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Civil Rights Groups In New Jersey Say ‘Youth Prisons Are a New Form of Slavery’ and Should Be Abolished

Mike Pence's Black History Month Tweet Celebrating Abe Lincoln Has Public Schooling Him

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Mike Pence’s Black History Month Tweet Celebrating Abe Lincoln Has Public Schooling Him

Why These Prison Reform Advocates Believe Black Communities Could Become Open-Air Prisons

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Why These Prison Reform Advocates Believe Black Communities Could Become Open-Air Prisons

Ava DuVernay Makes the Argument that Slavery Never Ended in '13th' Trailer

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Ava DuVernay Makes the Argument that Slavery Never Ended in ’13th’ Trailer

150 Years After the 13th Amendment: Slavery Was Abolished, But the Badge of Slavery Remains

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150 Years After the 13th Amendment: Slavery Was Abolished, But the Badge of Slavery Remains

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Mississippi Becomes Last State to Ratify 13th Amendment

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First African-American Admitted to The Bar of U.S. Supreme Court