BET Current: Black Georgians Push Back Against Railroad Plans in Sparta

04/02/2025

A proposed rail project promises profits, but local residents say the cost to their land and legacy is too high.

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BET Current: Black Georgians Push Back Against Railroad Plans in Sparta

A proposed rail project promises profits, but local residents say the cost to their land and legacy is too high.
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BET Current: Cory Booker’s Filibuster Is One for the History Books

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BET Current: ICE Agent Faces Judge's Ire for Detaining Defendant Mid-Trial

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BET Current: Obama Photobombs Family's Cherry Blossom Snapshot

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BET Current: Susan Crawford Wins Pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court Race, Rebuking Trump and Musk

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BET Current: Louisville’s Black West End Finally Gets a Hospital After 150 Years

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