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Wall Street Journal Writer: Black Progress Was Faster ‘When Whites Were Still Lynching’
Black people in America progressed a lot better when lynchings were still occurring. Or at least that’s what Wall Street Journal editorial-board member Jason Riley said in a recent op-ed, Media Matters reported. In his column addressing the notorious racist chant on a bus by members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of…
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UVA Students Rally to Protest Violent Arrest of Honors Student by Officers
On Wednesday evening, University of Virginia students gathered to protest the beating and arrest of third-year student Martese Johnson, 20, who was accosted by Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control officers in what many witnesses call an unprovoked attack after Johnson was denied entry to a bar. UVA students marched through the streets of Charlottesville…
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UVA Student ‘Slammed Into Pavement,’ Bloodied by State Officers
Two University of Virginia officials say that they are “outraged by the brutality” that a black undergraduate faced early Wednesday morning while out with friends. University of Virginia junior Martese Johnson was celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at a bar when he was allegedly thrown to the ground by officers from the Virginia Department of Alcoholic…
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Community College Students in Calif. Are Guaranteed Admission to 9 HBCUs
The pipeline from community college to a four-year university can be shaky, since students often attend community college in hopes of improving their grades in order to gain admission to a four-year institution. The California Community Colleges system may have found a way to make that transition a bit easier: It has signed an agreement…
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‘Runnin’ N–ger Target’ Sold at North Dakota Gun Show
Bob Campbell, the organizer of a gun show that took place last weekend in Sioux Falls, N.D., described how appalled he was when he saw the target one of his vendors was selling, KSFY reports. The target was the silhouette of a man—presumably an African American with full lips—frozen in a running motion, with the…
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Calif. Middle School Vice Principal: ‘I Just Don’t Like the Black Kids’
“I just don’t like the black kids.” That’s what a California middle school vice principal says on a video posted on YouTube on Friday, according to the Fresno Bee. The remarks of Joe DiFilippo, a vice principal at Frensno’s Scandinavian Middle School, were recorded by a student outside the cafeteria, school district spokesman Jed Chernabaeff…
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Ferguson Shooting Suspect Was Beaten in Custody, Gave False Confession, Lawyer Says
A lawyer representing the man who was charged in the shooting of the two Ferguson, Mo., police officers claims that his client was roughed up while in police custody and gave a false confession under duress, the Daily Mail reports. Jerryl Christmas, the attorney of Jeffrey L. Williams, 20, said that Williams had bruises across…
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Little Girl Tells Friend She Can’t Attend Birthday Sleepover Because Friend Is Black
Harmony Jones lives in Memphis, Tenn., and was excited about her 10th-birthday party last week, which included a sleepover at her house. But Harmony’s parents were shocked to learn that one of their daughter’s friends at Highland Oaks Elementary wouldn’t be able to attend the festivities because Harmony is black. Fox 13 reports that Harmony’s…
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Effort Begun to Remove Ferguson’s Mayor
Five residents of Ferguson, Mo., have taken a step toward removing their mayor, James Knowles III, from his post, the Associated Press reports. The group filed an affidavit “seeking to recall Knowles,” AP explained. All they need are signatures of 15 percent of registered voters in the last mayoral election to jump-start a special election process…
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Ohio Mother Accused of Beheading Her 3-Month-Old Baby Daughter
When Cincinnati police walked into 20-year-old Deasia Watkins’ home Monday morning after receiving a 911 call, they found Watkins and a truly horrific scene: The head of Watkins’ 3-month-old baby girl, Janiyah, had been severed, ABC affiliate WCPO reports. Watkins was arrested and charged with aggravated murder for the incident. Watkins, who was taken for…