White, then 23, was working as a housekeeper in the capital city of Baton Rouge in 1953 when she took action Martha White, a Black woman whose actions helped launch the 1953 bus boycotts in Louisiana’s capital city, has died. She was 99. White died […]
The owner of a Chicago barbershop is being held on bail after he allegedly shot and killed a customer who refused to pay. Forty-year-old Deshon Mcadory is charged with first-degree murder after fatally shooting one of his customers at the Studio 914 barbershop in Maywood last Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. […]
As the school year comes to a close across the country, marking the end of a difficult transition period for many students who had to return to the classroom after months of distance learning, racist encounters in classrooms have continued to peak. One such instance […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) scolded Vice President Kamala Harris after she gave a speech in Guatemala, discouraging residents from migrating to the United States. “I want to emphasize that the goal of our work is to help Guatemalans find hope at home,” Harris said during a press conference in the Central American […]
Prominent Black civil rights leaders, politicians, and activists unloaded on Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin after the West Virginia politician doubled down on his decision to vote against the For the People Act, a sweeping piece of legislation to thwart the advances of increasing Republican-backed voter suppression […]
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