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Okla. Volunteer Deputy Comes Under Fire From Victim’s Attorney
Former Tulsa, Okla., Reserve Deputy Robert C. Bates was not certified to use the .357 Magnum revolver involved in the shooting death of Eric Harris, an unarmed black man. Furthermore, that personal weapon was not on the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office list of approved weapons, the lawyer for Harris’ family said, according to the Associated…
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Shooting at HBCU Injures 1 Student
Police in Charlotte, N.C., arrested four men for a shooting incident that injured one person at Johnson C. Smith University, the Charlotte Observer reports. The four suspects—Everett Phifer, Elijah Craig, Juan Leon and Shalique Edmond—reportedly shot an unidentified male student while he was sitting in a car on the campus of the historically black liberal…
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Ben Affleck Asked Henry Louis Gates Jr. to Edit Out Slaveowning Ancestor in PBS Series
Slaver Is Omitted, His Story “Just Wasn’t as Interesting” Actor Ben Affleck asked Henry Louis Gates Jr. to edit out the fact that one of his ancestors owned slaves from Gates’ PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” according to messages in the massive November hacking of emails at Sony’s movie studio. The information did not appear…
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My Ancestor Died in the Leflore County Massacre
I have learned that my great-grandfather Peyton Locke (1840-1889) and his eldest son, Ben Locke, were both killed in Mississippi in the Leflore County Massacre. The September 1889 massacre, in which dozens of black people were killed for organizing a Colored Farmers Alliance, was not a part of my family lore. In fact, I only…
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Obama Brings a Dollars-and-Sense Message to Women in NC
Charlotte, N.C., Wed., April 15: In a battleground state he won in 2008 and lost in 2012—both by close margins—President Barack Obama spoke on Wednesday, Tax Day, about economic policy, particularly how it affects working families and working women. By listing his administration’s initiatives—the successful ones and those he said were obstructed by Republicans—Obama was…
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Michelle Obama: The Candidate?
Too soon, too soon, of course. After observing close-up the kind of headwinds her husband has met in Washington, D.C., and beyond, there is absolutely no indication that first lady Michelle Obama is looking to place her own name on any ballot. She has, in fact, said the opposite, although in his just-released book, Michelle…
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A Save-Your-Life, Year-by-Year Medical Guide for Women
Add it to the list of slavery and Jim Crow’s legacies: the tendency to look after other people’s well-being at the expense of ourselves. But 150 years after the “peculiar institution’s” end, many black women tend to their jobs, their children and their partners—even their hair—before taking care of their own health. The tragic consequence…
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The Rev. Gardner C. Taylor, the ‘Dean of Black Preachers,’ Dies of a Heart Attack at 96
The Rev. Gardner C. Taylor, one of the leading voices on faith, politics and social justice during the civil rights movement, died Sunday of a heart attack, the New York Times reports. He was 96 years old. Taylor presided over a 10,000-member congregation in Brooklyn, N.Y., at the Concord Baptist Church of Christ from 1948…
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Flap Over Police Mug Shots Illustrates America’s Race Problem
Should Media Use Mug Shots as the “Best Available Photo”? Stories on websites and blogs portray it as a cut-and-dried case of journalistic racism. “These 2 sets of pictures are everything you need to know about race, crime, and media bias,” read the headline Wednesday on vox.com. Two sets of suspects are depicted from the…
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Nigeria Hits the Reset Button
The outcome of the Nigerian election and the thus-far peaceful reaction to it is the most hopeful news out of Africa’s largest country in years. For the first time in Nigeria’s history, an incumbent head of state has been defeated at the ballot box. On May 29, when President-elect Muhammadu Buhari is sworn in, Nigeria…