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George Zimmerman vs. Rapper DMX Celebrity Match Canceled
Damon Feldman, owner of Celebrity Boxing, generated outrage among civil rights activists and social media users when he announced plans to host a match between George Zimmerman and rapper DMX on what would have been Trayvon Martin’s 19th birthday. Feldman, who earlier this week billed the event as one of the biggest celebrity boxing matches…
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North Carolina Braces for ‘Moral Mondays’ Protest
Raleigh, N.C., is bracing for what is expected to be a large-scale demonstration by civil rights leaders and others over policies of the Republican-led state house, the Associated Press reports. The rally is expected to top the turnout of last year, when more than 900 people were arrested during the annual march during some dozen…
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Christian Pundit Wants to Ban Homosexuality to Save Black Men
Evangelical conservative personality Bryan J. Fischer acknowledged National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on his radio show Friday by urging for homosexuality to be outlawed because it’s decimating the African-American male population, according to a transcript from Right Wing Watch. “If you care about black people, and we do…it’s the people who do not care about…
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2 Men Nabbed in Brazen Theft of 300-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin
With a name like Universal Knowledge Allah, it might be reasonable to expect the man to know better. But the Milwaukee barber and gun licensee reportedly was involved in a highly publicized theft of a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin and tried to escape “in an older maroon minivan,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Allah, 36, and…
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Ex-Conductor Files Suit After Co-Worker Cut Dreadlocks
Solomon Perry was “victimized, assaulted and harassed” by racist co-workers while trying to do his job as a train conductor at the Illinois Central Railroad, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the Associated Press reports. Co-workers hurled racial slurs over radios and in graffiti left throughout his workplace in the…
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Labor Unions Accuse Obama of Betrayal in Health Care Rollout
Labor leaders who have spent months pushing for concessions under the Affordable Care Act signaled last week that the White House’s refusal to help is reducing union support for Democratic candidates in upcoming midterm elections, the Washington Post reports. Unite Here, one of the first unions to endorse Barack Obama in 2008, and others complain…
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White Cop Fired After Hacking Off Woman’s Weave
A white police officer from suburban Detroit is out of a job after she was caught on tape violently hacking off a young hairdresser’s weave during an arrest in November, the Daily News reports. Bernadette Najor was fired from the Warren Police Department in Warren, Mich., after the incident, the News says. Najor reportedly had…
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Wal-Mart Too Expensive for Food Stamp Recipients
Wal-Mart lowered its fourth-quarter profit expectations, the New York Times reports, citing cuts to food stamps and an especially harsh winter. Charles M. Holley Jr., the company’s chief financial officer, said that despite a fairly decent holiday season, the impact from reductions to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food-stamps program, was “greater than…
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Tennessee Waitress Receives $1,075 Tip
When Khadijah Muhammad showed up for her waitress job at Cheddar’s restaurant in Knoxville, Tenn., on Jan. 23, her electricity was going to be shut off, but she focused on serving her clients, the Daily News reports. So it seemed like a miracle when an unidentified family left a tip of $1,075 for a meal…
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MLK: Rare Tape of Speech Discovered in Arizona
Just in time for Black History Month, archivists at Arizona State University announced that they have discovered what may possibly be the only known recording of speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made at the school and a Phoenix church in June 1964, the Associated Press said Friday. Mary Scanlon found the tapes last year…
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