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NBA referee Derek Richardson has opened an elementary school in Inglewood, California.

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An exhibition celebrating the transformational contributions of revered revolutionary activist Angela Davis is on view at the Oakland Museum of California.

Polls show that quality of life issues dominate concerns for Black voters in California, North Carolina and Georgia.

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Kevin Hart is opening two plant-based eateries in Los Angeles.

Racism proved to be ageless yet again after a California varsity cheer team was pictured with a Black mannequin head they called "Kareem."

How do you get a whole race of people to uplift themselves after years of persecution? This was the very question Colonel Allen Allensworth asked himself before he embarked on one of the most important journeys in African American history: to build the first Black self-sufficient town in California.

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Steph and Ayesha Curry are creating libraries for youth in underserved neighborhoods throughout Oakland.

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Betty Reid Soskin—the National Park Service’s oldest ranger who dedicated her work to amplifying stories about Black history—has retired.

The state of California might be one step closer to passing a historic proposal that could make reparations for Black Americans a reality in the state.

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Architect and activist Deanna Van Buren is merging her passions for design and social justice to reimagine a world without prisons.

Race Matters

42-year-old Christine Garner and 49-year-old Jeremy Jones were arrested and charged with murder the morning after a March 15 incident they're accused of committing a hate crime in killing Justin Peoples, 30, at a Chevron gas station in Tracy, California. They've been charged with a hate crime.

California District Attorney Todd Spitzer is in hot water after racist comments he made about a Black murder defendant were leaked to the public last week. But he's found support from some Black leaders in Orange County.