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Archibald J. Carey, Chicago minister and attorney, appointed first Black chairman of President's Committee on Government Employment Policy.

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Oscar Brown Jr. (October 10, 1926 – May 29, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor. He ran unsuccessfully for office in both the Illinois state legislature and the U.S. Congress. Brown wrote numerous songs (only 125 have been published), 12

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Foutanga B. Sissoko, the man who scammed a Dubai bank of $242m - and has never faced justice

Alleged to have used black magic, he got the Dubai Islamic Bank to give him over $200 million dollars, and to date, the once fabulously wealthy man has never spent a day in jail for the bank

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John Mercer Langston, born

Congressman, attorney, diplomat, dean of the law school and president of Howard University, John Mercer Langston was born, 1829

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Family of Black Teen Who Died During Boating Trip with Friends Doesn’t Believe His Death Was an Accident

The family of a South Carolina teen who died after a boat trip is publicly disputing authorities’ explanation for his

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Richard Spencer unable to secure legal defense in Charlottesville lawsuit

Spencer, former leader of the white nationalist group, Traditionalist Worker Party, is the eighth person to lose representation in the

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Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend Kenneth Walker, FBI Launches Investigation

Several developments in the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old decorated Louisville, Kentucky, EMT who was fatally shot by three white officers while sleeping in her home, evolved over Memorial Day

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Human Relations to assist courts by mediating COVID-related rent disputes - WS Chronicle

At the request of Chief District Judge Lisa Menefee, the Winston-Salem Human Relations Department on Monday, June 1, began mediating landlord-tenant disputes related to the non-payment of rent due to the COVID-19

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Trump Reportedly Wanted To Use Ahmaud Arbery’s Family For Police Reform ‘Photo Op’

UPDATED: 1:00 p.m. ET

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Irate Wisconsin Woman Arrested for Spitting on Black Teen Protester, Released and Arrested the Next Day for Kneeing Cop In Groin

In a video filmed by witness Caress Gonzalez Ramirez, Rapkin is seen arguing with several people after she used her car to halt a march in

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Two lawyers of color facing 45 years for burning police car

(Credit: U.S. Attorney's office) Two lawyers of color who were arrested in May following the protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death are facing a potential of 45 years in prison. HuffPost reported that Colinford King Mattis and Urooj Rahma were arrested on May 30 in Brooklyn dur

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When it comes to policing the police, strong watchdogs are the exception | The Atlanta Voice

Called the Office of Police Oversight, the new city department operates independently of the police department and aims to not only hold individual officers accountable, but also make policy recommendations that focus on systemic issues, such as racial

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Hastie, William Henry (1904-1976) - Birthday

WilliamHenry Hastie, attorney and diplomat, was born on November 17, 1904 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Lawyers Say Father And Son Accused Of Killing Ahmaud Arbery Are Being Vilified

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New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center Appeals to a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in New Hampshire to Call for Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste-Get a Much Better Compensation Result

MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA, July 2, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "We are appealing to a Navy Veteran or person in New Hampshire who just received news they have mesothelioma to please call 800-714-0303 for direct access to attorney Erik Karst of

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Shooting of Jordan Davis

The shooting of Jordan Davis occurred on Friday, November 23, 2012, at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, United States by Michael David Dunn, a 47-year-old software developer, following an argument over the loud music played by Davis and/or his three friends. Jordan Russell Davis was

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Parker, Darryl - Legal Advisor

Darryl Parker is an employment, civil rights, and personal injury attorney with the Civil Rights Justice Center PLLC in Seattle, Washington. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Fordham University and his J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He has considerable trial and

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African American History and Women Timeline 1920-1929

[Previous] [Next] 1920s • Harlem Renaissance: also called the New Negro Movement, a blossoming of arts, culture, and social action in the African American community • 19th Amendment to the US Constitution became law, but practically this did not give the vote to Southern African American women, who,

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Adams, Jr., Oscar (1925–1997)

Oscar William Adams Jr. was the first African American Supreme Court Justice appointed in Alabama and when he later stood for election to a full term, the first African American elected to a statewide constitutional office. He also litigated many civil rights cases in his career as a lawyer and was

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Black Man Convicted Of Rape In 1976 Is Fighting For His Release

Today (June 24), Ronnie Long’s lawyer, Jaime Lau, interviewed with The Clay Cane Show on SiriusXM Urban View about the horrific trial of Ronnie Long by an all-white

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cosby Appeal – Voice and Viewpoint

In a significant legal victory for Bill Cosby, the state Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of his 2018 conviction on charges of indecent aggravated

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FAMU Law Student Receives George C. Young Memorial Writing Award | Afro

ORLANDO, Fla – Courtney Jackson, a rising third-year student at Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law, is the proud recipient of the George C. Young Memorial Legal Writing

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R. Kelly Creates Third Excuse For Why He Should Be Released From Jail

The judge has previously denied the singer's attempts.

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Black Man Killed By Police in Minnesota | Post News Group

The words of 46-year-old George Floyd as he lay on the street in Minneapolis after he was arrested on suspicion of passing a counterfeit bill are eerily reminiscent of the police killing of Eric Garner in New

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African-American activists escalating efforts to persuade Biden not to pick Klobuchar for VP

African-American activists are escalating their efforts to persuade former Vice President Joe Biden not to name Sen. Amy Klobuchar as his running mate, arguing he needs to choose someone who would excite black

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Macon Bolling Allen: First African-American Licensed Attorney

Macon Bolling Allen was not only the first African-American licensed to practice law in the United States, he was also the first to hold a judicial

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Shooting of Tamir Rice

The shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old African-American boy (June 25, 2002 – November 23, 2014), occurred on November 22, 2014, in Cleveland, Ohio. Two police officers, 26-year-old Timothy Loehmann and 46-year-old Frank Garmback, responded after receiving a police dispatch call of a male black

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Attorney For Rayshard Brooks' Family Says Officer 'Wasn't Fearing For His Life'

One of Rayshard Brooks' family lawyers, L. Chris Stewart, holds a printout of a still image of police body-cam footage taken moments before

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A Brief History of the San Diego NAACP, 1917-2007

In 1917, realizing the hunger for social justice among the one thousand African American residents of San Diego, W. E. B. DuBois traveled from Los Angeles to San Diego as part of his western states tour on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Having

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Surveillance Videos Shows Multiple Trespassers at House Ahmaud Arbery Visited

Video clips of multiple people trespassing in the house that Ahmaud Arbery entered have been released by the owner of the house, according to

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City, county get September deadline for homeless camps

Judge will oversee efforts to eliminate camps near freeways

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