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Missouri County Approves Removal of Controversial Courthouse Murals Showing Attempted Lynching
The murals were installed in a Columbia, Mo., courthouse as part of a renovation project in the 1990s.
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New Hampshire Woman Accused of Telling 9-Year-Old Black Boy She Would ‘Kneel on His Neck’
Kristina Graper allegedly threatened the boy for accidentally breaking her son’s toy while they were playing in a neighborhood park.
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Maya Angelou Among 5 Women to Be Honored on New U.S. Coins
The coins are a part of the U.S Mint’s American Women Quarters Program, which will release coins honoring trailblazing women every year from 2022 to 2025.
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Black Man’s Murder Conviction Reversed After 20 Years on Death Row
The jury never heard that a witness, the victim’s neighbor, saw a white man running from the crime scene.
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One of the Nation’s Oldest Black Churches Uncovered in Williamsburg, Virginia
First Baptist Church was torn down to make space for a parking lot in 1956.
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Black Virginia Democrats Call Out Republican Opponents for Flyers Featuring Black Politicians Dangling From Ropes Like Puppets
Josh Cole and Alex Askew, two Black Virginia delegates, say the flyers are a racist dog whistle.
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‘Get Ya Black Asses Back to Work’: EEOC Sues Construction Company for Racism at a Tennessee Worksite
The suit accuses the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, which helped build a Google data center, of segregating work crews.
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Black People Disproportionately Died of COVID-19 Last Year, Study Says
The study concludes that the last 20 years of effort to close the mortality rate gap between Black and white people are erased by the past year of the pandemic.
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Murders of Black Women and Girls on the Rise, According to FBI Report
The rise in the murder rate has been affecting Black women and girls since before the pandemic, but now it’s hard to ignore.
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Grand Rapids, Mich., Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis
The resolution cites studies that have linked racism to negative health outcomes in people of color.
