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Atlantic Magazine writer and former ESPN SportsCenter co-anchor Jemele Hill spoke about her life and career in journalism. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.

Symone Sanders, host of “Symone” on MSNBC and former spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris, led a discussion on voting rights, with civil rights activists, legal experts, and journal…

Reps. Terri Sewell (D-AL) and G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) joined advocates to discuss voting rights for people of color at Washington, D.C.'s convention center. The event, which was hosted by th…

The organizers of the January 21, 2017, Women’s March on Washington, reconvened for the first time in late October 2017 in Detroit for the Women’s Convention. The Sojourner Truth luncheon in…

Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Education Secretary John King, and others spoke about the state of race relations as it pertains to the criminal justice system, policing efforts, education, …

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, spoke with students and area residents at a town hall at Clafin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.…

Reverend Al Sharpton and other civil rights activists talked about African-American views of the criminal justice system. “Save Our Cities: Voting Rights, Criminal Justice and Police Acc…

Panelists talked about the issue of black poverty in America 150 years after the creation of the Freedman’s Savings Bank. Incorporated by Congress on March 3, 1865, the Freedman’s Savings…

Panelists talked about media coverage of race issues following grand jury decisions not to indict officers in police shootings in Ferguson, Missouri, and Staten Island, New York. They also r…

Sports stars and mayors debated the ways that race and sports can unite and divide people. They discussed various race-related sports stories since the 1930's, including Jesse Owens' victori…

Panelists talked about civil rights issues at the closing plenary session of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators' annual legislative conference. They discussed voter identificatio…

Panelists discussed the impact of African American and Latino voters in the 2012 election. Many of their remarks were focused on new voter identification laws in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, a…

African-American civil rights, political leaders, and youth advocates discussed their accomplishments from the past year in dealing with civil rights, education, unemployment, and political …

Panelists talked about the role of race in the drawing of congressional and state legislative districts after the 2010 Census. Among the topics they addressed were the process of redrawing d…

African-American leaders talked about issues facing their community and various means to advance their agenda to improve conditions in black neighborhoods. Among the issues they addressed we…

Representative Jesse Jackson,Jr. , a member of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, provided opening and closing remarks. Moderated by Professor James Horton, panelists discussed Afr…

Panelists talked about the presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama and what it signals for other black candidates. Topics included the similarities and differences between Senator Obam…

Participants talked about media portrayals of the black community, the role of the black media, biases in editorial decision-making, the experiences of black journalists, and depictions of s…

President Bush addressed the conference on diversity in society and diversity in media newsrooms. Other topics included testing school children in the basic subjects, school choice, and tax …