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Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 20 February 2023

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You can learn about Black figures like Jane M. Bolin, the first African-American woman to graduate from Yale Law School and Jan Ernst Matzeliger, the Black inventor that created the first automated shoe-making machine.

Details: Written by Tamerra Griffin, New York Amsterdam News; Published: 20 February 2023

Professor Ernst Borinski (right) teaching at Tougaloo College, Mississippi. Credit: Image courtesy of the Coral Gables Museum

In 1933, shortly after Hitler tightened his grip on power in Germany, Jewish intellectuals found academic homes in HBCUs, whose leaders empathized with the discrimination they faced

Details: Written by George R. Goethals, University of Richmond; Published: 20 February 2023

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Every American president has landed in the history books. And historians’ assessments of their performance have been generally consistent over time. But some presidents’ rankings have changed as the nation reassessed the country’s values and priorities.

Details: Written by THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press; Published: 20 February 2023

After a slow start, Republican presidential prospects are streaming into Iowa, the leadoff presidential caucus state. Notably absent from the lineup, at least for now, is former President Donald Trump. Though the caucuses are nearly a year off, they remain the first event on the nomination calendar, and some Iowa GOP activists have taken notice of Trump’s absence

Details: Written by KARL RITTER and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press; Published: 19 February 2023

Vice President Kamala Harris says Washington has determined that Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine saying that “justice must be served” to the perpetratrors

Details: Written by ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press; Published: 18 February 2023

A landmark Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment is upending gun laws across the country, dividing judges and sowing confusion over what firearm restrictions can remain on the books

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 17 February 2023

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She turned pain into purpose!

Details: Written by Tracy Roof, University of Richmond; Published: 17 February 2023

Oregon SNAP program

Millions of Americans will find it harder to put enough food on the table starting in March 2023, after a COVID-19 pandemic-era boost to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits comes to an end.

Details: Written by By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press; Published: 16 February 2023

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A special grand jury investigates efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia; Published: 16 February 2023

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On his first day in office two years ago, the president signed an executive order recognizing long-standing disparities and pledging that the government would remedy them. The new executive order comes as we observe Black History Month.