OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma prison officials tried for 51 minutes to find a vein in a death row inmate’s arms and feet before inserting an IV through the man’s groin ahead of a botched execution this week, the state’s prisons chief said Thursday in a report urging more oversight of executions. Clayton Lockett died […]
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Clayton Lockett Dies of Heart Attack after Horribly Botched Oklahoma Execution
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma prison officials halted an inmate’s execution on Tuesday after a new drug combination left the man writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney, before he later died of a heart attack. Clayton Lockett, 38, was declared unconscious 10 minutes after the first of the state’s new three-drug lethal injection […]
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Heisman Winner Winston Accused of Taking Crab Legs & Crawfish
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State’s Heisman Trophy quarterback Jameis Winston was issued a civil citation after sheriff’s deputies said he walked out of a supermarket without paying for $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish. The 20-year-old Winston ordered the food at the deli in a Tallahassee-area Publix on Tuesday night, Leon County Sheriff’s […]
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May 17th.
A memory from a young Baltimore woman whose life was changed radically by the landmark Brown v Board decision of 1954. May 17, 1954 marked a defining moment in the history of the United States. The Supreme Court declared the doctrine of “separate but equal” unconstitutional and handed The NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund the most […]
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How The Army Ostracized Me For My Own Hair
“The Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia” covers every aspect of soldiers’ grooming and appearance – from fingernail length to tattoos. Last month, the Army proposed updates to this regulation that scrutinize African-American female hairstyles more than ever before. Previously AR 670- 1 only briefly commented on uniquely African-American hairstyles. It banned “dreadlocks” for being “unkempt, […]
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Let us Unite in PrayerMay 1, National Prayer Day
May 1 is the National Day of Prayer. A time for Americans, together, to prostrate themselves before God, ask for forgiveness, and then pray for the needs of America. This year the theme is “One Voice, United in Prayer,” emphasizing the need for individuals, corporately and individually, to place their faith in their Creator, who […]
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Lawyers’ Committee Applauds NBA’s Bold Response to Clippers Owner Donald Sterling’s Disgraceful Racist Remarks
WASHINGTON, D.C., — Statement by Lawyers’ Committee President and Executive Director Barbara Arnwine following the recent release of racist remarks by Donald Sterling and the NBA’s Investigation Announcement: “The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) applauds the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) swift investigation and decision regarding recent disgraceful racist remarks made […]
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Stowaway Boy’s Refugee Mom Cries for Son
SHEDDER REFUGEE CAMP, Ethiopia (AP) — The Somali woman lives in a stick hut covered by ragged blankets in this dusty refugee camp. It was here that her 15-year-old son wanted to travel on a perilous journey as a stowaway on a plane from California. Ubah Mohammed Abdule hasn’t seen her boy — who was […]
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Teen Stowaway Desperate to See Mom
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — He was young, displaced and frustrated, and he wanted nothing more than to reunite with his mother in their native Africa. The 15-year-old Somali boy had been arguing at home, and in the kind of impulsive move that teenagers make, he hopped a fence at San Jose International Airport last […]
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Should Clippers Players Retaliate Over NBA Team Owner’s Alleged Racist Remarks?
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is in some hot water after audio tapes released over the weekend allegedly captured Sterling chastising his biracial girlfriend about racial alliances after she posted a photo on Instagram with former Los Angeles Laker Magic Johnson. Sterling’s girlfriend, V. Stiviano, can be heard pleading with Sterling to accept her […]
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National NAACP Statement on Sterling Remarks
(Baltimore, MD) – The National NAACP released the following statement in response to the remarks attributed to Clippers owner Donald Sterling: From Lorraine C. Miller, NAACP Interim President and CEO: “Let me make it clear, the NAACP will not be honoring Mr. Sterling at the upcoming Los Angeles branch event and we have strongly urged […]
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Clippers Stage Silent Protest to Owner
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers chose not to speak publicly about owner Donald Sterling. Instead, they made a silent protest. In response to Sterling’s purported comments urging a woman to not bring black people to his team’s games, the Clippers on Sunday let their uniforms become a show of solidarity. They ran […]