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An update on an agreement between the Daughters of the American Revolution and Lena Ferguson, a retired D.C. schoolteacher denied membership due to her race.

In a virtual meeting with governors about protecting reproductive rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, President Biden said two more Democratic senators were needed to change the filibuster rules in the Senate, which could allow a bill to pass that would codify the right to an abortion.

Fort Bend County in metro Houston, Maricopa County and Tarrant County, home to Fort Worth, Texas, had the largest county-level growth in Black residents. Asian resident increases were largest in metro Dallas, Southern California's Orange County and metro Seattle's King County, according to 2021 estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. California's Riverside County; Lee County, Florida, home to Fort Myers; and Utah County, home to Provo, Utah; also had some of the largest growth in white residents last year. The biggest declines of white, Asian and Hispanic residents were in Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the U.S. with 9.8 million residents. During that time, the white population declined by 79,836 people, the only race or ethnic group to do so, because of deaths outpacing births.

Metro Phoenix’s Maricopa County had among the biggest growth in white, Black and Hispanic residents last year, as well as the biggest increase overall of any U.S. county.

Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles as Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., arrives for a meeting in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 31, 2022. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)WASHINGTON — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be sworn in as a Supreme Court associate justice on Thursday following the retirement of longtime Justice Stephen Breyer, making her the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court. >> Related: Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed to the Supreme Court on 53-47 voteBreyer, 83, has served on the Supreme Court since being appointed to his seat by then-President Bill Clinton in 1994. Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 21 Photos: Ketanji Brown Jackson nominated to US Supreme Court WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is seen during a meeting with U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) on Capitol Hill March 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson continued to meet with Senate members on Capitol Hill ahead of her confirmation vote.

A Supreme Court ruling will let the state of Louisiana relegate two-thirds of its adult Black population to heavily Republican districts.

As I reflect on what my identity is and will evolve to be, I’m grateful that I’ve carved out my own space in the South.

The best data shows neighboring Charles County has become majority-Black in recent years, and incomes there are much higher than in Prince George's County.

Elvis was famously inspired by Black musicians of his era, but some say he only copied and profiteered off Black artists without credit.

After a lower court found Louisiana's new congressional maps diluted the votes of Black voters, the Supreme Court put on hold an order for a second majority Black congressional district to be created.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold a lower court ruling that Louisiana must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power. With the three liberal justices dissenting, the high court short-circuited an order from a federal judge to create a second majority Black congressional district in Louisiana. The state will hold elections this year under a congressional map adopted by its Republican-dominated legislature with white majorities in five of six districts. The justices are hearing arguments in the Alabama case in October. The Louisiana case will remain on hold under the court renders a decision on the Alabama case, the justices said.

The Supreme Court has put on hold a lower court ruling that Louisiana must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power.

Andy Jassy wrote in an internal company memo, "it’s not lost on any of us that we’re losing two of our most senior black leaders."

A federal judge recently agreed to dissolve a 42-year-old court mandate on minority hiring within the Chicago Fire Department, finding that minority representation had increased substantially since its implementation in early 1980.

Moses Ingram's Reva has brought a new element to the Star Wars mythos of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader.

In celebration of Juneteenth, this week The Times presents episodes on the Black experience.

A person familiar to the arrests told the Associated Press that they identified themselves as being affiliated with the show.

Video: New fund offered to help build up wealth for Black communities in Orlando Big changes are coming to help Black communities in Orlando to innovate. (WFTV)ORLANDO, Fla. — Big changes are coming to help Black communities in Orlando to innovate. WATCH: 11 people rescued from capsized boat in FloridaMultiple organizations, including Enterprising Black Orlando, announced the launch of the new EBO impact fund. Photos: New fund offered to help build up wealth of Black communities in OrlandoExpand Autoplay Image 1 of 8 New fund offered to help build up wealth of Black communities in Orlando“This is so important, I can’t tell you what happens to a community that has leadership and wealth gaps that aren’t solved through some kind of equity strategy,” said Mark Brewer, CEO of the Central Florida Foundation. READ: Florida to launch ‘Purple Alert’ program to help find missing adults with disabilitiesThe Enterprising Black Orlando initiative is looking to close the wealth gaps between Black and white Americans.

