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Re-Centering the History in Black History: Rutgers University’s Dr. Clement Alexander Price

Re-Centering the History in Black History: Rutgers University’s Dr. Clement Alexander Price

Dr. Clement Price, founder of the Rutgers University Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience, has dedicated his life to civil rights. Read his remarkable story here.

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Ask the White Guy: ‘I’m a Young White Male; What Do I Have to Apologies (sic) For?’

Ask the White Guy: ‘I’m a Young White Male; What Do I Have to Apologies (sic) For?’

A 21-year-old chemical-engineering student asks a question. DiversityInc CEO Luke Visconti has an answer.

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Why This Attorney Makes Global Human Rights His Personal Challenge

Why This Attorney Makes Global Human Rights His Personal Challenge

Diversity and inclusion isn’t limited to company walls or country boundaries. Raymond M. Brown explains how fighting human-rights violations offers a lesson in global corporate values.

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Discover America’s Black History

Discover America’s Black History

For many, discovering Black history becomes a personal journey toward understanding one’s self and society—and this experience can occur in hundreds of museums across the nation.

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Lynching, Oppression, Lost Potential: Why Blacks Fled the South

Lynching, Oppression, Lost Potential: Why Blacks Fled the South

Blacks fled the South for the North to escape lynching, brutal working conditions and unfair labor. How did their migration change the U.S. as we know it?

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Did the Fed’s Stunning Lack of Diversity Cause the Housing Crisis?

Did the Fed’s Stunning Lack of Diversity Cause the Housing Crisis?

Without a diversity-management structure, there are no checks and balances in place.

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Thousands of Kaiser Permanente Employees and Physicians to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Organization’s commitment to service a long-standing tradition

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Taking Risks for Your Brothers: The Power of Dr. King’s Words

Taking Risks for Your Brothers: The Power of Dr. King’s Words

Human-rights activist Raymond Brown learned about the need for humanity from Dr. King.

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Civil-Rights Progress: Helping LGBT Youth

Civil-Rights Progress: Helping LGBT Youth

GLSEN’s Executive Director Dr. Eliza Byard notes how Dr. King’s message that Black people would eventually reach the promised land is a reminder today that progress, no matter how slow, is crucial.

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