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Surfer and actor Tamayo Perry killed by shark in Hawaii
Reuters· 16 hours agoProfessional surfer, lifeguard and actor Tamayo Perry, 49, was killed by shark while surfing near the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu on Sunday, officials said. Tamayo was well-known ...
I'll Always Wear My Hoodies
Level Man via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBut the 2012 murder of Trayvon Martin was a game-changer for Black guys in hoodies. During the last decade, they’ve been nearly indivisible from the...
Jackson Starbucks Workers First In State To Unionize
Mississippi Free Press· 4 days agoStarbucks workers in Jackson, Miss., are the first in the state to unionize. The workers voted unanimously, 12-0 to join the union, Workers United...
‘Walk away to live another day’: This Miami summer camp focuses on violence prevention
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDream Defenders was launched in 2012 after the killing of Trayvon Martin, a teen born in Miami who...
What does Juneteenth mean in an era of ongoing racial unrest? Study and celebrate more.
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAny events that become catalysts for change (such as the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown,...
Shomari Stone
FOX 5 Washington D.C.· 6 days agoStone is a 7-time Emmy and 2-time Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist, coming to FOX 5 from CNBC. Prior to WRC, he served as a reporter for KOMO in...
Tomi Adeyemi’s Books Are Fantasy. What They Taught Her Is Painfully Real.
New York Times· 1 day ago“What’s your sign?” Adeyemi immediately asked me, before we even began to talk about her new book. “I’m just having my own moment because you are the third Aquarius sun I have met in the past ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agoThree Black women—Alicia Garza, Patrice Cullors, and Opal Tometi—founded the Black Lives Matter movement in 2013, initially with a hashtag that went viral on Twitter after George Zimmerman was ...
Shaunicy Muhammad and Donna Ladd, Author at Mississippi Free Press
Mississippi Free Press· 4 days agoCapital City reporter Shaunicy Muhammad has an enduring interest in social-justice issues, class inequality, Africana studies and cultural storytelling. Founding Editor Donna Ladd is a writer ...
Killing Quardious Thomas: A Castle Doctrine Case Study
Jackson Free Press· 3 days agoQuardious Thomas received his GED in May 2013, just two months before his death. Seven minutes and twenty-eight seconds after the first communication, a male law-enforcement officer radioed ...