A city councilman in Georgia has resigned to protest the reopening of a Confederate souvenir shop that sells images with racial slurs and dolls and statues that caricature Black people, news outlets reported. Kennesaw Councilman James “Doc” Eaton said he wanted no part of the city's decision to issue a business license to the downtown store. “It breaks my heart to have to do it,” Eaton told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The video released are the first images anyone has seen of the two since they went missing a week ago in Eastern Ukraine.

A pop-up shop for Juneteenth, happening Saturday in Roseland, looks to put the focus on Black-owned businesses

A new NASA documentary featuring the achievements of numerous Black astronauts will premiere Sunday (June 19), during Juneteenth.

As corporations market Juneteenth, some leave small Black businesses behind and risk alienating consumers, experts say.

America’s progress toward racial equity has been anything but consistent — and it’s under threat yet again.

In his closing remarks to the Jan. 6 House select committee on Thursday, J. Michael Luttig, a retired federal judge, testified that he believed former President Donald Trump and his supporters represented, "a clear and present danger to American democracy," given their continued efforts to erode confidence in election security. Luttig added, "The former president and his allies are executing that blueprint for 2024 in open and plain view of the American public."

Congressional Districts Louisiana FILE - Senate President Page Cortez presides over opening day of the Louisiana legislative session in Baton Rouge, La., on April 12, 2021. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, have been fighting over the boundaries since February, when lawmakers approved a congressional map with white majorities in five of six districts. Democrats and the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus argue that the current map dilutes the political clout of African American voters and that at least two of the six districts should have Black majorities. Every 10 years state lawmakers — armed with new U.S. Census Bureau information — redraw political boundaries for seats in the U.S. House, state Senate, state House, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Public Service Commission. However, Dick’s ruling supported a second majority Black district and lawmakers were forced back to the drawing board.

Louisiana lawmakers have returned to the Capitol amid mounting frustration to redesign political maps that a federal judge threw out for violating the Voting Rights Act.

The bestselling author talks about confronting the dangers of racism; protecting young people from harmful ideas; and the parenting values behind his new books, "How to Raise an Antiracist" and the children's picture book, "Goodnight Racism."

Congressional Districts Louisiana FILE - Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, R-Baton Rouge, talks to reporters on July 20, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. A federal appeals court on Thursday night, June 9, 2022, has halted enforcement of a district judge’s order for Louisiana to redraw new congressional districts by June 20 to include a second majority Black district. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File) (Melinda Deslatte)NEW ORLEANS — (AP) — A federal appeals court has put on hold a district judge's order for Louisiana to redraw new congressional districts by June 20 to include a second majority Black district. Edwards had vetoed the new districts drawn up after the latest census, saying that since Louisiana is nearly one-third African American, a single majority-Black district violates the Voting Rights Act. Lawyers for Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin wrote in a motion filed Friday that Dick’s order would itself require a racial gerrymander that would violate the Voting Rights Act.

Congressional Districts Louisiana FILE - Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, R-Baton Rouge, talks to reporters on July 20, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. A federal appeals court on Thursday night, June 9, 2022, has halted enforcement of a district judge’s order for Louisiana to redraw new congressional districts by June 20 to include a second majority Black district. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File) (Melinda Deslatte)NEW ORLEANS — (AP) — A federal appeals court has halted enforcement of a district judge's order for Louisiana to redraw new congressional districts by June 20 to include a second majority Black district. Circuit Court of Appeals acted Thursday night, hours after U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick refused to put a hold on her order. He vetoed the new districts, saying that since Louisiana is nearly one-third African American, a single majority-Black district violates the Voting Rights Act.

A federal appeals court has put on hold a district judge’s order for Louisiana to redraw U.S. House districts by June 20 to include a second majority Black district.

Lower-income, Black and Hispanic Americans struggle most because, on average, a larger proportion of their income is consumed by necessities.

