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L.A. City Council Approves $1,500,000 Settlement in Police Killing of Ezell Ford
Just two weeks after Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey declined to press charges against the two Los Angeles police officers responsible for shooting and killing Ezell Ford, the Los Angeles City Council has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Ford’s family. Ford’s 2014 killing came just days after Michael…
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Jeff Sessions Has Been Confirmed as US Attorney General
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) was confirmed as the next U.S. attorney general on Wednesday, just one day after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was silenced as she offered criticism of Sessions’ questionable past regarding racism and race issues in general. The New York Times reports that the Senate voted 52-47 to confirm, and no Republicans broke…
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Harvard Law Review Elects 1st Black Female President in Its 130-Year History
The Harvard Law Review has elected the first black woman to serve as president in the legal journal’s 130-year history. ImeIme A. Umana, a native of Harrisburg, Pa., will serve as the 131st leader of the organization. The Harvard Crimson reports that as an undergraduate at Harvard, she double-majored in government and African-American studies. She…
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Here’s Why Maxwell (the R&B Singer, Not the Coffee) Is Trending
Looks like someone has something against Black History Month … well, at least that’s the consensus on Twitter. I’ll never know what Maxwell is actually talking about because he blocked me on Twitter earlier this summer after I questioned his “All Lives Matter” tweet. But here’s what everyone else is saying (and he apparently called…
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That Makes 3: Another Black Patriots Player Isn’t Going to Trump’s White House
Dont’a Hightower is the latest member of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots to pass on going to President Ass Hat’s White House. The Pro Bowl linebacker told ESPN Wednesday: “Been there, done that.” Hightower is the latest African-American member of the championship team to pass on going to Ass Hat’s lair. Outspoken tight…
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Emmett Till’s Family Calls for New Investigation Into 1955 Murder
Relatives of Emmett Till—the 14-year-old Chicago boy who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955, triggering the civil rights movement—are asking for the teen’s case to be reinvestigated after a key witness admitted to lying about the teen’s alleged words and actions before his brutal murder. Two of Emmett’s cousins, Wheeler Parker and Deborah Watts, said…
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Netflix Sets Premiere Date for Dear White People
Dear White People is finally getting its time to shine as a series on Netflix. On Tuesday the streaming service announced that the 10-episode series will premiere April 28. Tessa Thompson will not be returning as Samantha White, but Logan Browning will take over the role. Justin Simien, the writer and director of the 2014…
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Here’s a New Photo of Harriet Tubman
On the heels of federal park officials formally establishing the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in upstate New York, a new photo of Tubman has surfaced. According to historians, Tubman was between the ages of 43 and 46 when the photo was taken. “There’s no doubt in my mind about the provenance of the photo…
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White La. Judge Banned From Local Restaurant After Reportedly Calling Black Patron ‘Fat N–ger’
Updated Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, 7:30 p.m. EST: Judge Mike Erwin of Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Court has released a statement denying that he called a black patron at Sammy’s Grill in Baton Rouge, La., a “nigger.” Earlier: When Louisiana Judge Mike Erwin noticed a man share his seat with a black woman inside crowded…