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Martin Luther Whomst? Buffalo Petitions to Replace MLK Bust With More Accurate Portrayal of Civil Rights Icon
More than 6,000 people have signed a petition in Buffalo, N.Y., that calls for a statue honoring Martin Luther King Jr. to be replaced with a more realistic likeness of the civil rights icon. The push to replace the statue is being organized by Samuel A. Herbert, who says he has collected more than 6,000…
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Why They Kneel: New York City and Atlanta Prove Everything You Know About Jim Crow Is Wrong
To examine the injustice and inequality that prompted some NFL players to protest during the national anthem, each week, for the remainder of the NFL season, The Root will explore the data behind racial disparities in the two cities represented in the National Football League’s premiere matchup—Monday Night Football. Tonight, the New York Giants travel…
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Cardi B Ran Up on Who and Did What? Rapper to Turn Herself in to Police After Strip Club Brawl in Queens
Police confirm Cardi B will turn herself in to authorities Monday in connection with a fight at a Queens strip club in August. According to WPIX 11 TV, the Bronx rapper—who delighted thousands in Central Park on Sunday for the annual Global Citizen Festival—will be in quite a different venue today, turning herself in to…
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#CouponingWhileBlack (Again): Dollar General Employee Calls Cops on Black Woman Using Digital Coupons
Like most of us, Madonna Wilburn loves a good deal. That’s partly why she’s an avid couponer. As the social studies and special education teacher told Yahoo Lifestyle, using coupons is a “way of life” for her, and she enjoys the problem-solving and math skills it involves. So it’s no surprise that when she tried…
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Writer and Cultural Critic Jamilah Lemieux Joins Cynthia Nixon’s Gubernatorial Campaign Team
It came as a bit of a shock to some on Monday when writer, cultural critic and most recently VP of Men’s and Lifestyle programming at NewsOne, Jamilah Lemieux, announced that she would be joining the New York gubernatorial campaign of progressive candidate Cynthia Nixon. “I am thrilled to have Jamilah join the campaign as…
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NYC Man Who Called Cops for Help and Was Instead Beaten Up Wins $3 Million
A 27-year-old Brooklynite was just trying to get help from the cops when he gave them a call. Instead, the New York City man was the one who was beaten to a pulp by three officers while his young son watched. On Friday, following a four-day trial and after five hours of deliberations, a federal…
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Ranting Racist on New York Train Receives Hate Crime Charge: Prosecutor
Although he claimed it wasn’t him in last month’s viral Long Island Rail Road video of a man’s racist rant toward a black woman, 58-year-old Edward Ruggerio has been charged by the Queens, N.Y., district attorney with menacing as a hate crime. In addition to the hate crime, Ruggerio was charged with a count of…
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Miami Judge Uses Racial Slur to Describe Black Defendant, Blames Language on Growing Up in New York
A Miami judge is trying to blame his New York upbringing on the fact that he used a racial slur to describe a black defendant. It appears that Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Stephen Millan will face some discipline, with an investigative panel for Florida’s Judicial Qualifications Commission recommending that he be suspended for 30 days, fined…
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John Bunn, Convicted at 14 for a Crime He Didn’t Commit, Is Finally Exonerated. But Justice Still Hasn’t Been Served
At 14 years old, John Bunn went on trial for murder; the proceeding lasted just one day. Accused in August 1991 of murdering a corrections officer, the Brooklyn, N.Y., teenager was convicted by a jury based on tainted evidence provided by former New York City Police Detective Louis Scarcella. Bunn served 17 years behind bars,…