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Missouri Resident Receives Anonymous Letter Claiming Her Black Lives Matter Sign Will Drive Down Property Value
Somewhere in this fine nation of ours, someone is worried that racists won’t be able to find a welcoming neighborhood to live in. A woman in Webster Groves, Mo., committed a simple offense: She put a Black Lives Matter sign in front of her house. In response, an anonymous person sent a letter explaining signs…
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Chadwick Boseman Laid to Rest Near Birthplace in South Carolina
Chadwick Boseman has finally and truly gone home. His body has been laid to rest at the place of his origin. According to Boseman’s death certificate obtained by the Associated Press, the late actor was buried at Welfare Baptist Church Cemetery in Belton, S.C. on Sept. 3. Boseman was born in Anderson, S. C., which…
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Rochester Mayor Fires Police Chief and Suspends Two City Officials Over Daniel Prude's Death
In New York, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has fired the police chief and suspended two city officials due to their handling of Daniel Prude’s death. CBS News reports that the move comes following an investigation by the city’s deputy mayor into how city officials behaved following Prude’s death. Warren said Monday was Police Chief La’Ron…
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Most Chicken Wings Are Trash
If you are a chicken wing connoisseur—which I consider myself to be—you undoubtedly know the best wing spots in your city like you know your own face. You know the hours they’re open, the number of rubs and sauces available on their menus, the days they have specials, whether they provide free ranch and/or blue…
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White Doctor Claims His Daughter Was Attacked in Baltimore by 'a Group of BLM.’ Receipts Say That’s a Lie
It seems like the more popular the Black Lives Matter movement becomes in America, the more desperate white people are to discredit it. Usually, their go-to method of making the movement look bad (to other white people) is to take the absolute worst moments during BLM demonstrations—the rioting, the looting and that one time in…
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Breonna Taylor’s Family Reaches $12 Million Settlement With City of Louisville [Updated]
Attorneys for the family of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency medical technician shot and killed by Louisville police in March, confirmed that they had reached a settlement with the city Tuesday. As CNN reports, Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, filed a wrongful death suit against the city earlier this year. The city of Louisville and Taylor’s…
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Peyton Manning Honors Prestigious Alums With Scholarship Endowments at 6 HBCUs
Sometimes it’s hard to keep secrets when your actions speak for themselves. When Grambling State alum Doug Williams learned that an anonymous foundation endowed a scholarship in his name at his alma mater, he was hell-bent on finding out who it was. “When I asked who did this, I was told the donor wished it…
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Candace Owens Blames LeBron James and BLM for Shooting of L.A. Sheriff Deputies
Candace Owens is a special kind of bootlicker. There might not be another Black conservative who has dedicated as much of their platform to getting white people to pat them on the head for denying the existence of systemic racism. I can’t think of another Sunken Place resident who goes out of their way to…
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Protesters Chant 'Orange Lives Matter' at Oklahoma Prison Facing Coronavirus Outbreak
In Taft, Okla., a group of protesters have gathered outside a local prison currently facing an outbreak of COVID-19. KTUL-8 reports that protesters have taken to chanting “Orange Lives Matter,” outside of Eddie Warrior Correctional Center, a minimum-security women’s prison. They’re concerned with the way the prison has handled an emerging coronavirus outbreak. Merri Davila…