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Theme: Announcements

Disney's First Latina Princess?
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“Princess Sofia is a mixed-heritage princess in a fairy-tale world." via NBCLatino
Answering "What Are You?"
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Photographs from a great event!
Slavery's Legacy
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Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade
None of Your Business
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on getting questions about racial background via Jezebel.com
Growth of Multiple-Race Population
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2010 US Census shows the population identifying as multiple-race grew faster than single-race population
2011 American Community Survey released
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Detailed social, economic, demographic, and housing data from the U.S. Census Bureau
Occupations by Color and Nationality in 1890
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a 19th c. data visualization via HandsomeAtlas.com & Brooklyn Brainery
Births, marriages, deaths, movement, aging...
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Studying Demographics via The US Census Bureau's blog
Can You See Race?
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In this episode of the award-winning radio program Radiolab, they take a look at race.
Who Is Black in America?
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Nicholas A. Jones, Chief of the Racial Statistics Branch of the US Census and Cynthia Gordy, The Root ~ via C-SPAN
Commentary on President Obama's Mixed Heritage
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via New York Magazine. An essay by John McWhorter
Thank you, National Endowment for the Humanities!
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CBBG awarded Implementation grant
Thank you, Nissan Foundation!
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CBBG awarded $25,000 grant
Congratulations Bronze-Medal Winner and Brooklynite Lia Neal!
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She is the second African American woman to swim for the US Olympic team and she comes from a mixed-heritage family
More News about President Obama's Ancestry
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via Ancestry.com: Research Connects First African-American President to First African Slave in the American Colonies
Loving Day Flagship Celebration 2012
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A great 4 minute video documenting a great day! You can spot CBBG at 2:43
Committed: Marriage in America
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Podcast about the changing history of marriage in the United States
"Who are your people?"
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Princeton professor and CBBG advisor Imani Perry reviews the book Help Me to Find My People
Reorienting After a Mixed-Race Relationship Ends
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via The New York Times: "But when I fell in love with Daniel, my whiteness no longer told the whole story."
PHOTOS: The Loving Story in Queens with filmmaker Nancy Buirski
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Filmmaker Nancy Buirski talks about the making of The Loving Story and what inspired her.

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