“Reframing the Narrative,” at the Kennedy Center June 14-19, pulls together an all-star team of Black dancers and choreographers from around the world for performances and other public events.

Here’s a look at the outcomes of other high-profile killings by police:Garner, a 43-year-old Black man, died in July 2014 in New York City after a white officer placed him in a chokehold when he refused to be handcuffed for allegedly selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. Gray, a 25-year-old Black man, died in 2015 after he suffered a spinal injury while handcuffed and shackled in a Baltimore police van. Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, fell asleep in his car in an Atlanta restaurant drive-thru lane in June 2020. Eight-year-old Fanta died Aug. 27 when three police officers fired into a crowd exiting a high school football game near Philadelphia. Smith, a 32-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in a Minneapolis parking ramp by members of a U.S.

A Michigan police officer has been charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head as the Black man was on the ground.

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Delaney's “Abstraction (Greene Street)” transforms a trash can fire into a pulsing vision.

Last weekend, 500 people headed to Huntington Beach to participate in what is believed to be the largest-ever gathering of Black surfers

"I'm angry because I don't understand why my son got the monkey award when he received an award that he completed Pre-K," Shemekia Ellis told WMC.

People gathered in Chicago’s Marquette Park before caravanning in the annual Black and Brown Unity Parade through South Side streets Friday evening, June 3, 2022. Participants flew Pan-African and Mexican flags to raise awareness to violence plaguing Black and brown communities.

Al Attles and Lenny Wilkens were the next two Black coaches to get opportunities; they would eventually become champions as well. But most of those Black coaches have either lasted in their first job no more than three years or not gotten a second chance at leading a team. Out of that meeting, the NBA Coaches Equality Initiative was born. There are three Black coaches in the NFL: Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Houston’s Lovie Smith and Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowles. “I’m particularly proud of numbers and roughly 50% of our head coaches are Black now, the goal is that that's not newsworthy," Silver said.

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In the last 12 months, eight coaching jobs have been filled by Black candidates — and for the first time, half the league’s franchises, 15 of the 30, have Black head coaches. Al Attles and Lenny Wilkens were the next two Black coaches to get opportunities; they would eventually become champions as well. But most of those Black coaches have either lasted in their first job no more than three years or not gotten a second chance at leading a team. Out of that meeting, the NBA Coaches Equality Initiative was born. There are three Black coaches in the NFL — Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Houston’s Lovie Smith and Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowles.

The last 12 months have been a transformative year in the NBA when it comes to diversity among coaches.

Diversity Panels Kansas Teresa Parks walks in the Little Apple Pride parade Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Manhattan, Kan. In several Kansas cities including Wichita and Kansas City, police have put into writing the practices they said they had already adopted. “You’ll put some people of color on it, and then you’ll be able to point to that when someone says you didn’t respond to this egregious situation, but then you don’t actually have to change anything,” said Bonds, who is based in Kansas City, Kansas. “But then the task force doesn’t change anything,” Willmott said. Among other things, Garner hopes his new task force will consider requiring an outside law enforcement agency to conduct police misconduct investigations.

Diversity Panels Kansas Teresa Parks walks in the Little Apple Pride parade Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Manhattan, Kan. In several Kansas cities including Wichita and Kansas City, police have put into writing the practices they said they had already adopted. “You’ll put some people of color on it, and then you’ll be able to point to that when someone says you didn’t respond to this egregious situation, but then you don’t actually have to change anything,” said Bonds, who is based in Kansas City, Kansas. “But then the task force doesn’t change anything,” Willmott said. Among other things, Garner hopes his new task force will consider requiring an outside law enforcement agency to conduct police misconduct investigations.

Elected leaders in Kansas convened community groups and held town hall conversations after demonstrators protested George Floyd’s death statewide.

Comedian Earthquake fell on hard times while living right beside one of Hollywood’s highest-paid Black actors, Jamie Foxx.

The teen, who was shot in the back by a police officer, was unarmed and had his arms raised to surrender, according to a lawsuit. The bullet severely damaged part of the seventh-grader's spine.

