Black Migration, Both Slave and Free
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Recent research at the Schomburg Center about African-American migration could redefine black history.
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In Charlayne Woodard's latest theater piece "Flight," she draws on the rich oral tradition of African-American folk tales to tell the story of one black community's way of dealing with the ravages of slavery prior to the Civil War.
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In Watts, black families are moving out and Latinos are moving in, a migration taking place in many other once predominantly black neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
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Painful recollections of a bygone eraÂs racism have emerged with the excavation of an old Mississippi mill townÂs pool.
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Ruth Botsio recalls with misty-eyed wonder the jubilation and triumphant cries of "Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!" that greeted the birth of sub-Saharan Africa's first nation to win independence from Europe.
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Incomplete records and conflicting emotions within the black community make preserving African-American historical sites difficult.
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MACON, Georgia  - With its painful history of slavery and segregation, it is easy to presume how Southern white voters will respond to Barack Obama, who would be the country's first black president, but observers say simple assumptions about politics in the region would be wrong.
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The number of blacks joining the military has plunged by more than one-third since the Afghanistan and Iraq wars began. Other job prospects are soaring and relatives of potential recruits increasingly are discouraging them from joining the armed services.
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A boatload of migrants arrives almost daily. A decade ago, most were from Eastern Europe. Increasingly, they are from Africa and Asia.
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By FRANK ELTMAN GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - A millionaire couple accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves in their luxurious Long Island home and abusing them for years have been indicted on federal slavery charges.
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This week's resignation of its president points to an internal split: civil rights vs. economic progress.
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The nation's most elite colleges and universities are bolstering their black student populations by enrolling large numbers of immigrants from Africa, the West Indies and Latin America, according to a study published recently in the American Journal of Education.
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Conrad Blackâs rise and fall was marked by charm, indignation and opportunism.
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Description: Next week, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will be dedicated in Cincinnati on the banks of the Ohio River. Reporter Naomi Lewin visits the museum.
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Today, 27 million people are enslaved, more than at the height of the transatlantic slave trade.
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Do those little pieces plastic mean freedom or slavery?
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Civil rights activist Al Sharpton reveals he descended from a slave owned by relatives of late US Senator Strom Thurmond.