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GUESS Honors Black Women by Partnering with Gyrl Wonder
Gyrl Wonder’s talent pool of career-driven women of color will now have a chance at interning or working with GUESS HQ.
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FBI Renews Award for Tips on Jelani Day’s Death
A monetary award is being offered in the suspicious drowning of the Illinois State University graduate student.
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Louisiana Student Charged with Hate Crime for Whipping Black Classmate
The student was also recorded throwing cotton balls at the Black student.
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BLM Activist and Husband Indicted on Federal Charges for Scamming Donations
The two allegedly used their non-profit’s donations for personal expenses such as vacations, home buying and shopping sprees.
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March 16 Marks Founding of Freedom’s Journal
The Black-owned newspaper had run for two years, fighting for racial equality and sharing opportunities for newly freed Black people.
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Maryland Park Police Officer Sues over Racist and Extremist Messages from Fellow Officers
Officers mocked Mark Miles for his race repeatedly in a group chat as well as threatened to kill Black Lives Matter protestors.
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Mayor Adams Rolls Out Modified Plainclothes Unit, Condemns Bystander Recording [UPDATED]
The Neighborhood Safety Teams will be deployed across 30 neighborhoods in the city. Adams says recording police has gotten “out of control.”
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NC Superintendent Apologizes for “Mock Slave Auction” [UPDATED]
The school board has updated some policies to ensure acts of racism among students will be disciplined.
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AP-NORC Poll Finds Black Americans are Doubtful about Police Reform
About 49 percent of Black respondents say more work needs to be done toward police reform but are pessimistic the work will get done.
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Kentucky State Prisoner Choked, Pepper Sprayed and Hooded, Family Files Lawsuit
Marcus Penman was reported to have suffered from mental illness and was attacked by guards during a mental breakdown leading to his death.