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AAPF Statement on Supreme Court Justice Nomination

President Joe Biden’s announcement on Friday that he will nominate D.C. Circuit Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme...

The War On Education And Free Thought Is A War On The Foundations Of Our Democracy

Today, on this Presidents Day 2022, while we honor the aspirations of the Constitution to “establish Justice … and secure the Blessings...

AAPF Statement on Tioni Theus, Human Trafficking, and Super Bowl LVI

Super Bowl LVI—which takes place Sunday, February 13, in Inglewood, California—is swiftly approaching. And, once again, well-meaning...

States' Wrongs: Devastating fallout from voting-rights failures

Last week, the US Congress failed to advance urgently needed protections of the right to vote, leaving the fate of our multiracial...

Reinstate Matthew Hawn - Fired for Teaching about White Privilege

Tennessee teacher Matthew Hawn was fired in May this year, after he’d assigned an article by Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The First White...

Two Victories in the Face of White Supremacy’s Resurgence Underscore the Battle Ahead

The killers of Ahmaud Arbery—Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael, and William Bryan—were brought to justice today in Georgia, as a...

AAPF Hails New Justice Department Policy on Violent Threats to Schools and Educators

The African American Policy Forum welcomes the news that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has empowered prosecutors to investigate...

AAPF Mourns the Loss of Cassandra Johnson— #SayHerName Mothers Network

It is with great sadness that we share news of the passing of our beloved #SayHerName Mothers Network member Cassandra Johnson....

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