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Malaika Jabali
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Black Children In Alabama Risked Their Lives For Civil Rights. One Woman Recounts Her Experience 60 Years Later
Birmingham, Alabama— 60 years ago, when Janice Wesley Kelsey heard Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s lieutenant, Rev. James Bevel, speak during a mass meeting at…
New Study Reveals An Association Between Structural Racism And Mass Shootings
We already know that mass shootings in this country disproportionately impact Black people. A new study from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)…
Sha’Carri Richardson Keeps On Winning
Over the weekend, track star Sha’Carri Richardson easily advanced in her 100-meter heat at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. With a time…
Did You Know That There’s An All Black Town In Mississippi Founded By Former Slaves?
The city of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, is a historic all-Black town founded in 1887 by formerly enslaved Black people who created a thriving haven for…
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…