Replacing statue of Florida confederate soldier Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) assisted in unveiling a new statue in Florida that will later move to the U.S. Capitol. The Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune statue arrived in […]
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Steve Harvey, Robert Smith offering grants to HBCU students
A goal to ‘pay it forward’ Steve Harvey will pay it forward in a massive way for students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), reports Afro Tech. Steve and […]
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NASA astronaut to be first Black woman to join Space Station crew
Dr. Jessica Watkins has been in training for months Two decades after the International Space Station became humanity’s long lasting home in orbit, Dr. Jessica Watkins, a NASA astronaut, is […]
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First Black Ivy League president holds talk
Ruth Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University and the first African American to serve as president of an Ivy League university, will join Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public […]
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Groveland Four – Black men accused of rape in 1949 get case dismissed
In the summer of 1949, a 17-year-old lodged an accusation that would thrust the rural Florida community of Groveland into decadeslong turmiold: The White teenager told police she and her […]
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T-Pain, Nomani join forces with Google to encourage you to buy Black
It seems that “whatever you need, you can get that Black” is the apparent mood for Google and its second annual #BlackOwnedFriday campaign, which features Grammy award-winning artist T-Pain and […]
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Eddie Bernice Johnson latest U.S. rep to announce retirement
U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a trailblazing Black Democrat in Texas who has served in Congress for nearly 30 years, announced Saturday that she will not seek reelection next year, […]
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Judge says police planted evidence – convicts White officer of killing Black man
A judge on Friday convicted a White Kansas City police officer of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of a Black man, in a case in […]
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Son of Black man shot by California police to receive 1.3 million in settlement
The 8-year-old son of a Black man in California who was fatally shot by police in 2018, a death that led to new policing laws, will receive $1.3 million in […]
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Hundreds of Black pastors gather outside of Arbery trial
Hundreds of pastors both rallied and prayed Thursday outside the trial of three White men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, gathering in response to a defense lawyer’s bid […]