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Ain’t Nothing Funny: Nassau County School District Says Video of White Students Using the N-Word, Wearing White Hood Was Meant to Be a ‘Joke’
The school district says they did not discipline the students because the video was taken during the summer, before the school year began.
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U.S. Marshal and Georgia Officer Indicted in Shooting Death of Jamarion Robinson
In 2016, Robinson died with 76 bullet wounds. Now five years later, U.S. Marshal Eric Heinze and Officer Kristopher Hutchens are indicted for felony murder.
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Civil War Era Law Used by Slave Catchers and Lynch Mobs to Be Used by the Three Men in Ahmaud Arbery Trial
The 1863 citizen’s arrest law was repealed in May of this year, but the defense plans to use it anyway.
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Judicial Inquiry Begins in Eric Garner Case, 7 Years After His Death
Former NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo has already been disciplined, but some think more public officials should be reprimanded for their role in Garner’s case.
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Black Panther Party Celebrates Its 55th Anniversary With Unveiling of Huey Newton Bust
The bust is the first permanent piece of art to honor the Black Panther Party in Oakland, the city where the group was founded.
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Mistrial Declared in Case of Kansas City Police Officers’ Wrongful Arrest of Black Teenager
Tyree Bell, who was 15 years old, spent three weeks in jail before police reviewed their dashcam footage and realized he wasn’t the suspect.
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Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against Oklahoma Over Anti-Critical Race Theory Bill
The suit claims that the Oklahoma law passed by Gov. Kevin Stitt in May violates teachers’ free speech.
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Henrietta Lacks, Whose Cells Were Taken and Used in Scientific Breakthroughs, Receives Posthumous Award
While Henrietta Lacks was being treated for cervical cancer, researchers took biopsies without her consent and created the first ‘immortal’ cell line.
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Civil Rights Activist and Historian Timuel Black Dies at 102
Black worked with many activists including Rev. Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther King Jr., who would become a close confidante.
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Boston Youth Homelessness Organization Receives $2.5 Million Grant
Bridge Over Troubled Waters, a Boston nonprofit organization, says that homelessness is rising among Black and LGBTQ youth.
