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From History to Policy: Black Employees in Federal Service
Black History Month is often framed as a moment to reflect on the past. For Black federal employees, it is also a moment to understand the presentā€”and to ask harder questions about...
Black History Month in Federal Workplaces: Who Makes It Happen
If someone has ever been responsible for planning a Black History Month event at work, the pattern is familiar. The group emails. The speaker outreach. The scramble to make somethi...
Black History Month: Practicing Racial Justice at Work
Black History Month is often framed as a time for reflection, celebration, and learning. For federal employees, it can also be a moment to think more deeply about how racial justic...
Black Federal Employees: Progress, Power, and What Endures
Black History Month has reached its 100-year mark. Black federal employment stretches back nearly 160 years. Those timelines invite a hard but necessary question for todayā€™s workfo...
Black History Month and the Legacy of Black Federal Workers
Black History Month turns 100 this year. It began in 1926 as Negro History Week, created by Dr. Carter G. Woodson to correct a national record that erased Black contributions from ...
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