect decades of racial disparities in Black communities, experts said.

The reintroduced legislation comes amid campaigns in GOP-controlled states to limit teaching on race and curb programs on diversity and inclusion. 

Members of the school’s Black Student Leadership Group said the shortened quote misrepresented the fuller meaning of the civil rights leader’s message.

Designed by artist Nina Cooke John, the monument recognizes Tubman’s connection to the city and her leadership of the Underground Railroad.

An honor roll student at River Bluff High School in South Carolina was roughed up and her constitutional rights violated, the family's lawsuit claims.