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Tuskegee's new dress code raises concerns about Black respectability politics, which often reinforce oppressive white standards rather than support students.

From Alyssa Thomas to Skylar Diggins to the King Center, every new controversy illustrates that the WNBA still struggles to protect Black women.

The life of Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer whose courageous stand against segregation predated Rosa Parks' historic action, came to an end at the age of 86.