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☆ Target pulls Black history item that misidentified Civil Rights leaders
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —As with many Target trips, Nevada US history teacher Tierra Espy left the store with more items than she intended to buy on Sunday. She added a magnetic activity book about iconic Civil Rights leaders to her cart, in time for Black History Month, she told CNN in a phone interview. But now, Target is pulling the item off shelves after a viral TikTok in which Espy pointed out inaccuracies such as misidentifying names and pictures of iconic Civil Rights leaders. The magnetic book was displayed next to other educational items for Black History month. “They’re expecting us not to notice the mistakes, and it’s heartbreaking as somebody who knows the mistakes and has seen it,” the history teacher said.

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☆ A 55-year-old retired police officer explains how she rebuilt her credit after filing for bankruptcy — and has done over 20 real estate deals, from flips to long-term rentals
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Still, she's managed to do more than 20 real estate deals, from flips to long-term rentals. Dipping her toe into investing and learning from the 2007 housing market crashStroud's introduction to real estate investing wasn't a smooth one. "My very first real estate interaction was a failed one," she said. "During the 2007 real estate crash, values dipped everywhere but our property didn't dip as low as others did. Courtesy of Brenda StroudLater that year, around December 2020, Stroud took an online real estate investing course for $17 offered by the Women's Real Estate Investors Network (WREIN) after seeing an advertisement on Facebook.

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☆ How should slavery and its legacy be taught in U.S. schools?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +21 min

My father said it was indeed a general store, supplying everything from hog feed to eggs to coal for heating. On the map, I believe General’s Store is the building at the bottom and labeled S for store. Black people appeared chiefly in sketches aimed at amusing readers – or when they were accused of crimes against whites. The letter writer said a young white man in a general store had ordered the woman to put down a can of oil she was examining. I could find nothing that accounted for the death of General Bryson, let alone any item that mentioned the Bryson family.

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Among state flagship universities, UGA has one of the country’s largest disparities between its proportion of Black students and that of Black high school graduates from the state — second only to the University of Mississippi. “Black students admitted to UGA — they have a lot of options,” said Alton Standifer, deputy chief of staff to the university president, referring to the competition among colleges to enroll Georgia’s Black students. Still, many Black students in Georgia choose to attend more diverse institutions or opt for a historically Black college or university. A reliance on SAT scores can disadvantage Black students, whose average SAT score in 2019 was 933, more than 180 points below that of white students. Selective public universities like UGA that used the Common App have seen an increase in applicants, including traditionally underrepresented students, such as Black students.

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