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Interview

Mirrors, Windows, and Reconstructing Black Education

Herman Beavers and the Power of Open Conversations

9 min read

Reinventing the Urban HBCU

6 min read

Red pencil blasts off like a rocket, the year 2022 written in the sky across it, the number 2 in 2022 written on the pencil

38 Min Read

In Our Feeds

25 Things That Made Us Smarter in 2022

38 Min Read

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Profile

Discovering Her Purpose—and Defying Old Stigmas—in Research

10 Min Read

Interview

Rebooting the Invitation to Technology

7 Min Read

larry irving motions while giving a speech

6 Min Read

Interview

Internet Hall-of-Famer Larry Irving on Closing the Digital Divide

6 Min Read

Black and white photo of a woman sitting at a desk in front of a computer

4 Min Read

Feature

10 Black Computer Science Pioneers Everyone Needs to Know

4 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Kaya Long

3 Min Read

portrait of a young black man in orange and blue with close-cropped hair, white eyes, and a baggy shirt against a red and purple wall

3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Keon Ball

3 Min Read

Portrait of a young black woman in sunglasses and with a green snake around her shoulders against a yellow background

4 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Ma'Laysia Martin

4 Min Read

High angle view of multigenerational family enjoying meal outdoors

11 Min Read

Interview

A Digital Celebration of Black Food and Community

11 Min Read

a group of young black men work on a boat for their rowing team

10 Min Read

Interview

America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team Found Salvation on the Water

10 Min Read

From the Archive

Brown v. Board of Education at Fifty: A Personal Perspective

10 Min Read

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From the Archive

Leadership in a Democratic Society

15 Min Read

homemade sign created by students in 1951 protesting wretched conditions at their school. the sign reads "hi we want a new school! strike"

12 Min Read

From the Archive

How a Band of High School Students Influenced Desegregation

12 Min Read