Activist Floyd H. McKissick born

After ‘Breonna’s Law’ Passed in Louisville, Kentucky, a Nationwide Bill Banning No-Knock Warrants is Coming Next – Your Black World

Three months after her police-involved homicide, which occurred during the service of a controversial “no-knock” search warrant, Breonna Taylor (pictured) has a new municipal ordinance named in her

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Source: Your Black World

Attorney: Breonna Taylor 'executed' by police in her home

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Black emergency medical worker, Breonna Taylor, was fatally shot by police serving a narcotics search warrant in Kentucky was “executed” in her home, a high-profile civil rights attorney said

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

State, City of Minneapolis agree on immediate changes to...

Today, Governor Tim Walz, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, and Minnesota Department of Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero announced next steps in the civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD), following the death of George

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson was an American singer, actor, civil rights activist, and college football player. He was exceptionally famous for his political views on anti-imperialism, communism, and the United States

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Source: Black History Resources

Jan

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1976

Tracey Brame, Civil Rights Expert and Law Professor, Weighs in on Death of George Floyd

Prior to this weekends protests around the United States over the death of Georg Floyd and others persons of color who have died while in custody of police, WMU-Cooley Associate Dean and Professor Tracey Brame, a civil rights expert, spoke with media outlets in Michigan regarding the use of

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

These Political Candidates Are Embracing Their Criminal Records

It’s a story Simmons, a candidate for state representative in Kitsap County, Washington, has shared at countless campaign events, which these days are entirely online: How she lost her car, her house, her nursing license, her voting

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Attorney Says Ahmaud Arbery’s Case Will Be Investigated As A Hate Crime

The U.S. Justice Department will look for evidence to launch a hate crime investigation into the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, according to family attorney S. Lee

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Source: Black America Web

Poor People’s Campaign to move forward virtually after 57 years

Labor unions, religious organizations, faith and civic rights leaders, The Women’s March and numerous celebrities will gather virtually Saturday (June 20) for “The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

Man sues Georgia police for excessive use of force after wrongfully arresting him | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Antonio Arnelo Smith, 47, filed a federal suit Friday alleging that Valdosta, Georgia, police officers injured him after body slamming him, and violated his civil rights when they wrongly detained him after identifying him as a suspect in a panhandling

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Ian Desmond Backs Out Of Baseball Season In Emotional Post About Race And Family

The Colorado Rockies star, who is biracial, wrote that "home is where I need to be" during the coronavirus-shortened season.

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

(BPRW) AHEAD OF HOUSE VOTE, PARENTS OF ERIC GARNER, TAMIR RICE & JOHN CRAWFORD ENDORSE THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT | Press releases

(BPRW) AHEAD OF HOUSE VOTE, PARENTS OF ERIC GARNER, TAMIR RICE JOHN CRAWFORD ENDORSE THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Chargers Head Coach Says It’d Be “Crazy” If Colin Kaepernick Doesn’t Get A Workout

Source: Marlon Stewart / Marlon Stewart /MoPho /London Entertainment / SplashNews.com

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

Charged with crime of Karen-ing 'Amy Cooper Inspired' law backed by Gov. Cuomo

Although there have been many incidents of white people calling 911 on Black people who are merely trying to live, the catalyst for proposing such legislation came after Amy Cooper; a white woman called the police on Chris Cooper, a Black

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

Wiley College (1873- )

Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, is the first African-American college established in the Lone Star State. The institution was founded in 1873 by Bishop Isaac Wiley of Methodist Episcopal Church and chartered by the Freedman’s Aid Society in 1882. Isaac Wiley grew up with dreams of becoming

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Source: Black Past

Dusenbury, Paul R. (1935-1998)

Paul Dusenbury was a multi-talented visual artist, musician, teacher, and proponent of the synthesis of many art expressions. His explorations, infectious inspiration, and originality were well appreciated throughout the Seattle, Washington area where he taught and worked. He expressed caring

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Source: Black Past

Alexander, Lincoln MacCauley (1922-2012)

Lincoln Alexander, prominent attorney and politician, was born on January 21, 1922 in Toronto, Ontario, the son of West Indian immigrants. His mother was a maid, and his father a carpenter by training. In Canada, however, he had to work as a railway porter, which in those days was one of the few

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Source: Black Past

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2012

Girma, Haben (1988- )

Haben Girma, both blind and deaf, is a disability rights advocate and attorney who became the first deaf and blind graduate of Harvard Law School in Massachusetts when she graduated with a Juris Doctor degree (JD) in

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Source: Black Past

Jul

29

1988

Mississippi To Remove Confederate Battle Emblem From The State Flag

Mississippi legislators voted on Sunday to remove the Confederate emblem from the state flag, a historical win following the repeated deaths of Black civilians at the hands of state sanctioned

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Source: MadameNoire

African-American History Timeline: 1965 to 1969

During the month of March, several civil protests occurred throughout Alabama. On March 7, an estimated 600 civil rights activists held a march from Selma to Montgomery protesting the denial of African-American voting rights in the state. On March 21, Martin Luther King, Jr. spearheads

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Source: ThoughtCo

Somalia

After more than 20 years and 17 attempts at forming a internationally recognized central government, the Somali parliament held its inaugural session on Aug. 20, 2012. Rife with disorganization, corruption, and concerns for the safety of the participants, the swearing in took place at the airport

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

(2007) Senator Barack Obama “Voting Rights March Commemoration Speech”

Here today, I must begin because at the Unity breakfast this morning I was saving for last and the list was so long I left him out after that introduction. So I’m going to start by saying how much I appreciate the friendship and the support and the outstanding work that he does each and every

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Source: Black Past

Georgia must remove voting obstacles, protect voters on Tuesday

ATLANTA— All Voting is Local Georgia State Director Aklima Khondoker issued the following statement in response to reports of unnecessary obstacles voters faced on Friday, the last day of early voting in Georgia, including: waits of up to seven hours to cast a ballot, polling place closures, and

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

African-American History and Women Timeline 1990-1999

More of the Timeline: 1980 - 1989 / 2000

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Source: ThoughtCo

It Only Takes One

The individual captured on video slowly draining life from Mr. Floyd wore a uniform, but he did not represent its values – his actions were his

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Africa: South Africa Ranks 123 Out of 163 On the 2020 Global Peace Index

The 2020 Global Peace Index (GPI) released by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) has ranked South Africa 123 out of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Jon Ossoff wins Georgia US Senate Democratic primary after major voting delays | The Atlanta Voice

Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff won the Democratic primary for a US Senate seat, CNN projected Thursday, becoming a standard bearer for a party increasingly hopeful of taking the Republican Southern stronghold in

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

African-American History Timeline: 1910 to 1919

The East St. Louis Race Riot begins on July 1. When the two day riot is over, an estimated forty people are killed, several hundred are hurt and thousands are displaced from their

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Source: ThoughtCo

Charged with crime of Karen-ing 'Amy Cooper Inspired' law backed by Gov. Cuomo

Although there have been many incidents of white people calling 911 on Black people who are merely trying to live, the catalyst for proposing such legislation came after Amy Cooper; a white woman called the police on Chris Cooper, a Black

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Civil Rights Act of 1957

An Act to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United

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Source: Black Past

Aug

2

1946

(1963) Lyndon B. Johnson, “Address Before a Joint Session of Congress"

On November 27, 1963 just five days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, newly installed President Lyndon Baines Johnson addresses Congress for the first time. His address appears

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Source: Black Past

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