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Louisiana Governor Pardons Plessy, 125 Years After ‘Separate But Equal’ Ruling in Plessy v Ferguson
30-year-old mixed race shoemaker, Homer Plessy, was arrested for sitting on a whites only train car in 1897. The case made way for decades of segregation laws.
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US Authorities Arrest Suspect In Assassination of Haitian President Last Summer
A mercenary group of 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans carried out the attack at Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s private residence last July.
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Rep. Bobby Rush Announces Retirement After 15 Terms, 30 Years in Congress
The former Black Panther leader was first elected to the house of Representatives in 1992 and beat former President Barack Obama in a House primary in 2000.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Banned From Twitter and Facebook for COVID-19 Misinformation
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ran to social platform GETTR to complain about the “censorship.”
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Controversial Artwork Depicting George Floyd Riles up Students at Catholic University
“Is it George Floyd? Yes. Is it Jesus? Yes. There’s sacredness in every person.”
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Kenosha Prosecutors File More Than 90 Criminal Charges In Last Year’s Protests
The ensuing chaos eclipsed the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake
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Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush Tests Positive for COVID-19 as Cases on the Rise in Congress
Omarion Omicron is on a world tour and making special appearances in Congress, with Rep. Bobby Rush bringing COVID-19 cases to nearly a dozen in recent days.
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Federal Judge Rejects Proud Boys First Amendment Motion In Capitol Riot Case
Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Charles Donohoe claimed “free speech” in a motion to dismiss charges brought by the Justice Department.
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Autopsy Rules Black Kansas Teen’s Death in Custody a Homicide
The autopsy contradicts the original preliminary report that 17-year-old Cedric Lofton received “no life-threatening injuries” in the struggle.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweets Kwanzaa Is a ‘Fake Religion’
“It’s a fake religion created by a psychopath,” Greene tweeted on Sunday, the first day of Kwanzaa.
