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“The 1619 Project” Premieres as New TV Docu-Series
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“The 1619 Project” Premieres as New TV Docu-Series

Kimberly Shelby, Contributing WriterFebruary 2, 2023

“The 1619 Project,” an expansion of the book created by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine, premiered as a six-part limited docu-series on Hulu, on Thursday, January 26. That evening, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, esteemed actors, journalists, industry executives and a host of other public figures gathered for the red carpet event. The first episode, “Democracy,” was screened, and a discussion led by Oprah Winfrey followed, along with a special rooftop reception to celebrate the premiere.

COVID-19 LOST ON THE FRONTLINES: He And His Wife Shared A Lust For Travel ― And A COVID Diagnosis
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COVID-19 LOST ON THE FRONTLINES: He And His Wife Shared A Lust For Travel ― And A COVID Diagnosis

Samantha Young, Kaiser Health NewsMay 14, 2020

Joshua began his nursing career after high school, eventually ending up at Benton House of Aiken, an assisted living facility. Joshua and LaKita, who works in human resources for a hospital, thought it was allergy-related when they both fell ill in late March. Benton House had no confirmed COVID cases at the time, LaKita said. Even still, the staff was taking precautions.

Education in the Segregated South: A Determined African American Culture
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Education in the Segregated South: A Determined African American Culture

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentSeptember 6, 2019

“The long struggle over the development of education in the postbellum South occurred in large part because no dominant class could convince the freed people that its conception of education reflected a natural and proper social order,” Anderson wrote in “The Education of Blacks in the South,” James Anderson is the author of The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935

It’s Time to Stop Marginalizing African Americans in Public Higher Education
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It’s Time to Stop Marginalizing African Americans in Public Higher Education

Spencer Overton, The Joint Center for Political and Economic StudiesFebruary 21, 2019

The same states where African Americans are underrepresented in selective public colleges are also underfunding the open-access colleges that African Americans attend. According to Georgetown’s study, selective public colleges spend nearly three times more on instruction and academic support than open access colleges.