A black parent and a civil rights organization are criticizing a decision by officials in middle school in a predominantly white Detroit suburb to perform a song that they say glorifies slavery. The ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Some parents at an Ohio middle school have said they were shocked to hear an eighth-grade choir sing about picking cotton just days after other students in the district took photos ...

A giant tree that towered over Sierra Leone's capital for centuries and symbolised freedom to its early residents came down on Wednesday night (local time) during a heavy rainstorm. The Cotton Tree ...

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