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Inside the Mind of Dylann Roof: Alleged Racist Manifesto Reveals Deep Hatred of Blacks
A 2,000-word screed believed to be written by Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old accused shooter in the Charleston, S.C., church massacre, are the ramblings of a man with a deep-seated hatred toward blacks. The manifesto was discovered at lastrhodesian.com through a Reverse Whois lookup on domaintools.com and is registered to Roof, Gawker reports. “I have no…
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Watch: SC Judge Calls for Sympathy for Family of Accused Church Shooter
A South Carolina judge—disciplined in the past for using the n-word in an open courtroom—Friday called for the community to rally around the family of accused church shooter Dylann Roof at a hearing, according to the New York Daily News. “We have victims—nine of them. But we also have victims on the other side,” Charleston…
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Ohio Man Reportedly Killed Officer After Posting Warning Online
A 21-year-old Cincinnati man and a veteran police officer died during a shootout in what officials are calling a case of “suicide by cop,” according to USA Today. Trepierre Hummons reportedly shot and killed Officer Sonny Kim, 48, on a city street after posting a goodbye message on Facebook Friday morning, the report says. “We…
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SC Lawmaker Plans Bill to Remove Confederate Flag From Capitol
A South Carolina lawmaker plans to introduce a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the statehouse after officials were slammed this week for continuing to fly the divisive banner after nine black people were fatally shot at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on Wednesday, Raw Story reports.…
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Watch: Chicago Cop Probed After Video Shows Him Firing on Black Teens in Car
A shooting by a Chicago police officer is under investigation by federal authorities, and a retired judge recently released dash-cam video of the white officer firing on a car occupied by black teenagers, according to ABC 7. Court documents identify one of the officers involved as Marco Proano, who has been on desk duty since…
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Papa Don’t Take No Mess: 5 Films That Show Black Fathers Doing Whatever It Takes
On Sunday we celebrate all the contributions of our fathers. And if you’re anything like me, you’re probably still figuring out what to get your own dad for Father’s Day. But after you’re done signing your name on that last-minute Hallmark card while your father stands in the other room, sit back on the couch…
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Son of Charleston Church Victim Says, ‘We Forgive the Shooter’
Chris Singleton—a college student who lost his mother, the Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, in the Charleston, S.C., church massacre Wednesday—admitted that his knees were a little weak during a press conference Thursday, but he vowed to push on because his mom “was a God-fearing woman.” “We are mourning right now, but I know we’ll get through…
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Juneteenth: 150 Years Ago, Black America Got Its Own Independence Day
In 1865, enslaved Africans on Galveston Island, Texas, had been declared free two years earlier but didn’t know it. With the United States still divided over the institution of slavery and recovering after the Civil War, members of the Confederacy weren’t eager to spread the word. Only after Union soldiers, led by Major Gen. Gordon…
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Moms vs. Dads: Is the Competition Real?
I tell all young, new fathers: “Be Dad. Never try to compete with who and what Mom does. Not your job.” I stand by that statement 100 percent. A month ago, restaurants, florists and third-grade school projects all spiked in anticipation of Mother’s Day. I am not hating “good job” Mom. However, I am an…
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Some of the Most Significant Modern-Day Attacks on Black Churches
Hours after President Barack Obama was sworn in as the nation’s first black president, a white man was dousing gasoline on a house of worship in Massachusetts because, he said, “it was a n—ger church.” Years before, the FBI managed to infiltrate a White Aryan Resistance group and discovered its attempt to kick off a race…
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