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Tallahassee—The Reverend Al Sharpton will join leading educators from across the nation to rally for public schools at the Florida Capitol January 13, 2020. Sharpton, a renowned civil rights advocate, MSNBC commentator and President of […]
By JULIET LINDERMAN and HOPE YEN Associated Press BLACKAMERICAWEB.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration took steps Tuesday to roll back an Obama-era rule intended to ensure that communities confront and address racial segregation in […]
Civil Rights Giant Congressman John Lewis Prepares to Fight Pancreatic Cancer By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Civil rights giant John Lewis, representing Georgia’s 5th Congressional District in the U. S. House of Representatives […]
By Hazel Trice Edney Trump impeachment highly supported by Black people, likely because of his fueling of racism and White supremacy. Activist Melanie Campbell maintains hope for increase in Black voting and Black elected […]
It seems that despite the fiasco caused by Burberry, Gucci and even H&M last year, designers are still not doing their homework on cultural sensitivity. Another clothing brand seems to be having an issue and has […]
By MATTHEW J. CRESSLER and ADELLE M. BANKS December 30, 2019 (RNS) — On a Sunday morning in May of 1969, as clergy processed into the sanctuary of New York’s august Riverside Church, civil rights […]
JOSH SOLOMON St. Petersburg City Hall, Pinellas Courts reporter Before today, the city council never had six women, or two black women, serving together. ST. PETERSBURG — Two new council members took their oaths of […]
By Jesse Kirsch Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. helped a handful of Cook County Jail inmates regain their freedom on Christmas Day. Jackson posted bail for several inmates so they could spend the holidays with their […]
bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/12/19/kentucky-swears-in-first-african-american-attorney.html Daniel Cameron has been sworn in as Kentucky’s next attorney general. He is the first Republican to hold the office since 1948 and the first African American elected on his own ticket to statewide office, WVXU […]
By Cliff Albright https://www.theguardian.com/ The motivations behind today’s efforts to overturn elections and remove black elected officials are not very different than Reconstruction-era motivations On 5 November, Hester Jackson-McCray, a black woman, narrowly defeated Republican […]
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