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The text is about blackface and music by black artists in the early 20th century.

Brittany Iron competes in the Crow Nation’s Ultimate Warrior Challenge. The Challenge spurs her to master canoeing, running, and riding. The race teaches the Native values of commitment and perseverance. To participate, she has to commit to abstain from drugs and alcohol. The Crow are reimagining what it means to be a warrior. They are now drawing on traditional rituals to combat the effects of centuries of stigma and trauma, and to rebuild the tribe’s sense of pride and purpose.

Mississippi State Constitution – Article 12. This article defines voter eligibility for Mississippi citizens in 1890.

The Code Noir shows the ways in which the French regulated their colonies using a race and religion based legal framework.

Young Delia learns a hard lesson from her papa about what it means to be enslaved on George Washington’s plantation.

In this short story, from the 1853 abolitionist collection Autographs for Freedom, Parker shares a heartbreaking tale that shows some of the damage enslavement inflicts on families.