Tessie Prevost, a pioneer in school desegregation, died over the weekend. She was 69 years old. Prevost was one of the first Black girls to attend New Orleans public schools after federal courts forced schools to abide the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown vs. the Board of […]
There are more questions than answers following the fatal police shooting of a Black woman in her own home after she called 911 to report a suspected break-in in the capital city of Illinois. Sangamon Co. Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed Sonya Massey early Saturday […]
Americans all over the country are facing record-breaking heat waves at the start of the summer, drawing attention to the disparities among heat-related deaths when it comes to Black people. On Sunday, an excessive heat warning was issued by the National Weather Service for locations in the […]
A crowd of people attacked a man who was arrested in connection to the killing a NYC woman whose body was discovered in a sleeping bag. According to The New York Post, police have charged Chad Irish, who was a person of interest in the murder of Yazmeen Williams. Williams’s […]
The family of 31-year-old Deundray Cottrell seeks answers about his mysterious disappearance and death. He was found dead in a shed two days after being reported missing from a July Fourth gathering in Birmingham, Alabama. The Jefferson County Medical Examiner’s Office performed an autopsy and ruled […]
A woman’s contentious traffic stop, captured on police bodycam footage, has sparked an investigation into the New Castle (DE) County police’s use of force. The June 29 incident began when an officer observed multiple traffic violations and a suspended registration. In the July 4 bodycam video, the […]
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