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Indianapolis Police Officer Who Made ‘Closed Casket Homie’ Remark Suspended and Reassigned
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OP-ED: Black Americans Have Everything to Lose in This Election | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
As the mayor of a city in New York, every day I wake up and do what I can to ensure every resident in my city has a good-paying job, affordable health coverage, a roof over their head, food on the table, and to be treated with dignity. It’s simple. But, as a Black man, I know none of those […]
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Who Is Marcellis Stinnette? Waukegan Police Kill Black Teen Near Chicago
Marcellis Stinnette, an unarmed Black teen, was killed and his girlfriend was critically wounded in a police shooting in suburban Chicago that has prompted more questions than answers.
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OP-ED: Joe Biden Attacks Freethinking Black Americans while President Trump Empowers Them
At the end of a recent interview on the very popular radio show, “The Breakfast Club,” Joe Biden said, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you
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5 Large Corporations Sued for Racism
Racial discrimination lawsuits against big-name companies such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Abercrombie & Fitch and General Electric have focused national attention on the indignities that minority employees suffer on the job. Not only have such lawsuits pointed out common forms of discrimination
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Celebrating Bro. Malcolm X, A Warrior and Master Teacher
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Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse To Face Homicide Charges In Wisconsin
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Slavery and Freedom on the Minnesota Territory Frontier: The Strange Saga of Joseph Godfrey
New York historian Walt Bachman introduces Northern Slave, Black Dakota, his new biography of Joseph Godfrey, an African American who was born into slavery in the free territory that became Minnesota, fled from abusive masters to seek refuge among the Dakota Indians, and was a principal figure in
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Four Minneapolis Officers Fired After Death Of George Floyd | Afro
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Georgia wants federal investigation into killing of runner Ahmaud Arbery
Georgia’s attorney general has asked the US Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who authorities say died at the hands of two white men as he ran through
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(1995) Louis Farrakhan, “A Million Men Marching On"
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Kenosha shooter's mother tries to deflect blame from her son - Black News Channel
By Associated Press Undefined ANTIOCH, Ill. (AP) — The mother of an Illinois 17-year-old charged in the fatal shooting of two men during a protest in Wisconsin said neither her son nor the protesters should have been on the street that night and put much of the blame for what happened on police and
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Volkswagen Apologizes For Ad Of Giant White Hand Pushing Tiny Black Man Around
The 10-second clip for the German car company’s new Volkswagen Golf model features a giant, white hand poking and prodding a Black man, much like
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Bail set at $2m for teen accused in Wisconsin shootings - Black News Channel
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Bail was set at $2 million on Monday for a 17-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two men and wounding a third during an August protest in Kenosha, after the father of one of the victims told the court the defendant 'thinks he's above the law' and would be
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VIDEO: Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody | Afro
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(1839) Daniel A. Payne, “Slavery Brutalizes Man”
? Daniel A. Payne was born on February 24, 1811, in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of free blacks. Educated at a Charleston school established by free blacks and by a private tutor, he mastered mathematics, Greek, Latin, and French. In 1826 Payne joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and t
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25 years for White supremacist who told Black man to go back to Africa before shooting him - Face2Face Africa
A proven White supremacist who shot and injured a Black man after telling him and his colleague to go back to Africa during a physical altercation in Baltimore in 2018 has been sentenced to 40 years in prison by a Maryland judge. Brandon Higgs – an ex-Navy cryptologist – will likely serve 25 years
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‘I Cannot Breathe’: Video Shows White Cop ‘Killing’ Unarmed Black Man Pleading For His Life Before Dying | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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(1841) Frederick Douglass, “The Church and Prejudice"
Frederick Douglass would eventually become one of the most skilled and powerful orators of his day.  In 1841, three years after he escaped slavery and settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 34-year-old Douglass gave a brief speech on a situation he had not anticipated, racial prejudice in Northern
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Another video has gone viral and shocking photos have been released of yet another Black man being beaten down by police. This one survived -- but left unconscious -- for allegedly failing to show his ID.
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(Credit: screenshot) Another day, another instance of the “Karen” jumping out of a white woman and this time one falsely claimed that an “African-American man” threatened her life over a dog in New York’s Central Park. On Monday, a video went viral of a woman apparently identified as
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OP-ED: Joe Biden Attacks Freethinking Black Americans while President Trump Empowers Them
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