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Candace Jackson-Akiwumi has been confirmed to the Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals by the Senate. Per The Indiana Lawyer, the lawyer who has been a partner at Washington-D.C. based Zuckerman Spaeder LLP became “the first person of color to sit on that bench since Judge Ann Claire Williams, the …

People look at the 1921 Black Wall Street Memorial on the 100 year anniversary of the Greenwood massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 31, 2021Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP (Getty Images) Forensic researchers in Tulsa have discovered 35 unmarked coffins from a mass grave that may be connected to the 1921 Tulsa …

Cardi B dropped jaws when she appeared onstage at the BET Awards 2021 with her baby bump on full display! The surprise moment came as she performed with Migos, which included her doting husband Offset! See the jaw-dropping moment below!  Congratulations to the growing family! This makes baby no. 2 for …

Simone Biles has secured her spot on Team USA for the Tokyo Olympic games. On Sunday night, the six female gymnasts selected to represent the United States were announced.  A four-person team and two individual competitors were chosen based on the International Gymnastics Federation’s (FIG) decision to reduce Olympic gymnastics …

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 06: Congressman John Lewis(L) speaks along with other freedom riders during the premiere of “Freedom Riders” to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original Freedom Rides at The Newseum on May 6, 2011 in Washington, DC. Photo: Kris Connor (Getty Images) Sixty years after the Freedom …

Since 2012, most of the humans on Earth have been given a nearly annual reminder that there are entire nations of people who are measurably happier than they are. This uplifting yearly notification is known as the World Happiness Report. With the release of each report, which is published by …

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors in Iowa City, Iowa, on June 24 (Thursday) voted unanimously to change the county’s name from that of a slave owner to that of a Black professor, a pioneer in education. The county is now named in honor of Lulu Merle Johnson. It was …

Gabby Thomas is making headlines for winning the women’s 200 meter dash during Saturday’s U.S. Olympic trials. She clocked in at 21.61 seconds, making her the second fastest runner of all-time, NBC Sports reported. The 24-year-old athlete ranks right behind world-record holder Florence Griffith-Joyner. Her record run of 21.34 seconds …

Gabby Thomas celebrates after winning the final in the women’s 200-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Eugene, Ore.Photo: Chris Carlson (AP) Remember the name Gabby Thomas when the Tokyo Olympics come ‘round next month. Thomas won the women’s 200-meter dash during …

Miki Lowe A poem by Carolyn Forché, published in The Atlantic in 1979 When Carolyn Forché used the term “poetry of witness” in her introduction to a 1993 anthology, Against Forgetting, she was the first. By then, she’d spent time in the years from 1978 to 1980 in El Salvador, …