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Malaika Jabali
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Black Female Officer Says She Was Fired After Trying To De-Escalate A Police Encounter. Now She’s Suing The California Police Department For Discrimination
A Black police officer in Pasadena, California, has claimed racial discrimination and retaliation following an encounter with fellow officers where she attempted to de-escalate a…
An All-Black School Shut Down In Missouri. This Family Bought It To Restore Its Legacy
Before the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Black students living in West Plains, Missouri were educated at Lincoln School. After the…
Fisk University Set To Make History Again By Hosting Gymnastics Meet With All Black Women Coaches
The Fisk University gymnastics team made history last year when they became the first-ever gymnastics team at a historically Black college or university. The groundbreaking…
Efforts To Include The Black Panther Party In National Registry Of Historic Places Sparks Criticism
The effort to memorialize the Illinois Black Panther Party and include its history in the National Register of Historic Places has sparked controversy due to…
What Should Black Mothers Tell Their Sons As Another Pivotal Election Approaches?
In this op-ed, non-profit leader Crystal Hayling writes a letter to her two sons about the impact of voting and the legacy that motivates their…
Lawsuit Says City Of Portland, Hospital Conspired In The “Intentional Destruction” Of A Thriving Black Neighborhood
Last year, “26 Black descendants of families” who resided in the historically Black neighborhood of Albina, filed “[a] federal civil rights lawsuit…against the city of…
Colorado Police Officer Acquitted In Death Of Elijah McClain Gets Job Back And Over $200,000 In Back Pay
A Colorado police officer acquitted of all charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain was reinstated to the Aurora police department on restricted duty…
After Black Mother Dies After Childbirth, Family Members Now Suing Brooklyn Hospital For Medical Malpractice
Christine Fields went to Woodhull Hospital in labor in November, but sadly she died after giving birth to her child. And now her family alleges…
Police Killed A Black Woman In Front Of Her Nephew. The City Has Now Awarded Him A $3.5M Settlement
Zion Carr, who witnessed his aunt Atatiana Jefferson’s fatal shooting by police in 2019, will receive a $3.5 million settlement from Fort Worth, according to…
Did You Know: Rosa Parks Refused To Give Up Her Seat On This Day?
Sixty-eight years ago on this day, December 1 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested “for disobeying an Alabama law requiring Black passengers to relinquish seats to…