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By Tanasia Kenney, atlantablackstar.com The Secret Service recently moved  to settle a nearly 20-year-old lawsuit in which African-American agents accused the agency of fostering a culture of racism and promoting less-qualified white agents over more […]

By Frederick H. Lowe Isaiah McCoy, a death row inmate, became the 157th person in the United States and the first one this year to be exonerated for a crime he didn’t commit. Isaiah McCoy […]

Walmart stopped selling shirts featuring the word “bulletproof” on Black Lives Matter merchandise after the world’s largest police organization called the slogan offensive. Walmart said it removed the specific item after the Fraternal Order of […]

On Feb. 1, the U. S. Postal Service will kick off 2017 Black History Month with the issuance of the Dorothy Height Forever stamp to honor the civil rights legend. The Dorothy Height Forever stamp […]

For the first time in American history, the United States Mint and Treasury have put a black woman on money. Recently, the agencies unveiled the 2017 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin, which portrays Lady Liberty […]

Tax refunds will be delayed this year for some 40 million Americans. By Ben Popken, nbcnews.com If your refund is delayed this year, you can thank the IRS — and identity thieves. Millions of low-income […]

by Jeff Martin ATLANTA (AP) — The marching band of a historically black college in Alabama will perform in President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inaugural parade, despite a barrage of criticism, the school’s president announced […]

By Roger Caldwell In less than a month, real estate baron and reality TV star Donald J. Trump will be sworn-in as the 45th President of the United States of America. There is a reverence […]

Legislation that would provide compensation for the wrongfully convicted has passed the Michigan House of Representatives. People who are exonerated would receive $50,000 a year for every year they were incarcerated under one bill that […]

TJars of soil from sites where blacks were lynched. The names of lynching victims are printed on the jars. Soil from over 300 lynching sites has been collected By Frederick H. Lowe The Equal Justice Initiative, […]