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Al Sharpton eulogizes white Arkansas teen shot by deputy
Sharpton eulogized 17-year-old Hunter Brittain, who was shot and killed by a white sheriff’s deputy, Sgt. Michael Davis, during a traffic stop June 23 The Rev. Al Sharpton and attorneys for George Floyd’s family on Tuesday mourned a white Arkansas teenager fatally shot by a […]
Spike Lee talks about ‘Black people being hunted down’ at Cannes press conference
Lee is the first Black jury president at Cannes, and described it as “the world’s greatest film festival” during Tuesday’s official press conference At the Cannes Film Festival press conference on Tuesday, jury president and esteemed filmmaker Spike Lee spoke on “Black people being hunted […]
GB’s 1st Black woman swimmer fights Olympic natural hair cap decision
“People used to tell me my hair was ‘too big’ for the cap – never that the cap was too small for my hair,” Alice Dearing wrote. The International Swimming Federation (FINA) is considering reversing their decision to deny certification for swimming caps designed for […]
New Jersey man arrested after calling Black neighbor the n-word, ‘monkey’
In his tirade, Edward Cagney Mathews gave his address and challenged, “Come see me.” On Monday, about 100 people did. Police in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey arrested a man who went on a six-minute racist tirade Friday against his neighbors, an interaction caught on camera that […]
The Officers Who Killed Lindani Myeni Won’t Get Charged; Prosecuting Attorney Says The Officers Were Justified
The officers responsible for shooting and killing Lindani Myeni, a 29-year-old South African rugby player, will not be charged for his death because the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney believed the officers were in the right. As BLACK ENTERPRISE previously reported, on April 14, Myeni […]
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