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Sharpton: Public Outrage Was Exacerbated by Prosecutor’s ‘Frontal Attack’ on Michael Brown’s Character
Two days after a grand jury refused to indict Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, Brown’s parents appeared with the Rev. Al Sharpton at the Harlem headquarters of National Action Network, the civil rights organization founded by Sharpton in 1991. They remain determined to keep the legacy…
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Hispanic and Arab Americans Want Their Own Racial Categories on the 2020 Census
Civil rights groups are on different pages about the proposed changes that census officials might make to the racial and ethnic categories that appear on the 2020 census. According to Al-Jazeera, the changes are meant to reconcile the concerns of Hispanic and Arab American groups that don’t feel as if the current slate of racial…
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Obama: I Will Veto Permanent Tax Breaks for Corporations
President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to veto a package of tax breaks that Republicans send his way if they don’t alter the parts that provide “permanent tax breaks for businesses,” the New York Times reports. “The president would veto the proposed deal because it would provide permanent tax breaks to help well-connected corporations while neglecting…
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After Darren Wilson Decision, Black Youth Are Ready
Chants of “We ready! We coming!” could be heard in front of Washington, D.C.’s Office of Police Complaints Tuesday afternoon. Led by members of the Washington, D.C., chapter of Black Youth Project 100—an organization dedicated to creating justice for all black people—youth protesters gathered in various locations around D.C. in response to the Darren Wilson…
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How Darren Wilson Demonized Michael Brown
Stereotypes are dangerous. And for Michael Brown, they proved to be deadly. Of all that we heard Monday night about the St. Louis County grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing Brown, what kept me awake for hours after the announcement was made was Wilson’s testimony.…
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Dreaming of an NBA Career? Don’t Give Up, but Be Realistic
Wednesday’s episode of The Root Live: Bring It to the Table looks at the dream versus the reality of a sports or entertainment career, and how to prepare for what happens if and when that career comes to an end or simply fades away. Delvin Joyce played three seasons with the New York Giants, but…
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Read Darren Wilson’s Grand Jury Testimony
Here is the transcript from the grand jury case, released by the St. Louis County prosecutor’s office. Darren Wilson’s testimony begins on Page 195.
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Ferguson Is a Wake-Up Call That We Are Not Post-Racial
Racial injustice is alive and well in America—and our nation will never achieve racial peace without justice. Monday night’s announcement of the grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson on any charges in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown sparked a series of, at times, violent protests in Ferguson…
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Lincoln University President Resigns After Backlash From Rape Lecture to Female Students
Lincoln University President Robert R. Jennings resigned on Monday morning several weeks after a video went viral that showed Jennings giving a controversial lecture to female students in September about sexual assault prevention, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. The Daily News is also reporting that the university “announced the appointment of a task force on…
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