Joe Louis - Birthday

Noose hanging in NASCAR driver’s stall

NASCAR has launched an investigation after a noose was found in the garage stall of Bubba Wallace, the only Black driver in the elite Cup Series who just two weeks ago successfully pushed to ban the Confederate flag at its

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BREAKING NEWS… No charges in NASCAR noose incident involving Black driver Bubba Wallace

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) – The noose found hanging in Bubba Wallace‘s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway had been there since at least last October, federal authorities said Tuesday in announcing there will be no charges

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The Original Karens: From Emmett Till’s Accuser To The White Woman Who Sparked The Tulsa Massacre

Over the weekend, #KarensGoneWild trended on social media with jaw-dropping videos of frantic white women attacking Black women, toddlers, teenagers and grown Black

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Charles Mingus - Birthday

Charles Mingus , byname Charlie Mingus (born April 22, 1922, Nogales, Arizona, U.

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1922

Film review: John Lewis – Good Trouble

“I feel lucky and blessed that I’m serving in the Congress… But there is a force that is trying to take us back to another time and another dark period,” warns congressman John

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

William James "Willie" Dixon: Helped Shape the Post–World War II Sound of the Chicago Blues

William James “Willie” Dixon: Helped Shape the Post–World War II Sound of the Chicago Blues

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Alabama Cop Fired for Suggesting Armed Black Man Be Shot: ‘Exhale. Feel. Pause. Press Steadily.’

An Alabama police officer lost his job after he posted a picture of a protester with a rifle scope’s crosshairs superimposed on the

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COMMENTARY: ENOUGH | Afro

The tragic way in which George Floyd was murdered has conjured up so many past and recent memories of Black people that have fallen victim to homegrown, domestic terrorism, at the hands of members of law enforcement or those who just simply despise Black

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Let’s Just Be Clear...

Although they join a, seemingly endless list of African Americans who have fallen victim to blatant racism and deranged policing, I am sure that the names Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd will be indelibly linked to a new revolution in this era of

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Ezzard Charles defeated Joe Louis

Ezzard Charles defeated Joe Louis in heavyweight championship fight in New York City.

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1950

NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace Is 'Pissed' People Are Calling Noose Incident A Hoax

Though the FBI concluded that a noose found in Wallace’s garage in Alabama was a pull rope and not a hate crime towards NASCAR’s only Black driver, Bubba Watson said it was still a noose and he’s pissed people are creating conspiracy theories around the

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Joe Louis - The World Heavyweight Champion

Who Was Joe

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Why The Revolution For Racial Justice Starts With The Youth Vote - Blavity

That video made me think about Eric Garner, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson, Sandra Bland, Sean Bell and the countless other Black bodies that were unfortunately lost due to racist

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Senate Democrats signal they're prepared to block GOP police reform bill

As Senate Republicans move to take up their own plan — which was authored by South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott, the only black Republican in the chamber — Democrats have faced a tough

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

We can’t let this moment pass

I was deeply moved by the reading, and felt it was critical in this moment that a United States Senator from the Deep South stand on the Senate floor and declare that Black Lives

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One-on-One: Dr. Mark Sullivan Raised in Birmingham Schools; Now Interim Chief

Sullivan said he wanted that classroom to send a message about learning: “Even though I was the substitute until the end of the year, we wanted it to look a certain kind of way because we had expectations for all of the students,” he

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This Day in History — June 25

1910: US President William Howard Taft signs the White-Slave Traffic Act, more popularly known as the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for

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Why Donald Trump Won’t Run For a Second Term

This is an opinion column

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Candace Owens Suggests Cop Who Shot Rayshard Brooks In The Back Was ‘Unjustly’ Fired

Law enforcement officials and experts alike were hailing the quick response to this weekend’s police killing of an unarmed Black man in Atlanta, including the firing of the

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Trump: No change at bases named for Confederate officers

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — President Donald Trump said yesterday that his Administration will “not even consider” changing the name of any of the 10 army bases that are named for Confederate Army

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Two Tulsa Brothers Speak Out After Being Wrongfully Convicted Of Separate Crimes

On Friday, an NBC Dateline special takes a look at the story of Corey Atchison and Malcolm Scott, two Tulsa brothers wrongfully convicted of two separate murders, and who were both serving life sentences for crimes they say they did not

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COVID-19 Update

As of June 17, 2020 at 10:20 AM Alabama had 26,914 confirmed cases of coronavirus with 784 deaths

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Surging US Virus Cases Raise Fear That Progress Is Slipping | Afro

By TAMARA LUSH, NATHAN ELLGREN and TAMMY WEBBER, Associated Press

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Perry’s Studio Moves Toward Reopening While Industry Waits | Afro

But while Perry is looking to restart production in July, other studios in Georgia and beyond are anxiously waiting for Hollywood’s green

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Louis, Joe

Louis, Joe (Joseph Louis Barrow) lo͞o´ĭs [key], 1914–81, American boxer, b. Lafayette, Ala. His father, a sharecropper, died when Louis was four years old, and in 1926 his stepfather took the family to Detroit, where Louis became interested in boxing. At 18 he began an amateur career in the

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CDC director pleads with younger Americans to wear masks while many states pause reopenings | The Atlanta Voice

The comments to a US Senate committee hearing on the virus came as at least 17 states have paused or rolled back their reopening plans in response to a surge in new

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10 military posts are named for these Confederate commanders. The Army is thinking about changing that | The Atlanta Voice

Who it is named for: Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell (A.P.) Hill

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Watch: Sen. Doug Jones Releases His First Campaign TV Ad of 2020

“As he lay dying, George Floyd cried for his mama and pleaded for his life: ‘I can’t breathe.’ As we witnessed his death together the world changed,” said U.S. Senator Doug Jones. “Across Alabama folks are struggling with seeing this injustice and inequality and wanting to see that end. We cannot

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Newswire: FBI investigating noose left in NASCAR stall of Black driver

Federal authorities on Monday confirmed they are investigating the discovery of a noose found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall of Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver who successfully pushed the stock car series to ban the Confederate flag at its venues earlier this

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Saharan Dust Storm Lands In U.S.

An area of high pressure, or dry conditions, is allowing the dust to settle in throughout the

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