The Root Exclusive Series: Black History Month was established 100 years ago, in February 1926. To commemorate this momentous ...

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Sophia Rodriguez-Bell (A.B. ’24) had not planned to major in Slavic and Russian studies. But after taking her first Slavic studies class—drawn in by the professor’s evident passion and its small class ...