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Why Quincy Jones should be prominently featured in US music education − his absence reflects how racial segregation still shapes American classrooms

Quincy Jones conducts an orchestra in Rome in May 2004. Frank Micelotta/Getty Images by Philip Ewell, Hunter College Quincy Jones, who died on Nov. 3, 2024, at...

Buses weren’t the only civil rights battleground in Montgomery – the city’s parks still reflect a history of segregation

Oak Park, Montgomery’s first park, was white-only until the mid-1960s. Binita Mahato, CC BY-ND by Binita Mahato, Auburn University Montgomery, Alabama, touts itself as the birthplace...

Stevie Wonder’s Ghanaian citizenship reflects long-standing links between African Americans and the continent

Stevie Wonder. Getty Images by Nemata Blyden, University of Virginia There’s a long history of African Americans settling in Ghana or keeping in close contact with the...

Painting the City Red: How Redlining Impacts Detroit

Detroit’s Metro area is among the most highly segregated cities in the country, ranking second among 25, according to a 2019 USA Today report. ...

Study Links Lung Cancer And Racial Segregation

African-Americans who live in highly segregated counties are considerably more likely to die from lung cancer than those in counties that are less...

School Segregation: History vs Reality

Kevin P. Chavous asks at the Huffington Post whether forced integration of our schools has actually led to better outcomes. ...

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