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50 years in prison without trial
Isat Buchanan, the attorney hired by the civil-rights group Stand Up for Jamaica to represent Williams, disclosed yesterday that his now 69-year-old client has been declared “fit to plead” but has not been to court in 48
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Boston police data show disparities in stops
Attorneys with the ACLU of Massachusetts have been calling for the Boston Police Department to release data on pedestrian stops since the department last did so in
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The Real-Life Racist Killings Depicted in That Haunting Candyman Trailer
On Wednesday, director Nia DaCosta tweeted out a stunning new trailer for her upcoming Candyman film, along with a brief explanation of the themes she’s exploring in the
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An Obama Academy student interviews her grandma about civil rights, Malcolm X and ‘being radical’
ML: Do you understand, though, where someone might be influenced through a “by any means necessary” as Malcolm X has
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Delroy Lindo Is Finally Getting His Due
But in the days since his newest movie, “Da 5 Bloods,” premiered on Netflix, a swift Delroy Lindo exaltation has erupted across the
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Black Fatherhood Comes With A Unique Responsibility
For the first 2.5 months of my twins’ lives, I had missed more than half of the milestones because of my hectic work travel by Gerome Orgeris
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Is 'Watchmen' Copaganda Or A Case For Abolition?
On the surface, this moment establishes a simple but powerful idea that has been at the center of many cop narratives in the media and forms Will Reeves’ core emotional wound: the idea that one good (Black) cop is enough to fix a broken
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Hennepin County declares racism a public health crisis (updated)
Hennepin County Commissioner Angela Conley took to Facebook on Juneteenth to announce that she and Commissioner Irene Fernando planned to introduce a resolution to declare racism a public health
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MUST WATCH: Dove Releases Short Film In Continued Fight For Racial Equality
Courtesy of beauty brands step up to do more than pledge funds to show support for the Black community, Dove continues its efforts to fight against racial inequality and recently released a short film titled America the
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As A Gun Violence Survivor, I Believe We Need Structural Reforms To Achieve True Progress And Change - Blavity
As a Black man in America, gun violence was something I had seen far too
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Blackface And Reported N-Word History Resurfaces Ahead Of Emmys Hosting Gig
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Rayshard Brooks memorialized at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church
Family, friends, dignitaries, elected officials and community leaders gathered yesterday to remember the life of Rayshard Brooks at Historic Ebenezer Baptist
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Urban One Partners With Black History 365 For New History Curriculum
The new conversations around racism and police brutality in light of the recent protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others have caused new interest in learning about Black American history, especially in the education
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The things we don't say to White people and what the Tulsa Massacre has to do with that
The other day I was on some passive aggressive (trip) and decided to ask my (White) roommate a question I already knew the answer to, “Have you ever heard of
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Rastafarians mount protest at education ministry
Fed up with what they say is the systematic discrimination of children with dreadlocks by school administrators, several Rastafarians today staged a peaceful protest in front of the head offices of the Ministry of Education. They are calling for an...
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When the Protesting Ends – Do You Just Go Home? – Free Press of Jacksonville
NNPA NEWSWIRE By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor — For the last 400 years in America, Black people have been considered to be a second-class citizen because of the color of their
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Newswire : Struggle seen in Belgium over racist historical statues
Jun 15, 2020 (GIN) – Some of the largest anti-racism protests in Europe have taken place in Belgium, the birthplace of King Léopold II, whose brutal rule of Congo from 1885 to 1908 caused an estimated 10 million Congolese deaths through murder, starvation and
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West Virginia, Born Out Of The Civil War, Grapples With Confederate Monuments
West Virginia, Born Out Of The Civil War, Grapples With Confederate Monuments
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After #BlackOutTuesday Snafu, Instagram Vows To Amplify Black Voices Better
The protest was initially organized by workers in the music industry, and Instagram users have been sharing photos of black squares in solidarity with black victims of police
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Civil Rights Groups: Increase Accountability in Policing
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, submitted written testimony today to the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice highlighting the need for transformative reform of policing at both the federal
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Black Americans are carrying a heavy burden, and we could use your help with the load
Just six days before George Floyd’s killing and the resulting call to action in our country, I became the executive director of one of the largest education nonprofits in North Texas — its second-ever woman and first-ever black commander in
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Juneteenth Marks Day Last Enslaved People Freed
The next year, former slaves started celebrating Juneteenth in Galveston, and it eventually reached other
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Vanessa Williams is Making a Difference with Thousands of Black Mayors
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Black Lives Matter demands police to be defunded by nearly $10 million
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A Juneteenth like none other
George Floyd’s murder and Trump in Tulsa indelibly marked this celebration
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Could the Juneteenth Shop Black Virtual Experience be the forerunner of Kwanzaa’s ‘ujamaa’? Absolutely!
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Black Student Loan Debt Should Be An Issue For All Of Us – Free Press of Jacksonville
Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, has put forward a student loan debt cancellation plan for people who earn $125,000 a year or
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UN rights body to probe US over racism against African - Americans
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Kathy Barnette: Police misconduct isn’t biggest problem facing black Americans – here’s what is
We watch as primarily white liberals come into predominately black communities and tell us what our problems are and how to fix
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