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90-year-old Opal Lee is walking to D.C to urge the US Congress to make Juneteenth a National Day of Observance, before President Obama leaves office. “I started my walk September 1st. I started out thinking I need to see President Obama and ask him why. In all of the eight years he’s been in […]
This weekend, history will be made as we welcome the newest Smithsonian museum to American culture. The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) officially opens to the public on September 24, and considering the most recent events that have transpired in America, its opening is happening right on time. The […]
(RNN) – Five people have been killed in a shooting at a mall on Friday night in Burlington, WA, police said. The shooter has not been caught. The number of people killed has been updated from earlier reports of three dead. Sgt. Mark Francis of the Washington State Patrol said the shooter left the mall before police arrived and […]
Violent protests have flooded the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, following the death of Keith Lamont Scott. And in the midst of these protests, Michael Jordan is asking for members of his home community to be calm. “First, I want to express my condolences to the Scott family for their loss,” Jordan said in a […]
America’s police departments need to be overhauled to halt the unchecked power of officers to shoot and kill Blacks.
On Tuesday, September 20, Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer while waiting at the bus stop to pick up his child. Details on how he died and the reasons for his death vary between the community, family and police. His death has sparked outrage in a city that is normally […]
Racist graffiti was discovered on an Eastern Michigan University building. Scores of students marched to the university president's home to discuss the incident.
Updated: 11:18 p.m. Gov. McCorey has declared a state of emergency. McCrorey has initiated efforts to deploy the National Guard in Charlotte upon request of CMPD Police Chief Kerr Putney. At least one person was seriously injured after peaceful protest turned violent in uptown Charlotte. The shooting occurred after relatively quiet protest in Marshall moved to […]
Terence Crutcher, a 40-year-old Tulsa, Oklahoma man, is dead after police shot him. Like many before him, Crutcher was Black and unarmed.
Florida’s Orange County Public Schools officials are requiring students to obtain parental permission if they want to kneel during the national anthem at football games, reports The Huffington Post. The decision comes after some students decided to show solidarity with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who began kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice and oppression in the […]