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Black Journalists Group Denounces Op-Ed That Diminishes Slavery’s Legacy
A black journalists organization slammed a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist for his op-ed in which he says that American slavery wasn’t so bad, Raw Story reports. The Pittsburgh Black Media Federation called the piece “egregiously ignorant,” and said a response was necessary because the newspaper gave the column credibility by printing it. Jack Kelly’s column, titled…
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NYC Woman Caught on Camera Punching 10-Year-Old
The New York City Police Department is using surveillance-video footage to look for a woman who allegedly punched a 10-year-old boy after an argument about manners, Fox 5 NY reports. According to the report, the woman punched the boy in a Bronx deli, owned by the child’s father, after reprimanding the boy about not being…
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Report: ER Doctors Less Likely to Give Pain Meds to Black Kids
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s JAMA Pediatrics found a racial disparity in doctors’ decisions whether to give painkillers to children with acute appendicitis, NBC News reports. The researchers reveal that 41 percent of children overall received an opioid drug for pain, but just 12 percent of black children received the…
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103-Year-Old Ga. Woman Banned From Church for Criticizing Pastor’s Preaching Style
A 103-year-old Georgia woman has been kicked out of her church for disagreeing with her pastor’s preaching style, with members even calling the police on the woman, who has been a part of the congregation for some 90 years, Fox 5 Atlanta reports. According to the report, Genora Ham Biggs and the Rev. Tim Mattox…
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Tenn. Woman Called Racial Slur, Threatened at Stoplight: ‘I’ll Punch the F–k Out of You’
Monica Johnson of Nashville, Tenn., was at a stoplight on Sept. 11, talking to her daughter on the phone while driving home from work. Another driver apparently became so enraged by this that he pulled up beside her and hurled threats and slurs her way in a frightening rant caught on video, Fox 17 reports. …
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Man Sues NYC and the Cop Who Allegedly Stole His Cash During a Stop and Frisk
A Brooklyn, N.Y., man has filed a federal lawsuit against New York City and the police officer he accuses of taking $1,300 in cash out of his pocket during a stop and frisk, the New York Post reports. The incident happened a year ago on a basketball court in Brooklyn’s Coney Island neighborhood. A video…
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Many Families of Inmates Struggle to Meet Basic Needs: Report
Families with an incarcerated family member struggle with basic needs such as food and housing, according to a survey by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Forward Together and other community organizations that work with imprisoned individuals, the New York Times reports. According to the report, almost two-thirds of such families struggle to meet…
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#Justice4Abe: More Than a Year Later, the Family of Conn. Lawyer Gugsa Abraham Dabela Still Searches for Answers
It’s been some 17 months since Gugsa Abraham Dabela was found dead by a Redding, Conn., roadside. By all accounts, just hours before his body was found, Dabela was hanging out with friends, having a good time and handing out business cards for his new law practice. His family has been reeling in the aftermath; questions…
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Helen Burns Jackson, Mother of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Mourned in SC
When the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s mother gave birth to him as an unwed teen, “I guarantee you where she was going to church didn’t look like this,” said former President Bill Clinton in his signature, conversational style during homegoing services Monday for Helen Burns Jackson. Mrs. Jackson died Sept. 7 at age 91. Springfield Baptist…
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Ben Carson: Black Lives Matter Is ‘Bullying’ People
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, a Republican 2016 presidential hopeful, had a lot to say about the Black Lives Matter movement while he was in Ferguson, Mo., where the movement was born out of the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown, CBS St. Louis and the Associated Press reports. Carson chastised the activist movement in an…