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UMES partners with Princeton University for HBCU research collaboration Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Lena Horne, who at the height of her career was the highest-paid Black entertainer, starred as Selina Rogers in the 1943 film "Stormy Weather."George Rinhart / Corbis via Getty Images

Lena Horne becomes the first Black woman to have a Broadway theater named in her honor Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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The forgotten history of the US' African American coal towns Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Barriers surrounded the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of planned demonstrations in 2021. The court on Monday heard arguments in two cases challenging the admissions processes at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Credit: Eric Lee for The Texas Tribune

Paxton, Cornyn and Cruz prod U.S. Supreme Court to end affirmative action in college admissions Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Activists outside the Supreme Court on Monday. Shuran Huang / The New York Times via Redux

Supreme Court leans toward ending affirmative action in college admissions Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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On average, white partners in interracial couples received valuations worth about $7,000 more than their Black partners, despite showing the same home, a new report said. GETTY IMAGES

Property appraisers valued an interracial couple’s home at $310,000 when they met the Black homeowner — but gave their white partner a $350,000 valuation Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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community activist Samuel Alford scratches paint off mural by La Risa Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

George Floyd mural on Holton and North is defaced twice in one week Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Ashley Woodson, center, at Douglass High School in 2018 by ABIGAIL YOUNG/MISSOURIAN

At least nine Black faculty have left MU in 2022, provost reports Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Astros' Dusty Baker says the 2022 World Series having zero U.S.-born Black players 'looks bad' for baseball Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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Nadiya Hussain Says She Was Afraid to Speak Up Over Her Skin Being Lightened in Photo Shoots Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

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