Mistakenly believed driving stolen vehicle The City of Aurora, Colo. reached a $1.9 million settlement with a Black woman who was removed from her car at gunpoint with her underage […]
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Across Black America is a compilation of stories gathered from the nation’s various media sources. These are assembled and edited by contributor Kristina Dixon for use in OurWeekly.
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MLK monument is vandalized
Denver, Colo. A monument honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., created by the nation’s first African American NASA astronaut candidate, was vandalized on Feb. 21 in a Denver, Colo. […]
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Historic all-Black schoolhouses will officially be preserved
Maryland By Kristina Dixon | Across Black America Historical all-Black schoolhouses in Maryland, part of the Rosenwald Institutions, are in the process of being preserved by their advocates and graduates. […]
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More persons having their student loans forgiven
Nearly $137 billion for 3.7 million borrowers By Charlene Crowell | Center for Responsible Lending Teachers, social workers, and other public servants are among those expected to benefit from recent […]
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White church in Michigan donates to Black groups
A private gesture of reparations By Kristina Dixon | Across Black America First Presbyterian Church in Lansing, Mich., among other White churches in the area, has donated thousands of dollars […]
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Jackie Robinson statue stolen, burned, broken to pieces
In Wichita, Kan. A Wichita, Kan. youth-baseball league’s Jackie Robinson statue — which was cut at its feet and stolen from McAdams Park earlier this month, leading to a citywide […]
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Black historians defy Florida restrictions on Black studies
Read passages from banned books By Kristina Dixon | Across Black America Black historians read passages from banned books last earlier this month in a local park in Florida. In […]
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Ohio Urban League unveils Holloman Center for Social Justice
In collaboration with Fifth Third Bank By Kristina Dixon | Across Black America The Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio —with support from the Holloman Family Foundation, and in collaboration […]
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson switches from Democrat to GOP
Few are surprised at decision By Kristina Dixon | Across Black America Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, a longtime Democrat, is now a Republican–turning Dallas into the largest city in the […]
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Nation recalls horror of 16th Street Baptist Church
Two women brought together by tragedy By Kristina Dixon | Across Black America Four innocent young girls getting ready for Sunday services died when the Ku Klux Klan detonated a […]
