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Jake Clemons, saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen, releases powerful Juneteenth song
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 3 days ago"A time when the realities of such painful discrepancies in our justice system were being brought...
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The Root· 3 days agoThe Department of Justice has charged three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery with hate crimes. Travis McMichael, 35; his father, Gregory McMichael, 65; and William “Roddie ...
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The Root· 4 days agoOn Thursday, the City of New York agreed to pay over $13 million in a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of roughly 1,300 protesters arrested and beaten by police during protests held in ...
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The Root· 3 days agoDeadline reports that the lawyer is working with Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies) and Emmy nominee Nadia Hallgren (Becoming) to develop a TV series based on his life. Stokes follows “Crump and ...
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The Root· 4 days agoWithout the proper context, it is impossible to understand the mushroom cloud of uprisings that are exploding across the country in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna< ...
Arndrea Waters King: Mark Robinson is no Martin Luther King Jr.
Greensboro News & Record· 2 days agoIt can breathe life into social movements — or rally millions to uphold white supremacy. Dr. Martin...
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The Root· 4 days agoAttorneys for Brett Hankison, the only cop to be charged in the killing of Breonna Taylor, are ...
Today in History: June 23, Title IX signed into law
Houston Chronicle· 4 days agoToday’s Highlight in History: On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law Title IX, barring discrimination on the basis of sex for “any education program or ...
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The Root· 4 days agoAside from being a terrific basketball player, Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown is a real one. This offseason, the league nearly doubled its percentage of Black head coaches (that number ...
What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
Post-Bulletin· 4 days agoIt became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden. Long a regional holiday in the South, Juneteenth rose in prominence across the country following ...
