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  • Small Town Horror Story: Roberta Elder, The Black Woman Serial Killer

    Reverend William Elder died after eating a snack of bananas and cheese. A year later, his daughter died. The year after, another one died.

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    Kalyn Womack






    Published

    April 3, 2023
  • 6-Year-Old Shooter Labeled a “Ticking Time Bomb” in Teacher’s Lawsuit

    6-Year-Old Shooter Labeled a “Ticking Time Bomb” in Teacher’s Lawsuit

    Abigail Zwerner is seeking damages from the school board and a few former administrators.

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    Kalyn Womack






    Published

    April 3, 2023
  • The Proud Boys Don’t Want The Black Church As An Enemy!

    The Black church community in D.C. filed a $22 million lawsuit against the extremist group.

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    Kalyn Womack






    Published

    March 31, 2023
  • A Karen Interrupts Quiet MoMa Exhibit Made for Black Visitors

    A Black artist confronted the white woman and instead, she was the one kicked out of the museum.

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    Kalyn Womack






    Published

    March 31, 2023
  • NAACP: Black Folks, Do NOT Come to Florida

    NAACP: Black Folks, Do NOT Come to Florida

    The Florida chapter of the civil rights group asked to release a travel advisory to the Black community.

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    Kalyn Womack






    Published

    March 30, 2023
  • Missouri’s Diversity Budget Ban is Already Unpopular to the Senate

    Missouri’s House passed a $45.6 billion budget banning spending on DEI programs.

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    Kalyn Womack






    Published

    March 29, 2023
  • Celebs React to the “Fo’ Shizzle, My Nizzle” News Anchor Drama

    A white Mississippi news anchor was fired after uttering Snoop Dogg’s famous phrase on air.

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    Kalyn Womack






    Published

    March 29, 2023
  • Pardon Sought in 1908 Execution That Was Really a Lynching

    A petition to grant Joe James posthumous clemency will be brought to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

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    Kalyn Womack






    Published

    March 28, 2023
  • Small Town Horror Story: The Framing of the Scottsboro Boys

    Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” was inspired by the arrest of these nine Black boys in Alabama.

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    Kalyn Womack






    Published

    March 25, 2023
  • Body Found in the Woods Identified as School Shooter

    A 17-year-old student from East High School shot two faculty members.

    By





    Kalyn Womack






    Published

    March 23, 2023
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