Civil Rights Trail From NC to MS
From the port where enslaved Africans entered America to the home where Medgar Evers was murdered, a new guidebook helps readers explore for themselves the history, the landmarks and the watershed moments of the Black American struggle for equality and […]
Read MoreBIPOC is Minimizing Blackness
By Dr. JOYNICOLE MARTINEZ, Staff Writer Black people in America have been called by many names – African American, Negro, colored and the unspeakable word that rhymes with bigger. In the last year, as protests against police brutality and racism […]
Read MoreMinorities underrepresented in service academy nominations
By Pat Eaton-Robb (AP) Minority students are significantly underrepresented when it comes to getting nominations from members of Congress to attend the nation’s military service academies, according to an analysis released Wednesday. The study by the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center […]
Read MoreMovement for Black Lives opposes George Floyd Justice Act
By Kat Stafford (AP) — The Movement for Black Lives is opposing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, arguing the bill doubles down on reform strategies that have historically failed to center marginalized communities and address police violence nationwide, […]
Read MoreGeorgia massage parlor shootings leave 8 dead; man captured
By Kate Brumback, AP Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs Tuesday evening left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said. A 21-year-old man suspected in the shootings was taken […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina police find suspicious devices near church
BREVARD, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina evacuated local businesses Sunday after they found several suspected incendiary devices near a Baptist church and a county building. Police in Brevard, a city of about 7,500 in western North Carolina, said […]
Read MoreFloyd family agrees to $27M settlement amidst ex-cop’s trial
By Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, as […]
Read MoreThe Black community has yet to benefit in this Joe Biden economy
“So far, the Black community has gotten a lot of empty rhetoric, broken promises and mixed messages from the Biden Administration resulting in policies that are not empowering, uplifting or truly helping Black Americans thrive and survive economically during this […]
Read MoreWomen’s History Month: Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer
By Dr. Joy Martinez, Staff Writer “Sometimes it seems like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I’ll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I’m […]
Read MoreWomen’s History Month: Celebrating Eva Clayton
By Dr. Joy Martinez, Staff Writer In 1992, Democrat Eva McPherson Clayton made history when she became the first Black woman in North Carolina to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. But that was not the only time the […]
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