Thurgood Marshall, dies

Howell, Lembhard Goldstone (1936- )

Lembhard G. Howell is a prominent Seattle attorney practicing in Seattle since 1966. Howell’s career has been dedicated to seeking justice for individuals who have been injured and unfairly treated. Howell was the first African American to serve on the board of governors of the Association of Trial

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Source: Black Past

May

2

1936

U.S. Supreme Court Reversed Conviction

U.S. Supreme Court reversed conviction of sixteen sit-in students who had been arrested in Baton Rouge.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

11

1961

Gay rights victory

In Bostock v. Clayton County, the United States Supreme Court ruled, this week, that the federal employment discrimination statute (Title VII) barred discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in places of

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Plessy v. Ferguson

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896) was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court decided in 1896. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of separate but equal.[1] The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1 with the majority opinion

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Supreme Court ruling could overturn convictions in Oklahoma

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared much of eastern Oklahoma part of the Creek Indian reservation, Oklahoma state and federal officials are debating their next steps. The ruling could create a wave of Native Americans trying to overturn their convictions if they were

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Source: The Washington Informer

Dudley, Edward Richard (1911-2005)

Edward Dudley was the first black American to lead a U.S. Mission abroad with the rank of Ambassador. Dudley was born on March 11, 1911 in South Boston, Virginia to Edward Richard and Nellie (Johnson) Dudley. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree from Johnson C. Smith College in Charlotte, North

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Source: Black Past

Feb

11

2005

As COVID cases rise, White House seeks to scrap ‘Obamacare’

The administration’s high court filing at 10:30 p.m. Thursday came the same day the government reported that close to half a million people who lost their health insurance amid the economic shutdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 have gotten coverage through

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Source: theGrio

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Sigma Lambda Chapter Fed First Responders & Hospital Staff in New Orleans East During COVID-19

The Sigma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. (New Orleans Alphas), announced the success of their COVID-19 Service

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Supreme Court says Trump can weaken Obamacare contraceptive mandate - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The 7-2 ruling reverses a lower court decision that had blocked Trump's move nationwide. The ruling is a win for President Donald Trump, who has vowed to act aggressively to protect what he and other conservatives frame as religious liberty, as well as for the Little Sisters of the Poor, a Roman

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

FID targets assets after five convicted in $400m Manchester municipal fraud trial

THE WAY is now clear for the Government to begin the legal process of seeking to take possession of properties and other assets valued at more than $220 million that have been traced to former Manchester Parish Council official Sanja

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Black History Month 2014: 101 African American Firsts

Click Here For Previously Posted Annual Black History Month Projects on BlackPast.org

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Lessons From Bush v. Gore: Every Vote Counts and Every Vote Must Be Counted

Special To The New Journal and Guide

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Source: The New Journal and Guide

Supplier disappointed with Williams’ tablets statement - Parties head to mediation over schools project

Stephen Wedderburn, ICT project manager of GeoTechVision, has reacted, saying that he was disheartened by Williams’ “false” statement, adding that it could be prejudicial to a dispute before the courts between GeoTech Vision and the state-owned e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited over the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas is a renowned personality, currently serving as a Conservative Associate Justice in the American Supreme Court. Born in Pin Point, Georgia on June 23, 1948, Thomas served as a law-abiding judicial nominee under the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. What

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Oretha Castle: Civil Rights Activists & Organizer of the New Orleans Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation

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Source: Black Then

Supreme Court reversed decision of lower court

Supreme Court reversed decision of lower court which had confirmed $100,000 contempt fine imposed by Alabama on NAACP for refusing to divulge membership.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jun

30

1958

African-American History Timeline: 1850 to 1859

The 1850s were a turbulent time in American history. For African-Americans—freed and enslaved— the decade was marked by great achievements as well as setbacks. For instance, several states established personal liberty laws to counter the negative impact of the Fugitive Slave Law of

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(1857) Charles Lenox Remond, “An Anti-Slavery Discourse”

By 1857 “Bleeding Kansas’ and the Dred Scott Decision had intensified sectional tensions over slavery and moved the nation closer to civil war. Against that backdrop, Charles Lenox Remond, on July 10, 1857, addressed the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society where he joined a growing chorus of

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Source: Black Past

Jul

10

1857

No more nightmares for Jamaican DREAMers - 3,000 with roots to island no longer in limbo

Approximately 3,000 Jamaicans who are beneficiaries of the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Donald Trump administration cannot end the programme that was instituted by executive order by then

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Young immigrants land court win but still face uncertainty

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will renew his administration’s effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after Supreme Court blocked the first

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Loving v. Virginia (1967)

WARREN, C.J., Opinion of the Court

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Americas Segregated Schools: We Cant Live Together Until We Learn Together | The Oklahoma Eagle

www.usatoday.com By Stefan Lallinger Opinion contributor The main reason school districts have been gerrymandered to perpetuate segregation is the tacit, and at times explicit, approval of people of means. Would George Floyd be alive today had he and Derek Chauvin grown up together and attended

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Law Matters: Celebrating African-Americans' contributions to Missouri's justice system

Walter Farmer was the first African-American to serve in a judicial capacity in Missouri when he was appointed special judge in the St. Louis municipal court at the beginning of the 20th

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

Kendrick: 'One year after Georgia's abortion ban, the Supreme Court tackles crisis of access' | The Atlanta Voice

As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on June Medical Services v. Russo, a case with major implications for abortion care nationwide, I’m reminded of what was happening in my state at this time a year in the state legislature had just passed a near-total abortion ban that would prohibit care

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

A call for change, a call for justice

Royce West

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Ben Jealous - Wikipedia

After completing his degree at Oxford and returning to the US, Jealous worked as Executive Director of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a federation of more than 200 black community

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Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Supreme Court Says Fast-Tracking Deportations Okay

In a blockbuster decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled last Thursday that the government can fast-track deportations of asylum seekers without first allowing them to have their cases heard in

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

How Muhammad Ali Influenced Hip-Hop

The death of Muhammad Ali is a reminder that his political candor, distinctive voice, and outsized personality helped shape hip-hop

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African-American Civil Rights Movement (1896–1954)

The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. The movement has had a lasting impact on United States society, in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil

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Supreme Court Decision Jeopardizes CFPBs Future and its Independence

A June 29 U.S. Supreme Court split decision represents a major setback to both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the consumers who have come to rely upon the agency.

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Source: The Washington Informer

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