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Florida School Shooter Was Member of Local White Supremacist Group
A spokesperson for a Florida white supremacist group confirmed Thursday that the gunman who opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Fla., and killed at least 17 people was associated with the group. According to the Anti-Defamation League, Jordan Jereb with the group, the Republic of Florida, acknowledged that the gunman Nikolas…
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Women and Men of Color Pay an ‘Emotional Tax’ at Work That’s Detrimental to Their Overall Health and Ability to Thrive: Report
There is no question that navigating the world as a woman of color is a unique experience. The combination of sexism and racism we face as we move through our individual lives, including in the workplace, can also result in us being wary and on edge in a way that impacts our health and even…
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Black Students at Michigan Middle School Targeted by Threatening, Racist Email
Ypsilanti, Mich., families are demanding answers after an email with threatening, racist language was sent to six black students at Washtenaw International Middle Academy. One of those students was Devin Francois’ seventh-grade daughter. The email was sent to students on Jan. 29, and Francois has kept her daughter, Ariana, at home from school since Feb.…
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Freddie Gray’s Stepfather, Richard Shipley, Dead at 60
Richard Shipley, who called for “peace in the pursuit of justice” as family and community members demanded answers in the police-involved death of his stepson Freddie Gray, died earlier this month at the age of 60. According to the Baltimore Sun, Shipley, who was also known as “Rick,” died Feb. 6. Family attorney Billy Murphy…
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Barack and Michelle Obama’s Official Portrait Unveiling Was a Shining Moment of Black History
It may not have been completely intentional, but the unveiling of the official portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama during Black History Month was certainly something to behold. It was the first black president and the first black first lady, painted and portrayed by black artists in a way that told…
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#BlackPantherChallenge Raises More Than $300,000 to Send 23,000 Kids to Theaters
Everybody is going to see Black Panther. Frederick Joseph, and his now famous #BlackPantherChallenge through GoFundMe, has seen to it. The fundraising site has confirmed that some 300 campaigns on the site have collectively raised more than $300,000 combined, which will be enough to send about 23,000 children to see Black Panther in movie theaters…
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NYC Student Wants to Put His Namesake Malcolm X’s Name on His Senior Sweater, but His School Thinks It’s Inappropriate
His name is Malcolm Xavier Combs. He was named for the iconic black activist Malcolm X. And yet when Malcolm wanted to put the moniker of his namesake (and thus a shortened form of his own name) on his senior sweater, school officials deemed it inappropriate. “I don’t understand it,” Mychelle Combs, Malcolm’s mother, told…
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Utah School Renamed in Honor of NASA’s 1st Black Female Engineer
Jackson Elementary School in Salt Lake City will remain Jackson Elementary school, but the name will now have a very different meaning. According to KSK-TV, the name of NASA engineer Mary Jackson, the first black woman to become an engineer at the esteemed space agency, and one of the subjects of the book and movie…
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White Man Told Police That 2 Black Men Tried to Rob Him at Gunpoint; Surveillance Footage Told Another Story
Nobody has your back like Mama does. And it took one particularly insistent mother—and the surveillance video she pushed police to review—to stop her sons from being jailed on false robbery charges after they were set up by a white man whom cops chose to believe over them. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Patrick…
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Young Teacher Adopts 12-Year-Old Student Who Almost Caused Her to Quit
An unlikely duo have formed a mother-and-son bond, changing their lives for the better. Chelsea Haley, 24, appeared in fourth-grader Jerome Robinson’s life as a teacher at his elementary school in Baton Rouge, La., through Teach for America, hoping to make a difference in a low-income school. But there were times when Jerome’s behavior tested…
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