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Zora Neale Hurston's Lost Harlem Renaissance Stories to be Published in New Short Story Collection
She’s one of the most influential figures in American letters and a hero of the Harlem Renaissance. Now, Zora Neale Hurston fans have a new slate of stories to dig into from the renowned scholar and writer. A new collection of Hurston’s short stories, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick, will be released…
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New Poll Finds Majority of (White) Americans Oppose Cash Reparations for Slavery
A slim majority of white Americans agree that hundreds of years of chattel slavery continue to impact African Americans to this day; however, only 15 percent of them support reparations to redress this damage, according to a recent poll. According to the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, just under a third of…
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Suspects in Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney Killing Charged With Capital Murder
Birmingham, Ala., police announced Thursday that two suspects have been charged with capital murder in the high-profile killing of 3-year-old Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney. Patrick Devone Stallworth, 39, and his girlfriend, Derick Irisha Brown, 29, were persons of interest in the case shortly after Kamille went missing from a birthday party on Oct.12. As Alabama.com reports,…
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Rep. Joyce Beatty Presses Mark Zuckerberg Like a Panini Over Facebook's Dismal Civil Rights Record
To hear Congresswoman Joyce Beatty tell it, this wasn’t the first time she took the founder and CEO of Facebook to task for his dismal record on civil rights—but after her tense, blistering exchange with Mark Zuckerberg on Capitol Hill Wednesday, he’d better hope it’s the last time. The Ohio Democrat called Zuckerberg out on…
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Connecticut Cop Charged With Assault 6 Months After Shooting Unarmed Black Couple Near Yale University
A Hamden, Conn., police officer was arrested and charged with assault and reckless endangerment on Monday for shooting an unarmed black couple. The arrest comes six months after Officer Devin Eaton fired 13 shots at Stephanie Washington and her boyfriend, Paul Witherspoon, as they drove their SUV near Yale University’s campus. From NBC News: State’s…
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WWJD: Princeton Theological Seminary Announces $27 Million Reparations Plan
It is, to date, the largest monetary commitment of its kind: a $27 million commitment from Princeton Theological Seminary for scholarships and other initiatives to redress the institution’s long, tangled history with slavery. But campus-based advocates say the pledge, announced last Friday, is just a starting point. The New Jersey seminary, not affiliated with Princeton…
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Phoenix Police Fire Officer Who Pulled Gun on Family Over a Stolen Doll
A Phoenix police officer who drew his gun on a black family and yelled profanities at them over a Family Dollar doll will be let go from the department, Police Chief Jeri Williams announced on Tuesday. The decision comes four months after cell phone video of the family’s violent arrest went viral and sparked a…
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How Deed Theft Is Reshaping Black Brooklyn
Look at any map of a rapidly-gentrifying city, be it New York, Miami, Atlanta or Washington, D.C., and you’re looking at a map of property loss. In Brooklyn’s historically black neighborhoods, some of that property loss is outright theft. According to a New York Times report published Monday, the borough accounts for nearly half of…
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Introducing Mrs. Petty: Nicki Minaj Announces Marriage to Kenneth Petty in New Instagram Post
After months of talking about it—and changing her Twitter handle to “Mrs. Petty”—Nicki Minaj and her boo Kenneth Petty are now officially, for real-for real married. At least, according to the matching “bride” and “groom” accessories on her Instagram. Nicki made the announcement in a somewhat understated fashion: a quick clip of matching “Mrs.” and…
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WNBA Star Skylar Diggins, Fed Up With Lack of Support, Reveals She Played Entire 2018 Season While Pregnant
In a series of tweets on Saturday, Dallas Wings star Skylar Diggins-Smith disclosed frustration with the WNBA for a lack of institutional support as she dealt with postpartum depression following the birth of her son earlier this year. Diggins-Smith, who sat out the entirety of the 2019 season, also revealed she had played pregnant for…
