Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle

Trump Threatens Protesters On Juneteenth

Ahead of a campaign rally in a city where a racist massacre took place, President Donald Trump threatened violence against protesters, as people in cities around the country are set to participate in peaceful anti-racism marches to mark Juneteenth, the anniversary of the end of slavery in the

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(1879) John Mercer Langston, “The Exodus: The Causes Which Led The Colored People of the South to Leave Their Homes – The Lesson

? In 1879 an unanticipated migration of nearly seven thousand African Americans from Mississippi and Louisiana to Kansas prompted a debate among national black leaders. Frederick Douglass thought it unwise that black women and men would leave the South. John Mercer Langston disagreed. As in this

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Global African History Bibliography Authors & Editors

Adedeji, Adebayo and L. Rowland Management Problems of Rapid Urbanisation in Nigeria Yes

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Cash Stimulus In Washington State - The Investment Needed To Boost Our Economy

Providing flexible and direct financial support to families through a state-level Recovery Rebate in Washington State is

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Book Excerpt #2: "The Roots of Racism in American Policing" | Black Star News

The following is from the

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'We're sick of it': Anger over police killings shatters US

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Americans awoke Sunday to charred and glass-strewn streets in dozens of cities after another night of unrest fueled by rage over the mistreatment of African Americans at the hands of police, who responded to the violence with tear gas and rubber

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Political hip hop

Political hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s as a way of turning rap music into a call for action and a form of social activism. Inspired by 1970s political preachers such as The Last Poets and musician Gil Scott-Heron, Public Enemy was the first predominately

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Durkan Announces New Public Safety And Crowd Management Policy Changes For Demonstrations

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, joined by Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best, announced new measures that address public safety and crowd management at leaders from the Black community and leaders of

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‘Abolish The Police’ Isn’t New. This Energy Is.

They argue that the U.S. criminal justice system has at every level — from law enforcement to courts and prisons — not only failed at public safety but actively harmed Black and brown communities through hyper-criminalization and refers to a world in which people don’t need to rely on police or

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Raines, Franklin (1949- ) - Birthday

Franklin Raines was born in Seattle on January 14, 1949, and graduated from Franklin High School in Seattle.

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Questlove and Black Thought Ink First-Look Deal With Universal Television

The production company founded by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter of the hip-hop collective The Roots signed a first-look deal with Universal Television Alternative Studio and Universal

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#AAMAM: “Summer Breeze” – Celebrating Soulful Summer Songs (LISTEN)

Today, June 20, is officially the first day of summer, the longest day of the year (for us folks in the Northern Hemisphere), and the welcoming of our warmest weather

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Overtime: Gatorade Hosting Livestream Watch Party of Michael Jordan’s Final Game On The Chicago Bulls

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Rand Paul’s Indifference to Lynching Seen In His Continued Delay of Vital Legislation

Statement of Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee

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Black Lives Matter: Powerful Photos Of The World Protesting Racism

Protesters joined again on Saturday to chant and hold signs reminding the world that Black Lives Matter as demonstrations and rallies against racism dotted countries across the map following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial

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Officer in George Floyd Death Arrested

President Donald Trump reached back to the Civil Rights era to quote an alleged racist former Miami police

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Johnson, Jeh (1957 - )

Jeh (pronounced “Jay”) Charles Johnson, a civil and criminal trial lawyer, is the current U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. Johnson received his B.A. from Morehouse College in 1979 and obtained his J.D. from Columbia University in 1982. Nominated by President Barack Obama in October

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Chicagoans marching united in protest over murder of George Floyd | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Most of the crowd of estimated hundreds this past weekend that flowed from Federal Plaza to Michigan Avenue and the Magnificent Mile as well as to other Loop streets were young people—white, Black and brown—who echoed a united call for

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Cory Booker and Kamala Harris speak out against Rand Paul amendment | New York Carib News

Paul, who has been holding up popular bipartisan legislation to make lynching a federal crime, came to the Senate floor in Washington to add an amendment to the anti-lynching legislation and then pass

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Celebrating Black History Month

While the accomplishments of African-Americans should be celebrated all year long, February is the month when we focus on their contributions to American

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Merriwether, Raymond (1924–2011) - Birthday

Raymond (Ray) Merriwether, prominent Seattle, Washington African American architect, real estate developer, and newspaper owner, was born in Taylor, Texas on June 19, 1924 to Colie and Annie Merriwether.

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Restaurants in America Hard Hit by COVID-19 Face Uphill Battle to Return to Normal – Voice and Viewpoint

This is what Melissa Fleischut, president of the New York State Restaurant Association, told a reporter last

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Black Lives Matter demands police to be defunded by nearly $10 million

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Never-ending wars in “Da 5 Bloods”

It’s very much like the notably fearless Lee to invoke American cinema’s most memorable treatise on the Vietnam War so early in his

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Clothing Brand Anthropologie Accused Of Using ‘Nick’ As A Code Name For Black Customers

Well-known boho-chic clothing store Anthropologie is the latest brand to be called out for their hypocritical support of the Black Lives Matter movement on social

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Savoy Magazine Announces The Most Influential Black Lawyers of 2015

Savoy Magazine releases their Spring issue featuring the 2015 Most Influential Black Lawyers. This comprehensive list features the top partners from leading national law firms and corporate counsel from Fortune 1000

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Black men share their thoughts on being stopped by law enforcement –

However, being aware of the many fatal interactions out there, I carry a fear in my heart every time I even see a police

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John Legend

John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and

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Paul Cuffee

Not to be confused with the Reverend Paul Cuffee (1754-1812), who is honored on the liturgical Calendar of the Episcopal Church

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Report: 3 more officers to be charged in Floyd’s death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The three other police officers on the scene when a Minneapolis officer pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder, and the case against the main officer is being upgraded to second-degree murder, a newspaper reported

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