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Ala. Pastor Says He Was Fired for Wanting to Invite Black People to Church
A Butler, Ala., pastor believes that his recent termination has a lot to do with race, WTOK reports. Former Mount Sterling Baptist Church Pastor Jonathan Greer, who was unanimously voted out of the church late Sunday, told the news station that the pushback came after a deacon told him he could not invite black children to…
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Report: Ex-University Cop Beat Girlfriend to Death With Help From Best Friend
Aaron Wright, a former Temple University officer, has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend, 24-year-old Joyce Quaweay. He has also been charged with aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, conspiracy to commit murder and abuse of a corpse. His best friend, Temple Police Officer Marquis Robinson, 41, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault…
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16th Street Baptist Church Bomber Is Denied Parole
Thomas Blanton Jr., 86, the last living convicted bomber in the 1963 attack on the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., asked for his freedom from a parole board Wednesday and was denied, CNN reports. Blanton was a member of the Ku Klux Klan when the church was bombed on Sept. 15, 1963. The tragedy, which…
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Woman Shouts N-Word, Spits on Black Couple at Chicago's Margarita Festival
Ernest and Cassie Crim, both high school teachers in Chicago, said they were just looking forward to a weekend of adult fun at Chicago’s Margarita Festival, one “last summer hurrah before we went back to school,” according to Mic. However, the site reports, the July 30-31 event turned sour after the couple, who are black, said…
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Website Allows White People to Offer 'Reparations' to People of Color
There is a new website called Reparations that, as its name implies, allows white people to offer what they can to people of color, who can also request help for specific items or needs, the Washington Post reports. “I invite People of Color to ask for what we need to feel better, be happier, be…
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Black Activist Group Sues Detroit Police Department on Mistreatment of Members
A black activist group has filed a lawsuit against the Detroit Police Department accusing its officers of constant harassment, abuse and mistreatment of its members, the Detroit Free Press reports. “It is beyond comprehension why New Era Detroit, a peaceful and powerful, people-driven organization, would be done like this,” the group states in a federal lawsuit.…
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Everything We Know About Korryn Gaines
Editor’s note: This article contains social media posts that some may find offensive. Korryn Gaines is the name of the 23-year-old woman who was shot and killed by Baltimore County police officers Monday. Authorities say that after an hourslong standoff with police, the young mother pointed a long gun at an officer and said that…
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Milwaukee Man Arrested After Reportedly Drowning 3-Month-Old Son in Pond
Sean A. Flowers Jr. of Milwaukee allegedly drowned his 3-month-old son in a pond. He was taken into custody Saturday after he reportedly held his son underwater until the infant fell unconscious, according to the New York Daily News. Robert Amstadt, who witnessed the incident, said that the “baby cried all the way out into the…