He was both the first Black person and the first educator to hold the cabinet position, but resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind.

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An award-winning poet and writer of fiction, she moonlighted as a competitive horsewoman and owned a horse farm outside Columbia, S.C.

Don’t be shocked: There were Black people and Native Americans during the colonial era.

This holiday season, I am donating to nonprofits that help make community ecosystems and nature’s ecosystems more resilient.

“If America hasn’t broken your heart, you don’t love her enough,” the New Jersey senator argues.