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So, 2 White Women in ‘Make America Great Again’ Hats Walk Onto an HBCU Campus …
There are certain weeks in history when you just don’t want to test black folks’ patience. These weeks include but are not limited to: Jan. 23-30, 1977: The week that Roots originally aired. April 29-May 4, 1992: The week four officers were acquitted of beating Rodney King. Aug. 12-19, 2017: The week white nationalists attacked…
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NYPD Officers Rally, Sing ‘Black National Anthem’ in Support of Colin Kaepernick
Some have confused Colin Kaepernick’s stance against police violence with an edict against police. Yet a contingent of mostly black police officers … and New York City Police Department whistleblower Frank Serpico … gathered Saturday in New York City to show the blackballed quarterback much love. The cops and a slew of activists, politicians and…
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Little Girl Scalded After ‘Hot-Water Challenge’ Bounces Back Like a Trouper
An 11-year-old New York City girl—who was cruelly pranked by her “friends” with a so-called Hot-Water Challenge—left the hospital Friday looking like a million bucks. Jamoneisha “Jamoni” Merritt, of the city’s Bronx borough, was admitted to Harlem Hospital for 11 days after being admitted with burns over 85 percent of her face. “I feel great,”…
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2 Police Officers Killed in Fla., Suspect Apprehended
Two police officers in Kissimmee, Fla., a suburb of Orlando, have died after a shootout Friday night. Police have identified the victims as Sgt. Richard “Sam” Howard, who was pronounced dead at a hospital Saturday afternoon, and Officer Matthew Baxter, who died at the scene. Everett Glenn Miller, 45, has been charged with first-degree murder…
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This Video Shows How Truly Pathetic the Boston Nazi March Was
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes a video is worth a thousand laughs. Evan McMurry shared a video on Twitter Saturday showing the disparity between the “Free Speech” protesters in Boston (the likes of whom could fit in a teaspoon—or a small gazebo) and the counterprotest where tens of thousands…
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Comedian and Civil Rights Activist Dick Gregory Dead at 84
Comedian Dick Gregory—who attacked racism through a biting and satirical style of comedy, and was equally well-known for his civil rights activism and advocacy of an austere health regimen—died Saturday, Aug. 19, at the age of 84. Gregory’s family confirmed his death with a post on Instagram. Born Oct. 12, 1932, in St. Louis, Gregory…
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Will ‘BlackOut’ Be the Movement to Shut Down the NFL?
This should be an interesting football season—and year, for that matter—since many American institutions are messily having their come-to-Jesus moments. For the last two days, a video has been circulating on social media (primarily Facebook) with various black men—of all shades, ages, professions, geographical locations—covering their favorite NFL jerseys with a black T-shirt. #BlackOutNFL is…
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Colin Kaepernick Items to Be Part of Black Lives Matter Exhibit at National African-American History Museum
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be immortalized at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, according to a curator who made the announcement Friday. Because of his kneeling protest against police brutality during the National Anthem during the 2016 NFL season, items from the 29-year-old will be part of a Black Lives…
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6 States Have Tried to Enact Protections for Drivers Who Run Over Protesters … Many With the Same Language
Black people are paranoid, because being black in America can feel like having a bull’s-eye on your back. That, and Tuskegee, COINTELPRO, segregation, gentrification, piss-poor education, mass incarceration—all of the “shuns.” And so when CNN reported that no fewer than six states—North Dakota, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Texas and Rhode Island—have tried to enact protections…
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Major Cities Prepare for Massive Marches, Counterdemonstrations Across the Nation Today
As the country continues to grapple with the unbridled violence of Charlottesville, Va., last weekend, major cities such as Boston, Dallas, New Orleans and others will be the sites of major protests today—some under the guise of “free speech,” and others in defiance of white supremacy and in what organizers are calling “solidarity with Charlottesville.”…