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Five out of Parma, Missouri’s six police officers resigned this week before Tyrus Byrd, the town’s first African-American, female mayor, was sworn in. The city’s attorney, clerk, and waste water treatment plant supervisor also resigned, KFVS12 reports. According to KFVS, The outgoing Mayor Randall Ramsey said that the city officials cited “safety concerns” in their…
Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man injured during an arrest by Baltimore police last week, died Sunday at Shock Trauma, prompting protests by city residents and out-of-town activists and promises from city officials for a thorough investigation. Gray, 25, died a week after he suffered a broken vertabra after being arrested near Gilmor Homes in Sandtown-Winchester….
North Charleston, South Carolina, is first and foremost home. It’s where I spent my formative years, where my parents live, and where I went for Thanksgiving last year. But North Charleston is, for many people, a headline now. Charleston’s blacker, poorer neighbor is a headline because Walter Scott died there, because police officer Michael Slager murdered him there, allegedly. A…
Steven B. Chesbro and John Garland say that African-American candidates for admission to the university as well as faculty positions were given preference. Alabama State UniversityScreenshot /sl-art-illo-cap /sl-art-illo-cntr Two white faculty members at Alabama State University have filed a lawsuit against the school in which they claim that ASU discriminates against whites in its hiring…
A student holds up a sign during Wednesday’s meeting of the UNC Board of Trustees. Photo by Tasia Harris | The Huffington Post Entry Text Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are renewing a push for the school to change the name of a building named after a 19th-century Ku Klux…
George Zimmerman Says God and Justice Are on His Side In a new video released by his law firm, Trayvon Martin’s killer says he feels no survivor’s remorse because it was God’s plan for the teenager to die. George Zimmerman Screenshot/Video from Ayo and Iken Law Firm /sl-art-illo-cap /sl-art-illo-cntr If the moral arc of…
AD ads_sharebox_260x60 American comedian, civil rights activist and writer Dick Gregory weighed in on the use of the N-word. (Photo by Unique Nicole/FilmMagic) Entry Text When it comes to the use of the N-word, Dick Gregory is no stranger to explaining his candid thoughts on the issue. The legendary civil rights activist and comedian, who…
Entry Text Recently, Lindsay Lohan made news for tweeting the n-word. I’ve been told that she was tweeting one of Kanye West’s lyrics. Madonna, whom I adored as my own personal cone bra’d freedom fighter since middle school, also had a similar social media debacle.Kanye using this word in a song doesn’t take away the…
CNN tonight reevaluated “hands up, don’t shoot” in the wake of the DOJ report that it never happened, and brought on a panel that nearly came to blows arguing over the report’s findings and the “hands up” symbol. Brian Stelter filed a report on the media coverage of Ferguson and the gesture, even acknowledging the…
Story highlights Martese Johnson: “We are one community. We deserve to respect each other” He was injured during an arrest, and a photo of his bloodied face was distributed Virginia’s governor has ordered an investigation of the incident The university’s Black Student Alliance distributed a photograph, showing what it said was Martese Johnson, 20, during…