By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press America in the summer of 1919 ran red with blood from racial violence, and yet today, 100 years later, not many people know it even happened. It flowed in small towns like Elaine, Arkansas, in medium-size places such as Annapolis, Maryland, and Syracuse, New York, and in big cities […]
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Researchers Seek Fuller Picture of First Africans in America
By Jesse J. Holland, The Associated Press The first Africans to arrive in English-controlled North America were so little noted by history that many are known today by only their first names: Antony and Isabella, Angelo, Frances and Peter. Almost 400 years ago, they were kidnapped and forcibly sailed across the ocean aboard three slave ships — […]
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First Black Female White House Reporter Gets Newseum Statue
By Jesse J. Holland, The Associated Press Journalist Alice Allison Dunnigan triumphed over sexism and racism to become the first black woman accredited to cover the White House. In recognition of her achievements, the Newseum unveiled a statue in her honor on Sept. 21. The sculpture of Alice Allison Dunnigan is seen during a ceremony at the […]
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Black Panther Movie Causing Excitement Around Country
There’s a Black Panther party going on all around the country. Superhero fans, movie fans and especially connoisseurs of Black culture — American and African — are all eagerly awaiting the debut of Marvel’s “Black Panther” movie starring comic book’s first Black superhero with an enthusiasm not often seen in American cinema. This image released […]
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White House, Black College Heads to Meet Amid Strained Ties
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday named a lawyer and former NFL player as executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, as the administration faces criticism from those institutions of promises unkept. FILE – In this Feb. 27, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump meets with leaders […]
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Pam Grier on Being a Female Action Star, Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even at 68, Pam Grier looks like she can still kick butt. And the looks don’t deceive, Grier said. While having never played a superhero, “I’m super in real life,” said Grier, smiling and flicking back some of her flowing hair. In this photo taken Aug. 25, 2017, actress Pam Grier is […]
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Deadly Rally Accelerates Removal of Confederate Statues
In Gainesville, Florida, workers hired by the Daughters of the Confederacy chipped away at a Confederate soldier’s statue, loaded it quietly on a truck and drove away with little fanfare. In Baltimore, Mayor Catherine Pugh said she’s ready to tear down all of her city’s Confederate statues, and the city council voted to have them […]
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Black Gun Owners Worried by Acquittal in Castile Shooting
Gerry Martin isn’t sure he will ever tell a police officer during a traffic stop that he has a concealed-weapon permit — and possibly a weapon — on him. The acquittal of a Minnesota officer in the death of a licensed gun owner who volunteered that he had a gun seconds before being fatally shot […]
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Nooses Showing up More in Hate Incidents Around Country
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nooses have appeared recently around the nation’s capital — including the Smithsonian’s new African-American history museum — in a rash of incidents that experts say shows the growing use of hate symbols in the U.S. to try to intimidate minorities. “We’ve seen a spike in the use of symbols of hate lately, […]
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Sources: NAACP President, Cornell Brooks, Won’t Be Returning as Leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — NAACP President Cornell William Brooks will not be returning as the leader of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, sources told The Associated Press on Friday. In this photo taken March 3, 2017, NAACP President Cornell William Brooks speaks outside the Justice Department in Washington. Sources tell The Associated Press that Brooks […]
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1 in 6 Newlyweds’ Spouse is of Different Race or Ethnicity
WASHINGTON (AP) — More and more Americans are marrying people of different races and ethnicities, reaching at least 1 in 6 newlyweds in 2015, the highest proportion in American history, a new study released Thursday showed. Currently, there are 11 million people — or 1 out of 10 married people — in the United States […]
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Black Lawmakers Say They had Candid Conversation with Trump
Black lawmakers emerged from a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on March 22 saying the president was at least willing to listen to their concerns that his policies and positions could hurt their African-American constituents. However, beyond a promise of future dialogue and a discussion about “divisive rhetoric,” it seemed that […]