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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an event to announce plans to address racial and ethnic bias in home valuations in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Washington.Photo: Patrick Semansky (AP) A new book set to come out about the Biden Administration …
Read More »A Former KKK Headquarters In South Carolina Will Now Become A Diversity Center
A former Ku Klux Klan (KKK) headquarters in Laurens, South Carolina, a city known for its racist history, is now being turned into a diversity center. KKK member John Howard Jr. opened the Redneck Shop, a KKK museum, store and meeting place inside of an old movie theater in 1996. …
Read More »NBA Player Makes Coffee for Tennis Players
Photo: Mitchell Leff (Getty Images) As an Olympic gold medalist and four-time All-NBA player, people in Miami know Jimmy Butler for the plays he makes on the basketball court. But soon, the Miami Heat forward may be just as famous for making his own coffee. The business venture started as …
Read More »Black Female Deputy Warden Sues Michigan Dept. Of Corrections Alleging Racial Discrimination
A veteran prison warden is suing the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) after repeatedly being denied a promotion due to her race and gender. Kim Cargor, who joined the department in 1985, has served as deputy warden and acting warden at the Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center since …
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Read More »Unarmed Black DoorDash Driver Tased After Asking For Supervisor
Delane Gordon, a Black DoorDash driver who was pulled over for speeding, was tased after asking a Collegedale, Tennessee police officer to speak to his supervisor. The Washington Post reports Gordon was making a delivery on Mar. 10 when a police officer passed him, pulled a U-turn and pulled Gordon …
Read More »A Black Mother's Dilemma Examined: Why Lawmakers Need to Support Affordable Childcare Options for Us?
Photo: Prostock-studio (Shutterstock) Three months into my pregnancy with my oldest child, I was laid off. As soon as I had begun sharing the good news that my family was growing, I found myself a casualty of a corporate merger. Without health insurance and a regular paycheck, I rushed out …
Read More »21-Year-Old Denied Bail in Car Crash that Killed 2 State Troopers and Pedestrian
A 21-year-old Pennsylvania woman who boasted of her drunk driving skills on Twitter has been arrested and charged with after a Monday car crash that killed a pedestrian and two state troopers on Interstate 95. According to 6 Action News, Pennsylvania State Police have arrested and charged Jayana Tanae Webb …
Read More »Critics of Opera Based on Emmett Till's Murder Don't Want the Curtain to Go Up
Photo: Bettmann (Getty Images) Nearly 50 years after Emmett Till’s death, the composer of a new opera based on his murder wants her show to inspire conversations around racism. Emmett Till, A New American Opera, is inspired by the story of 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was brutally beaten and lynched …
Read More »Meet the CEO of the Largest Black-Owned Food Bank in the Southeast
Elisabeth Omilami is the CEO of an Atlanta-based food bank Hosea Helps. Her father, a civil rights leader named Hosea Williams, started it in 1971, and today it’s the largest Black-owned food ban in the southeast part of the U.S. When her father launched it, it was originally called Hosea …
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