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Renaming Army Bases FILE - Fort Bragg shown, Feb. 3, 2022, in Fort Bragg, N.C. An independent commission is recommending new names for nine Army posts that were commemorated Confederate officers. Among their recommendations: Fort Bragg would become Fort Liberty and Fort Gordon would become Fort Eisenhower. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File) (Chris Seward)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Fort Bragg would become Fort Liberty. And, for the first time, Army bases would be named after Black soldiers and women. Fort Bragg, in North Carolina, is the only base that wouldn’t be named after a person.

An independent commission is recommending new names for nine Army posts that now commemorate Confederate officers.

Calls for U.S. companies to perform what are known as civil rights audits grew in the wake of the protests that erupted across the U.S. in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd. They’ve been promoted by advocates as a way to help corporations understand and address their role in creating or sustaining racial disparities. They’ve also been dismissed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Jamie Dimon for adding “bureaucracy and BS,” although his company later agreed to conduct a narrow analysis. Shareh

Calls for U.S. companies to perform what are known as civil rights audits grew in the wake of the protests that erupted across the U.S. in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd. They’ve been promoted by advocates as a way to help corporations understand and address their role in creating or sustaining racial disparities. They’ve also been dismissed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Jamie Dimon for adding “bureaucracy and BS,” although his company later agreed to conduct a narrow analysis. Shareh

Buffalo Supermarket Shooting Healing FILE - Children walk hand in hand in a street near the scene of a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022. Long before an 18-year-old avowed white supremacist inflicted terror at a Buffalo supermarket, the city's Black neighborhoods, like many others around the nation, had been dealing with wounds that are generations old. Long before that 18-year-old avowed white supremacist inflicted terror in this community, Buffalo’s Black neighborhoods, like many others around the nation, had been dealing with wounds that are generations old. Systemic racism is part of the reason why too few in the Black community seek mental health counseling, either on a regular basis or in the wake of tragedy, she said. But the community is stuck to pick up the pieces without any bigger support.”The supermarket shooting has also drawn support for the activists from around the nation.

Buffalo Supermarket Shooting Healing FILE - Children walk hand in hand in a street near the scene of a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022. Long before an 18-year-old avowed white supremacist inflicted terror at a Buffalo supermarket, the city's Black neighborhoods, like many others around the nation, had been dealing with wounds that are generations old. Long before that 18-year-old avowed white supremacist inflicted terror in this community, Buffalo’s Black neighborhoods, like many others around the nation, had been dealing with wounds that are generations old. Systemic racism is part of the reason why too few in the Black community seek mental health counseling, either on a regular basis or in the wake of tragedy, she said. But the community stuck to pick up the pieces without any bigger support.”The supermarket shooting has also drawn support for the activists from around the nation.

Long before an 18-year-old avowed white supremacist inflicted terror at a Buffalo supermarket, the city's Black neighborhoods had been dealing with wounds that are generations old.

Shaken by the massacre and feeling unprotected in their own neighborhoods, conversations about guns have occurred among family, friends and neighbors.

Anderson High School students walk out in support of Turpin High School who walked out of class in protest of the cancelation of "Diversity Day."

A state judge has ruled that a congressional map approved by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and drawn by his staff is unconstitutional because it breaks up a district where Black voters can choose their representatives.

Portions of Florida election law are being reinstated by a federal appeals court while the state appeals a lower court’s decision that the law was aimed at suppressing Black voters.

City officials in Providence weighing reparations for Black residents are looking beyond the Rhode Island capital’s leading role in slavery.

Louisville's mayoral race is taking place in a city roiled by racial tension, a spike in gun violence and deep misgivings many harbor about the Louisville police department.

The NFL will capitalize on Christmas Day falling on a Sunday.

From the House floor, Florida Rep. Travaris McCurdy of Orlando joined other Democrats Thursday to protest Gov. Ron DeSantis’ redistricting map, which was approved in the Florida House later that day.

Florida’s Legislature has approved a congressional map pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis over the strong objections of Black and Democratic lawmakers.

A new effort to help grantmakers change the way they work so they can better support Black-led nonprofits was announced Monday.

Iowa was Barack Obama’s unlikely launching pad in 2008 to become the nation’s first Black president.

