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Reflections on Black History: Looking back to now – This moment in Black history
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Black History
Reflections on Black History: Looking back to now – This moment in Black history
What will historians say a century from now about this moment in Black history? Looking back, will they see the first quarter of the 21st century as a pivotal moment of retrenchment, comparable to the imposition of Jim Crow after the promises of the post-Civil War era of Reconstruction?
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MIT hackathon explores a role for churches in closing wealth gap
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MIT hackathon explores a role for churches in closing wealth gap
Can churches help narrow the wealth gap? Three teams of community organizers and students explored that question during a daylong hackathon on the racial wealth gap.
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MIT hackathon tackles racial wealth gap
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MIT hackathon tackles racial wealth gap
Hackathons usually involve computer programmers and sometimes engineers gathering together to brainstorm, trying to solve a technical challenge. But the 75 activists, faith leaders and students assembled for a hackathon at MIT last weekend were focused on an economic and social challenge: the racial wealth gap.
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