Black NC Firefighters File Discrimination Lawsuit
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A group of Black firefighters in North Carolina has filed a lawsuit against their city and their fire chief, alleging that he has not made an effort to prevent racial discrimination, harassment and retaliation within his […]
Read MoreLetter To The Editor Revisionist Black History
By Ada M Fisher The recent action taken by the Quaker Oats family of products to change the name of Aunt Jemima to the Pearl Milling Company (which in 1888 developed self-rising flour), was a supposed bid to redress complaints […]
Read MoreBoxer, Spinks Dies At 67
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks, who took the crown from Muhammad Ali in 1978 before losing a rematch, died on Friday, according to his publicists. He was 67. Spinks died with his wife, Brenda Spinks, at his side, […]
Read MoreJackson Released Post Therapy, Surgery
CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been released to a Chicago physical therapy center following gallbladder surgery and medical observation, a spokesman said Sunday. The 79-year-old civil rights leader experienced “abdominal discomfort” on Jan. 29 and was admitted […]
Read MoreYellen Warns Of COVID’s Lasting Toll On Blacks
United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that economic crises hit people of colour harder and longer, and the current crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic would have a lasting impact on Black Americans unless action was taken. […]
Read MoreLETTER TO THE EDITOR – Protestation
Mr. Lt. Governor, History Books Should Call “Racism,” What IT Is. BY KAYOLYN PERSON I have a protestation that revels repulsion to think that our intelligence should be, is, insulted by the notion that the truth of systemic-racism, is not […]
Read MoreWashington Football Team Celebrates BHM
The Washington Football Team announced today several of its programs and initiatives to celebrate Black History Month. Throughout the month of February, the team will focus efforts on impactful initiatives that align with the organization’s commitment to engaging with the […]
Read MoreParents Of Child Who Killed Himself Can Sue Educators
CINCINNATI (AP) — The parents of an 8-year-old student who killed himself after being persistently bullied can move forward with a lawsuit against the Cincinnati school district that alleges wrongful death and other charges, a federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday. […]
Read MoreUS Bans 2nd Malaysian Palm Oil Giant Over Forced Labor
The U.S. said it will ban all shipments of palm oil from one of the world’s biggest producers after finding indicators of forced labor and other abuses on plantations that feed into the supply chains of some of America’s most […]
Read MoreDave Chappelle To Turn Ohio Firehouse Into Comedy Club
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (AP) — Comedian Dave Chappelle is set to buy a former fire station near his Ohio hometown with plans to turn it into a comedy club. The Miami Twp. Fire Station in Yellow Springs, not far from […]
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