Lawmakers erupted in cheers after Vice President Kamala Harris announced the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

While John Legend was being honored for his musical achievements, the Grammy singer used the Recording Academy stage to pay homage to a Black music culture that shaped himself and the world.

Conor Lamb is accusing rival John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate of skipping candidate forums to avoid talking about a 2013 incident in which he confronted a Black man, shotgun in hand, because he suspected the man was involved in gunfire nearby.

America’s hiring boom of the past year has narrowed racial disparities in unemployment.

A South African court has suspended construction work on a huge new business park that will house Amazon’s Africa headquarters in Cape Town after a challenge by Indigenous groups.

A former Google employee sued the tech giant saying it engages in a “pattern and practice” of racial discrimination against its Black workers, steering them into lower-level and lower-paid jobs and subjecting them to a hostile work environment if they speak out.

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For decades, Black residents have been leaving some of the nation's largest cities while suburbs have seen Black population growth.

The world knows the city of Selma, Alabama, as a historic beacon in the struggle for voting rights.

The House has voted to award the only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II with the Congressional Gold Medal.

The Black men who drove horse-drawn carriages through the streets of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia were both everywhere and invisible during the Jim Crow era.

The Academy Awards are happening in March, and in the 94 years the event has been running, only 20 Black actors have won an acting Oscar.

As we all know, February is Black History Month, so it’s a great time to brush up on Black history and educate yourself.

The Rev. Al Sharpton told the hundreds gathered for Amir Locke’s funeral that the 22-year-old Black man would still be alive if Minneapolis had banned no-knock warrants.

There are a plethora of programs aimed at exposing Black and Hispanic children from urban communities to winter sports, such as Alpine skiing.

The celebration is taking place throughout the resort during Black History Month with the goal to highlight Black culture and heritage.

Netflix’s reality TV show “Selling Tampa” not only puts Florida’s hot real estate market in the national spotlight, but because it’s led by an all-minority, all-women real estate team, it’s also putting Black representation and Black wealth centerstage too, in ways some say have never been seen before.

Black History Month is a time to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of Black Americans to our nation’s heritage and culture.

California regulators have sued electric car maker Tesla Inc. They allege the company has been discriminating against Black employees who have been likened to monkeys and slaves at the San Francisco Bay Area factory where most of its vehicles are made.

Recent Florida A&M University Law and Howard University Law students are fighting to change the lack of Black representation in courts across the state.

Under a baking California sun, Roger Goodell knew the heat was coming.

The Supreme Court’s decision to halt efforts to create a second mostly Black congressional district in Alabama for the 2022 election has sparked fresh warnings that the court is eroding the Voting Rights Act and reviving the need for Congress to intervene.

Numerous historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S. temporarily locked down their campuses last week in response to at least 17 threats of bombs and gun violence.

A University of Alabama building named for a former governor who led the Ku Klux Klan a century ago will also bear the name of the first Black person to attend the school.

Walt Disney World Resort is honoring Black History Month with the return of its popular “Celebrate Soulfully” experiences.

A federal lawsuit alleges a high-ranking white sheriff's deputy in Wyoming subjected a Black subordinate to years of racist name-calling and torment and finally “sham” discipline that led him to quit.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the criticism he received over a comment made about African American voters is outrageous and offensive.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is drawing criticism for comments he made shortly before the GOP blocked a federal elections bill, when he said that “African American” voters cast ballots at similar rates to “Americans.”.

The NFL has taken several steps to improve diversity among leadership positions, yet Mike Tomlin is the only Black head coach after Brian Flores and David Culley were fired this week.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib says she will seek reelection in a new Detroit-area seat created through redistricting, an announcement that came hours after fellow Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence said she will retire from Congress.

Current and former Black state lawmakers in Detroit have announced a pending lawsuit to block Michigan’s newly drawn congressional and legislative districts, contending they illegally dilute the voting strength of African Americans.

A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for a Taser was led away in handcuffs Thursday after a jury found her guilty of manslaughter in the death of Black motorist Daunte Wright.