Melissa Noel
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Tulsa’s First Black Mayor Announces $105 Million Reparations Plan To ‘Repair’ Impact Of 1921 Race Massacre
More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre—one of the deadliest instances of racial violence in U.S. history—Tulsa’s first Black mayor has announced a...
Joy Reid Returns With New Podcast To ‘Challenge, Uplift And Connect’ After MSNBC Exit
Veteran journalist and political analyst Joy Reid is stepping into her next chapter — this time on her terms. The former MSNBC host is launching a new...
OP-ED: All History Is Not Worth Preserving: What The Destruction Of Nottoway Plantation Turned “Resort” Reveals About America
Video footage of Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation engulfed in flames spread fast on May 15 and the days that followed. What was once the largest antebellum...
OP-ED: Not All History Is Worth Preserving: What The Destruction Of Nottoway Plantation Turned “Resort” Reveals About America
Video footage of Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation engulfed in flames spread fast on May 15 and the days that followed. What was once the largest antebellum...
A Black College Student Was Lynched At 18. Ninety-Five Years Later, His Family Accepts Posthumous Degree In His Honor At Morehouse College
Nearly 95 years after 18-year-old Dennis Hubert was lynched in Atlanta, Morehouse College has posthumously awarded him a bachelor’s degree. The degree was accepted by...
Authorities Say Twin Brothers Found Dead On Georgia Mountain Died In A Double Suicide
Nearly three months after 19-year-old twin brothers were found dead atop a mountain in northern Georgia, authorities have ruled their deaths a double suicide. Qaadir...
Charles Rangel, History-Making Congressman And Harlem Champion, Dies At 94
Charles Rangel, a history-making former New York congressman who spent nearly five decades fighting for his community on Capitol Hill, died on Monday. He was...
OP-ED:Five Years After George Floyd’s Murder, The System That Killed Him Is Stronger Than Ever
Today, May 25th, marks five years since the police murdered our neighbor, George Floyd. In the wake of his murder, people across the country rose...
‘Today’ Host Sheinelle Jones’ Husband, Uche Ojeh, Dies From Brain Cancer At Age 45
Uche Ojeh, the husband of “Today” co-host Sheinelle Jones, has died following a s battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. He was 45....
Black US Senators Slam Charges Against Rep. LaMonica McIver, Demand Trump Admin Drop Case
Four Black Democratic U.S. senators are standing firmly behind Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, condemning the criminal charges against her and calling on the Trump Administration to...