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Justice Department Continues Investigations Into Civil Rights Era Killings After Closing Emmett Till Case
Among the list of open cases are police shootings of Black victims, an arson that killed a 9-year-old girl in Philadelphia and the assassination of Edwin Pratt.
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Letitia James Drops Out of Race for New York Governor, Seeks Reelection as Attorney General
Current New York Attorney General Letitia James had just announced her run for governor in late October.
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley Introduces Resolution To Punish Rep. Lauren Boebert For Being Islamophobic
The resolution looks to strip Rep. Boebert of her committee assignments after she alluded to Omar being a terrorist in a completely made up story.
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A New ‘Critical Race Theory’ Law Goes Into Effect In Texas
Texas passed another law, Senate Bill 3, this year to control how race and racism is taught in classrooms, replacing one strict law with an even stricter one.
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Emmett Till Investigation Closes With No Charges For Accuser
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division closed the investigation after it was unable to prove that Carolyn Bryant Donham lied.
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Black Georgia Election Workers Suing Far-Right Conspiracy Website For Dragging Them Into Trump’s Election Fraud Circus
Mother and daughter, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, were targets in election fraud conspiracy theories pushed by far-right site, The Gateway Pundit.
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Child Actor Jonshel Alexander Fatally Shot in New Orleans at 22
Jonshel Alexander starred as Joy Strong in the Oscar-nominated movie “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” when she was 12 years old.
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Black Washington Superintendent Interrupted by ‘Zoom-Bombers’ With Racist Soundtrack
Superintendent Dr. Shaun Carey was presenting at a Enumclaw, Washington school board meeting when two Zoom-Bombers began to play recordings of the N-word.
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Symone Sanders, Vice President Kamala Harris’ Top Aide, To Depart White House
Sanders’ expected departure is the second high profile exit from the VP’s office to make headlines in recent weeks.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Plays Disturbing Voicemail Death Threat During Conference
“We know what you are. You’re a f—ing traitor. You will not live much longer,” the voice said.
