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NAACP Issues Travel Advisory Against American Airlines, Warns Black Travelers

October 30, 2017 Staff 0

The NAACP is warning travelers — in particular, African-Americans — that their safety could be compromised if they fly American Airlines, citing a series of “troublesome conduct” by employees. The travel advisory is the latest […]

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Man Arrested for Threatening Killings at Howard University

October 9, 2017 Staff 0

John Edgar Rust By nbcwashington.com An Alexandria, Virginia, man has been arrested nearly two years after police say he threatened to murder African Americans at Howard University in Washington, D.C. John Edgar Rust, 24, has […]

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Las Vegas Shooting Comes Ahead of House Vote on Gun Silencer Bill

October 3, 2017 Staff 0

By Jason Silverstein, nydailynews.com The Las Vegas shooting that killed at least 58 people came the same week the House is set to pass a bill allowing easier access to gun silencers — which would […]

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Another White Cop is Acquitted of Murdering a Black Man

September 19, 2017 Staff 0

By Frederick H. Lowe A former St. Louis police officer, who told his partner he intended to kill a black man moments before shooting him to death following a car chase, was acquitted of first-degree […]

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Former NFL Player Named to Head the White House HBCU Initiative

September 19, 2017 Staff 0

WASHINGTON — The White House has named consultant and former NFL player Johnathan M. Holifield to head its initiative on black colleges and universities. The decision came as the White House kicked off its summit […]

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Activist Group Hangs Clowns Dressed in KKK Robes from Tree

September 8, 2017 Staff 0

(The Grio) An anonymous group calling it self “Indecline” stirred up controversy in Richmond, Va this week after they hung eight figures dressed up as clowns and wearing Ku Klux Klan garb from a tree. One of […]

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AL Restores Voting Rights of Ex-Felons But They May Never Find Out

September 5, 2017 Staff 0

Alabama does not have to notify tens of thousands of former felons that they recently regained the right to vote, a federal judge ruled. The judge also found that the state does not have to […]

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Trump Treasury Secretary Won’t Commit to Putting Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

September 1, 2017 Staff 0

By Damian Paletta, washingtonpost.com Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday would not commit to carrying out the Obama administration’s plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, saying he had not made a decision […]

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King Statue to Stand Alongside Confederates in Georgis Capital

September 1, 2017 Staff 0

by Johnny Kauffman On Monday, 54 years after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech and less than a month after a counterprotester was killed following a demonstration by white […]

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America’s Clergy Unite for 1,000 Ministers March in Washington Against White Supremacy

August 28, 2017 Staff 0

  by Adelle Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) — From Protestant preachers to Jewish cantors to Catholic nuns, religious leaders of a range of faiths demonstrated in the nation’s capital for racial justice, criticizing the silence of […]

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