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Brooklyn Bus Driver Refuses To Transport Arrested Protesters For NYPD
After the video of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling into his neck for nearly nine minutes went viral, riots broke out not only in the Twin Cities but also in New York
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Retreat or deploy? Police try to balance protest response
LOS ANGELES (AP) — On two straight nights of unruly protests against police brutality, officers retreated from their posts in some American cities, while in others, they deployed batons, flash-bang grenades and tear gas to quell the
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Don Cheadle says police have held him at gunpoint
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Black Americans face an unequal housing market and nearly 25% of Americans have no emergency savings
Nearly 25% of Americans have no emergency savings: Lost income due to coronavirus is piling on even more debt
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LIVE: THOUSANDS MOURN AT GEORGE FLOYD’S MEMORIAL SERVICE
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Malcolm Jenkins Wants NFL & Roger Goodell To Apologize To Colin Kaepernick
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Transit Workers Union Backs Members Who Refuse Transporting Minneapolis Police
The union representing more than 200,000 public transit workers in the U.S. and Canada said its members in Minneapolis have the right to refuse to transport police, in solidarity with protests over the police killing of George
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‘I Need this Country to Be Better for My Children’: Milwaukee Mothers Rally for Racial Justice
So when protests began to engulf Milwaukee and other cities across the nation after the death of George Floyd, she knew she had to
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‘Now is the time’ - BET founder Robert Johnson wants U.S. to pay $14 trillion in slavery reparations
And though attitudes towards reparations for slavery tend to polarize the U.S., BET founder Robert Johnson believes that “now is the time to go big” on reparations to help prevent the country from splitting into separate and unequal
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Man ‘Killed By Minneapolis Police’ Is Identified As Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump Steps In
George Floyd is the name of the handcuffed man who was shown on viral video being pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis Police Department officer who appeared to be steadily applying
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Death of Eric Garner
On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner died in Staten Island, New York City, after a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer put him in what has been described as a chokehold for about 15 to 19 seconds while arresting him. The New York City Medical Examiners Office attributed Garners death to
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CNN Analyst Van Jones Helped President Trump's Order On Police Reform
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Shooting of Oscar Grant
Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of New Years Day 2009 by BART Police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San
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Trump Issues Attack Tweet After Colin Powell Says He’ll Vote For Biden
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‘It’s traumatizing’: Grand Strand activists discuss African American grief, frustrations after George Floyd’s killing
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was seen kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes in cell phone video on
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LA Police Reassigns 7 Officers As It Investigates Complaints Of Excessive Force
LA Police Reassigns 7 Officers As It Investigates Complaints Of Excessive Force
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NYPD Defends Blooding Black Teen Because ‘He Was So Tall’
Jahmel Leach is only 16-years old and ended up bloodied in the hospital with a serious gash on his face after a disturbing interaction with the New York Police Department
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Plan Advances to Allow Dismantling Minneapolis Police Dept.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously advanced a proposal to change the city charter to allow the police department to be dismantled, following widespread criticism of law enforcement over the killing of George
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The Southern Negro Youth Congress: A Participant Recalls Its Past
In the article below historian Gwendolyn Midlo Hall recounts her role as a founder of the New Orleans Youth Congress and the early years of the Southern Negro Youth Congress.  This account is part of her soon to be published
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Despite Siding With Kyrie Irving, Lakers Believe Dwight Howard Will Play In Orlando
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Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. was a legendary singer and recording artist who came to be known as the “Prince of Soul”. Gaye was born on April 2, 1939 in Washington, D.C. He was raised by his father “Reverend Marvin Gay Sr.” who was a very strict guardian. Gaye was musically
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Fathers of NBA players discuss raising strong Black children
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Iran Condemns Killing of Black Americans
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the US must stop brutality against the oppressed people including the black
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Washington, Harold (1922 – 1987)
Harold Washington, the first African American mayor of Chicago, Illinois, was born on April 15, 1922, to Roy Washington, a lawyer, Methodist minister and one of the first black precinct captains in Chicago.  Washington’s mother Bertha Washington was a well-known singer in the
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Celebrating Juneteenth Amid Protests And The Pandemic
Amid nationwide protests against police brutality and racism, the effort to celebrate and recognize Juneteenth has gained strength.
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Los Angeles Pride Will Be Revived As Black Lives Matter Solidarity March
Nearly two months after the COVID-19 crisis forced organizers of Los Angeles’ LGBTQ Pride festival to go digital-only, plans for a reimagined in-person event are back
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Police across US Speak Out against Minneapolis Custody Death | Afro
Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the actions of Minneapolis police in the custody death of a handcuffed Black man who cried for help as an officer knelt on his neck, pinning him to the pavement for at least eight
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Beyoncé Demands Cops Who Killed Breonna Taylor Be Charged In Letter To Attorney General
Beyoncé is calling on Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron to criminally charge the three police officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor in a powerful open
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