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Woman Falsely Accuses Black 14-Year-Old of Stealing Her Phone, Gets Support From Hotel Manager, and Then It Turns up in an Uber
Despite all that has happened this year, from Amy Cooper calling the cops on a Black man who asked her to leash her dog, to the many protests against racial injustice, things haven’t changed all that much in terms of everyday racism in America. Jazz musician Keyon Harrold and his 14-year-old son unfortunately had to…
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Martin Henry Freeman, First Black College President in the US, Honored With Sculpture in Vermont
Slowly but surely, efforts are being made to balance the scale in the documenting of this country’s history, in part through decisions about which Americans are honored with landmarks like sculptures and statues. In Vermont, a blindingly white state whose Black residents make up only 1.4% of the population, an initiative to recognize local history…
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Los Angeles Officials Trying To Determine if Increase in COVID-19 Cases Is Due To Mutated Strain
The end of the year has brought with it a mutated strain of COVID-19 which reared its head in the United Kingdom recently and could potentially be the cause of a current surge in coronavirus cases in California. This weekend, a stunning 225,818 new cases of COVID-19 were reported across the U.S., with troubling spikes…
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71-Year-Old Black Man Sues Police in South Carolina For Holding Him Naked Outside His Home at Gunpoint
More evidence continues to be revealed that police regularly practice cruelty against Black people in America. Jethro DeVane, a 71-year-old man in Rock Hill, South Carolina has filed a lawsuit against that city for a June 2019 incident in which police ordered him out of his home and held him at gun point with his…
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RV Explodes in Nashville in Apparent Intentional Christmas Day Attack, Police Say They May Have Found Human Remains on the Scene
This year is determined to bring the dramatic and unexpected until the very last minute. Case in point: a recreational vehicle parked in downtown Nashville erupted in what appeared to be an intentional explosion on Christmas morning, damaging buildings and prompting an investigation by authorities into what or who was behind the incident. According to…
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A Black Doctor Dies of Coronavirus Complications Just Weeks After Complaining About Hospital's Racist Treatment
An Indiana doctor has died from COVID-19 complications just weeks after reporting racial mistreatment on behalf of the hospital. The New York Times reports that Dr. Susan Moore, a Black doctor, was refused adequate care and gaslighted about her pain from her white male doctor while admitted at the Indiana University North Hospital. In a…
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A Second Top Black Female Employee Reveals She Was Fired From Google Back in September
When April Christina Curley went to bed on the night of September 10, she probably didn’t think she’d wake up the next morning and be out of a job at Google. But that’s exactly what happened. According to NBC News, Curley announced in a now viral Twitter thread on Monday that she had been fired…
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Iconic Hip-Hop Artist John 'Ecstasy' Fletcher of Whodini Dies at 56
It is with great sadness that we report that John Fletcher, one third of the ’80s Brooklyn-based hip-hop trio Whodini, has died at the age of 56. Fletcher’s family shared the news of his passing on Wednesday in a statement sent to Billboard: The African and Native American ancestors have gathered around and chosen this…
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot Taps Former Federal Judge to Look Into the Anjanette Young Case
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed Tuesday that she would enlist the help of former federal judge Anne Claire Williams to investigate the handling of the Anjanette Young case. As we’ve been reporting here at The Root, the 2019 botched police raid of Young’s home has recently gained national attention and backlash due largely in part…
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Virginia Judge Rules Portraits of White Judges Prevents Black Defendant From Receiving a Fair Trial
A judge in Virginia’s Fairfax County has ruled that the portraits of white judges in the courtroom prevent Black defendants from receiving a fair trial. According to the Washington Post, Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard issued an opinion on Monday saying that the portraits of the mostly white judges that have presided over…