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“Princess Sofia is a mixed-heritage princess in a fairy-tale world." via NBCLatino
 
Photographs from a great event!
 
Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade
 
on getting questions about racial background via Jezebel.com
 
2010 US Census shows the population identifying as multiple-race grew faster than single-race population
 
Detailed social, economic, demographic, and housing data from the U.S. Census Bureau
 
a 19th c. data visualization via HandsomeAtlas.com & Brooklyn Brainery
 
Studying Demographics via The US Census Bureau's blog
 
In this episode of the award-winning radio program Radiolab, they take a look at race.
 
Nicholas A. Jones, Chief of the Racial Statistics Branch of the US Census and Cynthia Gordy, The Root ~ via C-SPAN
 
via New York Magazine. An essay by John McWhorter
 
CBBG awarded $25,000 grant
 
She is the second African American woman to swim for the US Olympic team and she comes from a mixed-heritage family
 
via Ancestry.com: Research Connects First African-American President to First African Slave in the American Colonies
 
A great 4 minute video documenting a great day! You can spot CBBG at 2:43
 
Podcast about the changing history of marriage in the United States
 
Princeton professor and CBBG advisor Imani Perry reviews the book Help Me to Find My People
 
via The New York Times: "But when I fell in love with Daniel, my whiteness no longer told the whole story."
 
Filmmaker Nancy Buirski talks about the making of The Loving Story and what inspired her.
 

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