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Sacramento Kings to Partner With the Build. Black. Coalition and Local Black Lives Matter Chapter Amid Protests Surrounding Police Shooting Death of Stephon Clark
The Sacramento Kings are really standing up with and for their community, announcing plans to partner with Build. Black. Coalition and Black Lives Matter Sacramento to “fundamentally transform Black communities through deep investment in Black youth” in the city. Journalist Sean Highkin tweeted out a copy of the press release with the announcement last night.…
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Teen Seen in Viral Photo Hugging Cop in Ferguson, Mo., Protests Reported Missing After Family Members Die in Horrific Car Crash
Search and rescue teams are looking for 15-year-old Devonte Hart as well as his siblings, 16-year-old Hannah and 12-year-old Sierra, after the SUV their family was traveling in went off a cliff in Northern California on Monday. According to ABC News, five people—Devonte’s parents, Sarah and Jennifer Hart, and three other siblings: 19-year-old Markis Hart,…
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White South African Woman to Spend 2 Years in Prison for Yelling Racial Slurs at Black Officer
In a landmark ruling, for what lawyers believe to be the first time ever in South Africa, a person has been sentenced to prison for verbal racial abuse. According to The Guardian, Vicki Momberg was sentenced to three years in prison (with one year suspended) for hurling offensive, racist slurs at a black police officer…
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Corrupt Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio Insists on Dying on Racist Hill, Says He’ll Revive ‘Birther’ Theory if Elected
Former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio refuses to die out of the news cycle. In addition to running to represent the state in the U.S. Senate despite having been convicted of a crime, Arpaio seems insistent on dying on the hill of racism. He recently swore to resume his already debunked conspiracy theory surrounding President Barack…
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HIV-Positive Maryland School Track Coach Sentenced to 105 Years in Prison on Child-Pornography Charges
A former Maryland middle school aide was sentenced to 105 years in prison on federal child-pornography charges. Back in January, Carlos DeAngelo Bell, who was also a high school track coach, pleaded guilty to coercing children to engage in sexually explicit conduct in order to produce the pornography from 2014 to 2016, the Washington Post…
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For Your Daily Dose of #BlackJoy, Watch This 18-Year-Old’s Reaction to Being Accepted Into Wellesley College
Here’s some #BlackJoy and #BlackGirlMagic to help carry you through your Monday. To set the scene, we take you back to TM Landry College Preparatory in Louisiana. The high school has been capturing hearts (and collecting all the tears of joy) since last year, when it started posting viral videos of its young scholars’ reactions…
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Texas Deputy Shoots and Kills Unarmed Man Who Had Pants Around His Ankles
A Harris County, Texas, deputy was caught on video fatally shooting an unarmed man who was walking in the middle of a street intersection with his pants around his ankles. The video, obtained by the Houston Chronicle, shows the unidentified deputy drawing his weapon on Danny Thomas on Thursday. A woman off-camera can be heard…
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‘We Won’t Shut Up and Dribble’: Stephon Clark Honored at NBA Game
NBA players are taking a stand for Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man who was shot to death in his own backyard by Sacramento, Calif., police Clark’s local team, the Sacramento Kings, took to the home floor Sunday, wearing T-shirts honoring the 22-year-old and calling for accountability in his death, ABC News reports. “ACCOUNTABILITY. WE…
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100 Years Later, University of Colorado Honors 1st Black Woman to Graduate
Lucile Berkeley Buchanan was successfully enrolled at the University of Colorado, attended all her required classes, did all her required exams and qualified to graduate. However, Buchanan, who was black, was barred from walking at graduation 100 years ago upon successfully completing her degree. It was an act of discrimination that the University of Colorado…
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Former University of Cincinnati Cop Who Killed Sam Dubose Awarded $350,000 Settlement
Talk about adding insult to injury. Not only did former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing walk away with zero repercussions after shooting and killing an unarmed black man, but apparently, he’ll be paid handsomely for his trouble after receiving a settlement from the university. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Tensing will receive almost…
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