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Teen Who Filmed George Floyd’s Death to Be Honored at 2020 PEN America Gala
PEN America announced that Darnella Frazier, the 17-year-old young woman who filmed the death of George Floyd, will be receiving the 2020 PEN/Benenson Courage Award, according to a press release. PEN America will honor the teen at its virtual gala celebration on Dec. 8. While former police officer Derek Chauvin […]
Jacksonville Family Demands Justice for 19-Year-Old Black Man Fatally Shot by Police Outside Chicago
A grieving family is demanding answers and justice after a 19-year-old Black man was fatally shot by a police officer in Waukegan, Ill.—a suburb of Chicago—during a traffic stop on Tuesday. The officer shot both the driver and passenger of the car involved in the stop. […]
Barrett ducks questions on presidential power and systemic racism
(CNN)Judge Amy Coney Barrett submitted written responses to scores of questions from Senate Judiciary Committee members Tuesday night ahead of her expected confirmation to the Supreme Court next week. Barrett repeatedly declined to discuss voting rights, coronavirus and the 2020 election, presidential pardon power, abortion, the Affordable […]
Tulsa Resumes Excavation to Find ‘Original 18’ Site of 1921 Race Massacre Victims
On Monday, Oct. 19, Oklahoma archeologists and forensic scientists began to excavate an area of a Tulsa cemetery that is thought to be the “Original 18” site, a section of Oaklawn Cemetery believed to be the burial place of 18 Black victims of the 1921 Tulsa […]
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