Malaika Jabali
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On This Day, Jesse Owens Shattered Track Records And Delusions Of White Supremacy On The World Stage
On this day in 1936, at the Olympic Games in Berlin, track and field star Jesse Owens shattered Hitler’s white supremacist propaganda in his own...
From The NBA To The Senate— Basketball Hall Of Famer Dwyane Wade Says Florida Democrats Want Him To Run For Office
Retired hooper Dwyane Wade could be trading the basketball court for the Capitol, as he contemplates entering the political realm. It was three months ago...
Protestors March Against Florida’s Distorted Black History Standards
Dozens of teachers and students marched to a Miami school district headquarters on Wednesday to protest Florida’s new standards for teaching Black history. The protesters...
Georgia Grand Jurors Who Decided To Indict Trump Receiving Threats
“[T]he grand jurors who voted this week to indict former President Donald J. Trump and 18 others, accusing them of conspiring to overturn Georgia’s 2020...
Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Can Move Forward With Lawsuit For Restitution, State Supreme Court Says
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The ruling came only weeks after a...
“I Was Prepared To Die” Victim Said After Mob Attacked Howard University Students Outside Residence Halls
Four Howard University students were attacked near Howard Plaza Towers Apartments residence halls last weekend. According to a police report, “[o]ne person was reportedly stabbed...
Conservative Group’s Video Shows Animated Frederick Douglass Calling Slavery A “Compromise To Achieve Something Great”
Frederick Douglass has a new cartoon, but the depiction of the Black American abolitionist has been labeled as quite “misleading” as well as being “factually...
Donald Trump Indicted Blocks Away From Beyoncé’s Atlanta Concert, And It Feels Like Nature Correcting Itself
Donald Trump orchestrated a widespread, illegal attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, authorities say, and now he and 18...
Arkansas Education Department Bars Students From Receiving Credit For AP African American Studies Class
It’s another win for conservatives after Arkansas high school schoolers enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) African American history courses were just informed that they would...
This African Dance Is Taking Over The Diaspora. Now One Of The Largest Exhibitions In The World Is Showcasing It
This year marks Brazil’s 35th Art Biennale, which is “the largest art exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere.” Starting September 6, the Biennale will bring together...