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Saturday event with Emmett Till's family to focus on addressing racism
The Buffalo News· 23 hours agoAn event in Buffalo will focus on the ongoing fight against racism and white supremacy more than...
Dream Defenders Co-Executive Director Nailah Summers-Polite Talks Her Unique Journey To Activism
Black America Web· 22 hours agoSummers-Polite recalled a particular instance in Mississippi when she learned more about Emmett Till...
Kansas Republicans fall over themselves defending convicted felon Donald Trump
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoWe all know he did it. Of course he did. Of course Donald Trump, that broken promise in human form,...
Inside the Battle to Preserve ‘Black Wall Street’
Capital B via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoIt’s time — past time — that Tulsa’s historic Greenwood neighborhood be granted national monument status, said Tiffany Crutcher, a native of the Oklahoma...
A Black teen was wrongfully executed for murdering a White woman in 1931. Now, his family is suing...
CNN.com· 5 days agoFor 85 years Susie Williams Carter believed her brother was guilty of the crime he’d been convicted...
Leon Brings Hollywood Swagger To 'The Chi,' Shares How 'Seriously' He Takes His Roles
Black Enterprise· 7 days agoRenowned actor Leon Preston Robinson, widely known as just Leon, brings his iconic acting prowess to...
Marcia Smith, president of Firelight Media, plans to step down
Current (Public Broadcasting)· 7 days agoMarcia Smith, co-founder and president of Firelight Media, the nonprofit production company that...
Family honors Pfc. Milton Lee Olive, who made ultimate sacrifice while saving 4 others in Vietnam
CBS News· 4 days agoVeterans this Memorial Day paid tribute to Milton Lee Olive III, the first African American soldier...
Four years after George Floyd's murder, what's changed? | The Excerpt
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoYou saw grants being given to do murals for tiny arts groups. Of course, millions took to the streets to protest Floyd's killing. So at the time, it seemed like almost similar to the murder ...
Remembering the legacy of the Rev. William Lawson
The Martinsburg Journal· 2 days agoLongtime Houston civil rights activist Rev. William “Bill” Lawson passed away this month at the age of 95. As a stalwart in the generation of civil...