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In Wake Of White Supremacist March, UVA Welcomes Its 'Most Diverse Class' Ever

But the percentage of African-American students at the University of Virginia still greatly lags behind that of black high school graduates in the state.
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Facing History In The Age Of Trump

He’s scary. His supporters are scary. But he comes in a context.
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The Overthinker’s Guide to Taking Action

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Trump's Confederate Fallacies

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Jimmy Fallon As Washington And Seth Meyers As Jefferson Trash Talk Robert E. Lee

"SNL" alums return to "Weekend Update" to set the record straight.
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Why Charlottesville Did Not Surprise Me

After taking a history tour of the South, Charlottesville was hard, but not impossible, to believe.
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Affirmative Action Is Necessary Now More Than Ever

Education provides people concrete opportunities to overcome real circumstances of poverty or oppression.
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I Have A Responsibility To Make The Best Of My Ancestry

I do not celebrate Thomas Jefferson or Sally Hemings. I celebrate opportunities where I can overcome the flaws in my family tree and embrace the greatness of my inheritance.
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Independence Day Is A Celebration Of American Hypocrisy

We don’t need to be re-educated; we simply need to be properly informed.
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In Memphis And Throughout The Country, We Will Resist Confederate Apologists

The violence they inflict and the fear they instill must not deter us from ensuring shrines to slavers and their ideological kin are removed.
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