Sheryll Cashin has hope for the future of America. Determined, persistent, enduring hope. And her hope is not only tenacious; it’s educated and informed. The author of “Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy” is continually optimistic about America’s future during a time when hope’s audacity seems to be a relic […]
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From ‘Fresh Prince’ Star to Black History Advocate, Karyn Parsons is Making a Difference
Karyn Parsons grew up learning important stories of African American achievement from her mother, an activist and librarian in South Central Los Angeles. Karyn Parsons (Courtesy Photo/sweetblackberry.org) As a result, not only did she embark on a successful acting career, becoming well known for her role as Hilary Banks on NBC’s long-running hit sitcom “The […]
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Greenbelt Cheerleading Team Accuses Chipotle of Racism
The Greenbelt Boys and Girls Club Cheerleading Team says the staff at a Chipotle treated its members with “hostility and hatred” at a fundraising event Sunday. Greenbelt Cheerleading Team In a Facebook post, the team’s coach, Tatjana Dale, says management canceled the fundraiser and made racially offensive comments to the cheerleaders and their families. “This past Sunday we had a scheduled fundraiser at […]
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Young Black Man Dies During Police Chase, Investigation Launched (VIDEO)
The UK’s police watchdog is investigating whether excessive force was used on a young black man who died after he was wrestled to the floor by an officer in a corner shop in east London. Scotland Yard says Rashan Charles, 20, died in the early hours of Saturday after he tried to “swallow an object” before being […]
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Stevie Wonder marries Tomeeka Bracy – and John Legend, Usher and Pharrell Williams sing at the wedding, the star’s third
Music’s biggest stars serenaded the recording artist and new wife Tomeeka Bracy To cap it all off, soul king Stevie then sang his own hit Try A Little Tenderness for his bride — 24 years his junior. An onlooker at the event, at LA’s Hotel Bel-Air, said: “It was a very lavish, romantic and star-studded affair. […]
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Annapolis College Student Buying Air Conditioning Units for Public Housing
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – When it’s this hot in the Eastport Terrace neighborhood, there’s nowhere to hide. “Here, everybody was outside,” says 20-year-old Dajuan Gay. “Because it’s cooler outside than it is inside.” 20-year-old Dajuan Gay of the Eastport Terrace neighborhood in Annapolis. (Photo Courtesy/Fundly Page) Gay is home from college on summer break and doesn’t […]
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Woman Turns Home into Museum after Getting Sick of Black Women being Ignored by the Art World
There is a museum like no other in Philadelphia. You would not have heard it, it is not listed anywhere and there are no signs from the motorway. Metro.co.uk reporter Adam Smith was the museum’s first European visitor. In this July 1, 2016 photo, artist Vashti Dubois poses on the porch of The Colored Girls […]
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Jones Remembered as a Solid Ward 8 Leader
Ward 8 leaders and residents say the late Theresa Howe Jones was a force for good in the ward and had a motherly touch. Jones, 84, the advisory neighborhood commissioner for single-member district 8D07 in Ward, 8 died July 10, according to 8D Chairperson Olivia Henderson. Theresa Jones, a political and civic leader in Ward […]
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TODAY AT 4:30: Van Hollen, Toomey to Announce North Korea Sanctions Bill
For Planning Purposes Only July 12, 2017 CONTACT: Bridgett Frey – 202-228-0668 (Van Hollen) Kasia Mulligan – 202-224-8609 (Toomey) TODAY AT 4:30: Van Hollen, Toomey to Announce North Korea Sanctions Bill Washington, DC – Today at 4:30 pm U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) host a press conference to announce new bipartisan North Korea sanctions legislation. The bill is […]
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Five More Things You Didn’t Know About Thurgood Marshall
This Sunday will be the 109th birthday of the legendary Black lawyer and jurist Thurgood Marshall, who died in 1993. As a young lawyer, Marshall argued and won the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, which mandated the desegregation of schools across the country. Later, he was named Solicitor General — at […]
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Sophia Coppola’s Blatant Erasure of Black Women in The Beguiled Highlights How White Women Are Complicit in White Supremacy
It’s been quite a busy couple of months for white women. After 53 percent of them handed Trump the election at the conclusion of 2016, they have turned the nonsense up eleven. From going on redemption tours where they cry into the arms of black men in order breathe life into floppin’ albums, to trying […]
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New Law Expands Naloxone Access to All Marylanders
ANNAPOLIS, MD — The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene recently announced that Dr. Howard Haft, the agency’s Deputy Secretary for Public Health, issued a new statewide standing order that allows pharmacies to dispense naloxone, the non-addictive lifesaving drug that can reverse an opioid overdose, to all Maryland citizens. The order follows legislation passed by the Maryland […]