With the unfortunate passing of activist, actor and director Sidney Poitier (as reported by NBC news), it’s important that we remember how big of a mark he left in not just our minds, but in the collective heart of Black America. No Way Out (1950), The Defiant Ones (1958), A Raisin in the Sun (1961), […]
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The Legacy of MLK: How Its Been Whitewashed
Has the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. been skewed from the reality of who the activist was? In 2016, the Washington Post reported that then -Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed decided to address the actions of a group of people protesting the killing of Philando Castille who planned on blocking off a highway. Reed […]
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The Site of Dallas’ Original Black High School, Erased from History, will now Become a Taxpayer-Subsidized Kroger
The Freedman’s Town, a vibrant community of freed slaves in Dallas, was destroyed by the construction of Central Expressway, but a children’s book and a memorial were created to ensure the community’s history would not be forgotten.
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Grammy Awards Show Canceled, Officials Cite Omicron Variant as Reason
“After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners, the Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards Show,” the Academy and CBS officials wrote in a statement on Wednesday, January 5.
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New Barbie Honors Journalist Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells, the famed Black journalist who worked to expose the horrors of lynching, has now been immortalized by Barbie.
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2 Oklahoma Inmates ask Federal Judge for Firing Squad Option in Executions
A federal judge in Oklahoma said Monday that he aims make a decision by the end of this week on a petition filed by two Oklahoma death row inmates requesting their executions be by firing squad rather than lethal injection.
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Desperate to Fill Teacher Shortages, School Districts ask Parents and Various Staff to Become Substitutes
Originally Published: 11 JAN 22 21:12 ET By Paul P. Murphy and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — With more teachers sickened or sidelined by the highly contagious Omicron variant, school districts across the country have resorted to extraordinary measures to keep classrooms running. Cincinnati Public Schools averted the shutdown of 11 schools Monday by dispatching […]
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2 Men Arrested in Connection With the Fatal Shooting of Rapper Young Dolph
Two men are in custody after federal and local authorities arrested them in connection with the fatal shooting of rapper Young Dolph.
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Texas Mother Allegedly Put Son in Trunk of Car to Avoid Being Exposed to Covid-19
A Texas mother has been charged with endangering a child after she allegedly placed her 13-year-old son, who had Covid-19, into her car’s trunk to avoid being exposed to the virus.