1st Black to Speak in US House of Representatives

Atlanta police insist they can still handle emergencies

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s police department said Thursday that it can still police the city even if officers are calling in sick to protest efforts to impose

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(1871) Congressman Jefferson F. Long, “Speech On Disorders In The South”

Jefferson Franklin Long (1836-1901) was the first African American from Georgia to serve in the United States House of Representatives. Born into slavery near Knoxville in Crawford County, Georgia, he was self-educated and became a merchant tailor in Macon, Georgia. Long was elected in December

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Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator.

Blanche Kelso Bruce was a US Senator from Mississippi; the first black man to serve a full term in the senate, and the first person born into slavery to preside over the senate. While serving in the senate, he was an advocate for civil rights for blacks, native Americans, Chinese immigrants and

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Terrell Owens: “I Experienced Racist Treatment From San Francisco 49ers Coaches”

Terrell Owens June 26 said he experienced racist treatment from coaches while playing for the San Francisco

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

James Mars: Once One of the Most Prominent African Americans in Connecticut

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Source: Black Then

Fulton County Commissioners create task force to review elections process

Task force created to address lines, voting machine issues, and delays experienced by voters who requested absentee ballot

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

West calls Cornyn out over ‘systemic racism’ remarks in DC hearing

The U.S. Senators from Texas, Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, drew a lot of fire for comments during a Tuesday Judiciary Committee hearing when they seemed to reject the notion of “systemic racism” in the law enforcement

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Source: North Dallas Gazette

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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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Kamala Harris's Police Reform Push Becomes Running Mate Tryout

Kamala Harris’s push for police reform in the Senate is shaping up as an audition for the job of Joe Biden’s vice president, as she makes herself a highly public voice for change after years as a no-nonsense prosecutor.By promoting a bill to ban police chokeholds and make other changes -- and by

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Atlanta City Council approves $88.4 million in Coronavirus relief funding

• An ordinance to amend the levy provisions of the Code of Ordinances for the purpose of changing the ad valorem tax rates for personal property, bond indebtedness, parks, school operations/debt and special tax districts, and provide that those rates remain fixed for one year in compliance with the

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State public health emergency extended

As positive cases of COVID-19 continue to rise throughout Georgia, with the state consistently setting daily record highs, Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order on Monday to extend the public health emergency through

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Source: The True Citizen

Don’t Let High Turnout Distract You From the Reality of Voter Suppression

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'Who the Mama?': Reginae Carter Shares Family Shot with Toya Johnson and Reign, Fans Can't Tell Who's the Mother

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Congressman John Lewis’ Legacy Celebrated With ‘Good Trouble’ Campaign To Inspire Social Change

LOS ANGELES (June 19, 2020)- Participant, the leading media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires audiences to engage in positive social change, today announced the “Good Trouble” impact campaign to coincide with the release of the new documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble and in

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Georgia (Finally) Passes a Hate Crime Bill

Georgia’s lack of any kind of law to prosecute hate crimes came under renewed scrutiny following the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in

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

Latest US monuments toppled: Grant, national anthem writer | The Atlanta Voice

Protesters tore down more statues across the United States, expanding the razing in a San Francisco park to the writer of America’s national anthem and the general who won the country’s Civil War which ended widespread

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

SPLC Announces $30 Million Investment to Increase Voter Registration

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced it is investing up to $30 million from its endowment in voter outreach organizations in the Deep South to increase voter registration and participation among people of color with a lower propensity to

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

What Defunding Police Departments Really Means For Black Communities

Because police departments often receive a lion’s share of city budgets, what it refers to are policy proposals that would prioritize investments in various community based resources: jobs, housing, education, mental health, small business

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Nicole Beharie is Miss Juneteenth

Miss Juneteenth, a project from debut filmmaker Channing Godfrey Peoples and starring Nicole Behari and Kendrick Sampson, fittingly premieres on

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

American Civil War in the West - 1863-1865

Previous: Turning Points | Civil War 101 | Next: War in the East, 1863-1865

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Long, Jefferson Franklin (1836-1907)

Jefferson Franklin Long, a Republican who represented Georgia in the 41st Congress, was the first black member to speak on the floor of the House of Representatives, and was the only black representative from Georgia for just over a century. Long was born a slave in Knoxville, Georgia on March

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Amazon Studios to release voting rights film featuring Stacey Abrams

The documentary, which prominently features insights from politician, lawyer and author Stacey Abrams, is directed by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lisa

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Grand Jury Indicts Three Men Accused Of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery

The three men linked to the February shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery have been indicted by a grand jury, Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes announced Wednesday, June

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COVID-19 cases take a serious uptick in metro-Atlanta

Georgia set a record Friday, June 26 for new COVID-19 cases recorded in a 24-hour period: 1,900 cases in

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Rayshard Brooks struggled in system but didn’t hide his past

About five months before he was killed by Atlanta police in a Wendy’s parking lot — before his name and case would become the latest rallying point in a massive call for racial justice and equality nationwide — Brooks gave an interview to an advocacy group about his years of struggle in the

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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

3 Men Indicted on Murder Charges in Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

ATLANTA (AP) — A prosecutor on Wednesday announced that three men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in coastal

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Source: Black America Web

PART 3: 400 YEARS OF WHITE FEET ON BLACK NECKS IN AMERICA

The tinder box of historical frustrations with Police Brutality, institutional, and systemic racism, sparked a spontaneous bon fire of protesting in Atlanta with the killing of Rayshard

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Source: The Florida Star

Mail-in Deluge Tests Elections in Kentucky, New York

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Overwhelmed Kentucky and New York officials faced a deluge of mail-in votes likely to delay results for days after high-profile primaries Tuesday, contests testing if establishment Democratic congressional candidates can withstand challengers fueled by voter fury over

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Dawn M. Jones Installed As 58th President Of State Bar of Georgia

Attorney Dawn M. Jones, managing member of The Firm of Dawn M. Jones, LLC in Atlanta, was installed as the 58th president of the 52,000-member State Bar of Georgia on June

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

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