Genealogy organization Ancestry.com has pulled an ad after critics blasted the company on social media for allegedly making slavery look like a romanticized adventure. In the 30-second spot titled “Inseparable,” a white man and a Black woman in Civil War period clothing are shown running […]
She also alleged that President Trump is encouraging right-wing extremist violence. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders denied earlier Sunday the President was trying to incite violence. “Since the President’s tweet Friday evening, I have experienced an increase in direct threats on my life […]
Belgium’s prime minister apologized to Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda for the pain its colonization inflicted upon families with mixed-race children during its colonial rule. The New York Times reports the apology took place on Thursday during a Parliament session, becoming the […]
A Texas teen and his mother are reeling from a job interview at Six Flags in which the boy was denied a summer position because he has “extreme” dreads. Kerion Washington, the 17-year-old Six Flags Over Texas applicant, told NBCDFW 5 that he has been […]
Authorities in Dallas charged a Black woman Tuesday with a felony who was seen on video brutally beaten by a racist white man, according to attorney S. Lee Merritt. Earlier in the day, Dallas police were reportedly preparing to file felony criminal mischief charges against […]
Thelma Hammond and Grace Fosu were fired in June 2013 and September 2014, respectively, after violating a decades-old rule prohibiting women firefighters from becoming pregnant within their first three years of employment. In October 2017, the two women sued the fire service in what […]
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