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Philando Castile Laid to Rest in Minn.
Philando Castile, a Minnesota man who was fatally shot by a St. Anthony, Minn., police officer during a traffic stop, will be laid to rest Thursday following public funeral services, KARE-TV reports. According to the news station, the procession started near J.J. Hill Montessori Magnet School, where Castile was a beloved worker in the cafeteria,…
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Atlanta Teen's 'White-Boy Privilege' Poem Goes Viral
This 14-year-old Atlanta boy probably deserves a spot on the “Woke White People” list. Royce Mann, an eighth-grader at the Paideia School in Atlanta, has stirred up a lot of discussion after video of him performing a poem titled “White-Boy Privilege” at a slam-poetry competition at his school in May went viral. “Dear women, I’m…
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Ore. Man Accused of Threatening Neighbor: Black People ‘Get Hung in These Parts’
A Lane County, Ore., man is facing a charge of intimidation after allegedly threatening a black Lake County resident at his home and using racial slurs, KEZI reports. According to the local deputies, four men in two vehicles approached the victim at his residence. One of the vehicles allegedly had a Confederate flag secured to…
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Relics From Slave Ship to Be Displayed in National Museum of African American History and Culture
As the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture continues to prepare for its grand opening in September, so does the collection that museum curators are pulling together to display for guests. The latest acquisition, according to WJLA, is iron ballasts recovered from a Portuguese slave ship that sank in the 1790s off…
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Family of Darrius Stewart Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of Darrius Stewart, a black teen who was shot and killed by a Memphis, Tenn., police officer in the aftermath of a traffic stop, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, WREG reports. According to the news station, lawyers representing the family believe that a lawsuit is the only way to…
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La. ACLU Sues Baton Rouge City and Police Over Protests
The city of Baton Rouge, La., the Baton Rouge Police Department and other law-enforcement officials are facing a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and other civil rights groups, accusing authorities of violating protesters’ rights to free speech and assembly during large protests over the past week, the Times-Picayune reports. “This…
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Carla Hayden Confirmed as 1st Black American, 1st Female Librarian of Congress
Baltimore’s Carla Hayden will officially head the Library of Congress after being confirmed with a U.S. Senate vote of 74-18 Wednesday, USA Today reports. Hayden, the chief executive officer of Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library system, makes history as both the first black American and the first woman to take up the mantle of librarian of…
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Calif. Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime After Man Yells Racial Slur, Throws Rock Into Home of Black Family
Huntington Beach, Calif., police are investigating a possible hate crime after a black family was allegedly targeted by a man who yelled racial slurs and threw a rock into their apartment’s sliding-glass door, the Los Angeles Times reports. According to the report, the attack occurred around 12:40 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment complex. The resident…
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White Woman Walks Around Chicago's South Side Bearing Sign: ‘Black America I'm Sorry’
One Illinois woman is capturing attention as she makes her way around the streets of Chicago’s South Side bearing a sign that reads, “Black America I’m Sorry!!!” CBS Chicago reports that Laurella Willis of Blue Island has been walking about 20 miles a day with the sign, saying that she’s sorry about “everything that’s going…
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Ga. TV News Producer Fired After Rant About 'Unevolved, Uncivilized Turds' of Black Lives Matter
A local Georgia TV news-station photographer and producer has landed himself in a heap of trouble, ultimately losing his job, after posting three Facebook rants insulting Black Lives Matter and even wishing death upon members of the movement at least twice, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. CBS46’s Charles Beau Menefee, an Emmy-winning photographer-producer, slammed members of…
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