Deborah Berry
Washington Correspondent at USA Today
National correspondent for USA TODAY covering civil rights, voting rights, politics. Class of 23 Nieman Fellow, @UofMaryland grad, @washpressclub bd president
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usatoday.com | Deborah Berry
• Many Black organizations were founded in the 1800s, some even before the end of slavery. • Historically Black colleges and universities are one example. But there are many others. • Are they still needed today? Civil rights leaders and experts explain. WASHINGTON ‒ Enslaved Black people were banned from reading and writing and even those who had their freedom couldn't always access formal schooling, so African Americans began founding colleges of their own.
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usatoday.com | Phillip M. Bailey |Deborah Berry |N'dea Yancey-Bragg |Savannah Kuchar |Veronica Bravo
• Juneteenth honors June 19, 1865, when Union forces reached Galveston, Texas after the end of the Civil War and enforced the Emancipation Proclamation. • June 19 became a national holiday in 2021 but Juneteenth traditions and celebrations date back more than a century. In Galveston, Texas, one man is turning the city’s historic district into an outdoor classroom.
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usatoday.com | Deborah Berry
WASHINGTON — Despite slim chances of passage and against the backdrop of anti-DEI efforts, some congressional Democrats continue to reintroduce reparations legislation that advocates hope will help build momentum and keep the issue in the forefront.
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usatoday.com | Deborah Berry
Melvin Graham sat on the right of the arena with other families and listened as Barack Obama read the names of the nine churchgoers who were killed by a White supremacist at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. He heard Obama call the name of his younger sister, Cynthia Graham Hurd. That was emotional enough. But at one point, the then-president broke out singing, “Amazing Grace.’’ Pastors, families, choir members joined in.
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1 week ago |
pal-item.com | Deborah Berry
Melvin Graham sat on the right of the arena with other families and listened as Barack Obama read the names of the nine churchgoers who were killed by a White supremacist at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. He heard Obama call the name of his younger sister, Cynthia Graham Hurd. That was emotional enough. But at one point, the president broke out singing “Amazing Grace.’’ Pastors, families, choir members joined in.
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