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For Michael and Kimberly Wood’s two young daughters it was their first visit to the annual festival celebrating the culture of the Gullah Geechee community on Georgia’s Sapelo Island, the birthplace of their maternal grandmother and descendants of enslaved Africans.

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed claims of racial discrimination while allowing claims of sex discrimination to proceed in a federal civil rights lawsuit regarding a Texas student who has faced suspensions and disciplinary actions over the length of his locs hairstyle.

One group is seeking an emergency injunction citing the Supreme Court’s repeal of the Chevron Doctrine

An author whose novel about book banning was removed from a Florida school district’s library shelves has asked the school board to reinstate his book, saying that its removal is “erasure of the highest order.”

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both boasted about their support for HBCUs at CNN’s debate. Here’s where each candidate’s record stands.

A Massachusetts mother is suing her son’s former school district and several of its employees for allegedly “brutally and impermissibly” restraining the boy, who was 8 years old at the time, on numerous occasions – including with a “gym mat” – according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by CNN.

The father of a Minnesota transgender high school student who was beaten in school said Thursday he wants the students involved to face criminal charges.

Last month, Minnesota became the latest state to implement restrictions on banning books from public libraries, including those in K-12 public schools and colleges.

The landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling may have paved the way for more equal and integrated schools, but fierce – and continued – opposition to integration means the ruling in no way assured the end of segregated education in the United States.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with a Catholic high school that fired a gay teacher over his plans to marry his same-sex partner, saying that the termination did not violate federal workplace protections for LGBTQ workers.

More than 2,100 people have been arrested on college and university campuses since April 18, as a wave of pro-Palestinian protests ripples across the US.

Police are cracking down on protests against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza at campuses across the US.

Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would ban discrimination based on a person’s hairstyle or hair texture, marking the latest attempt in Congress to pass a federal CROWN ACT.

Police are cracking down on protests against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza at campuses across the US.

Over 100 demonstrators were arrested at Columbia University and City College of New York after police cracked down on people protesting Israel’s war in Gaza.

Pro-Palestinian protests are taking place at major US universities, prompting some officials to take extraordinary steps to confront the growing crisis.

Pro-Palestinian protests are taking place at major American universities, prompting some officials to take extraordinary steps to confront the growing crisis. Follow for live news updates.

Officials at Columbia University, facing surging tensions on campus, have taken steps to try to address students’ concerns over safety and freedom of expression.

Heightened tensions around pro-Palestinian protests on the campus of Columbia University have led the school to go all-virtual on Monday. The protests are now in their sixth day.

After nearly three decades of holding annual silent protests to raise awareness for LGBTQ rights, students across the nation are speaking out Friday, spurred by the recent spate of laws aimed at limiting the rights and visibility of LGBTQ Americans.