A new Black owned grocery store owned by former NFL superstar, Tyrone Legette, has been officially opened in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The grocery store is located in the exact spot where a Winn Dixie stood before it closed fifteen years ago.
As a c ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:46PM
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Since Donald Trump won the presidential election last week there has been an alarming increase in racist behaviour in America. Many stories have been making rounds online about people’s experiences, especially ethnic minorities and Muslims, but t ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:42PM
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A white police officer in Alabama was indicted Friday on murder charges in the fatal shooting of a black man who died just yards from his front door.
A grand jury returned the indictment against Montgomery police Officer Aaron S ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:37PM
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Whether Charlotte should protect one of the oldest African-American cemeteries of the post-slavery era is up for a vote Monday night before Charlotte City Council.
The Biddleville Cemetery, founded in 1873, is one of three properties nominated for ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:31PM
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The white Arkansas school board member’s Halloween costume was extremely detailed — and deeply offensive.
In the pictures, every part of Ted Bonner’s face is painted black except his lips, which are a garish red, hiding imitation gapped teeth. He’ ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:24PM
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DETROIT — An apparent noose was found in a third-floor boys' bathroom at Royal Oak Middle School on Friday, more than a week after a video of some students at the school chanting "build the wall" went viral.
Royal Oak Superintendent Shawn Lewis-La ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:20PM
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An 8-year-old African American boy was hospitalized after bullies attacked him and his younger sister on November 14, the Atlanta Black Star reports. The incident occurred at the Spanish Lake Primary School in Geismar, Louisiana. Now, the family is s ...
Posted Tuesday, November 22nd 2016 at 10:37PM
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(FinalCall.com) The presidential election for 2016 is unlike any in modern U.S. history and perhaps in the history of the United States as two widely unpopular, distrusted and polarizing candidates seek to lead the country. Neither seems particularly ...
Posted Thursday, November 10th 2016 at 6:07PM
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Despite what you read in some history books — such as the Biographical Dictionary of Congressional Women — Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) was not in 1972 the first African-American candidate to run for president of the United States.
In 1904, George ...
Posted Wednesday, October 26th 2016 at 7:33PM
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