The friendship between former President George W. Bush and former first lady Michelle Obama seems like an anomaly in an increasingly partisan political sphere. Former President George W. Bush (left) and former First Lady Michelle Obama (right). (AP Photos/LM Otero and Pablo Martinez Monsivais) But Bush, this week, told People Magazine that, as unlikely as […]
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Sessions Reverses Obama Initiative of Reducing Private Prisons
In one of his first acts as attorney general of the United States, former U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions has reversed an Obama administration policy to reduce the reliance on private prisons. FILE – In this Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, then-Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation […]
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DNC Elects Maryland’s Tom Perez Chair Amid Intense Party Leadership Campaign
Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez defeated Congressional Black Caucus member Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., on Feb. 25 to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Party after a tense race that mirrored dynamics of the 2016 presidential primary. Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez, who is a candidate to run the Democratic National Committee, speaks […]
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White Supremacist Flyers Posted Around Indiana University
The FBI is investigating the posting of White supremacist flyers on the doors of faculty and scholars of color on the campus of Indiana University at Bloomington, Ind. White supremacist flyers found on the campus of Indiana University. (Screengrab from news video) “These flyers were clearly meant to intimidate, threaten, scare and provoke anger among […]
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Historian Lawrence Jackson Returns to Baltimore, Takes up Position at Johns Hopkins
Author and historian Lawrence Jackson has returned home to Baltimore as a Bloomberg distinguished professor of English and history at Johns Hopkins University. Author and historian Lawrence Jackson. (Screengrab from YouTube video) Jackson is known for his scholarship on African-American culture and literature. He wrote a 2002 biography of writer Ralph Ellison, author of the […]
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MLK’s Niece Condemns Reading of Coretta Scott King’s Letter on Senate Floor
The niece of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is claiming U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren pulled the “race card” in denouncing Sen. Jeff Sessions, President Trump’s choice for the next U.S. attorney general. On Feb. 7, Warren took to the Senate floor to voice her opposition to the nominee, quoting from a 1986 letter written […]
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Louisiana Sued for Violations of Black, Poor Defendants’ Rights
A class action suit has been filed in Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Court alleging that an overwhelming number of the Black, indigent defendants in the state are being systematically denied their constitutional right to adequate counsel. The complaint names as defendants Gov. John Bel Edwards, current members of the Louisiana Public Defender Board and the state’s […]
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Ga. Officials Apologize for 1940 Lynching of Black Teen
On Sept. 8, 1940, a 16-year-old Negro boy was lynched in the town of LaGrange, Ga., with little to no fanfare, and certainly no justice for his death. Almost 80 years later, town officials have acknowledged the injustice done to Austin Callaway during a recent event at LaGrange’s Warren Temple United Methodist Church before a […]
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Documentary Offers Solutions to Discord between Police and Communities of Color
It was June 2012 when A.J. Ali was stopped by police in Howard County, Md., simply, he said, for “walking while Black.” It was the sort of commonplace experience shared by Black men and boys throughout the United States; the sort of racially-based profiling that has spawned nationwide protest, civil unrest and the birth of […]
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New Documentary Offers Solutions to Discord between Police and Communities of Color
It was June 2012 when A.J. Ali was stopped by police in Howard County, Md., simply, he said, for “walking while Black.” It was the sort of commonplace experience shared by Black men and boys throughout the United States; the sort of racially-based profiling that has spawned nationwide protest, civil unrest and the birth of […]
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Pending Ouster of Morehouse President Mired in Controversy
Another HBCU is facing turnover at its helm as Morehouse College’s board this month decided not to renew President John Wilson’s contract. Morehouse College President John Wilson. (Twitter Photo) Wilson, who graduated from the elite Georgia institution in 1979 and became its 11th president in November 2012, will serve out the end of his contract […]
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Emmett Till Trial Courtroom to be Transformed into Digital Museum
In the summer of 1955, the gruesome murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till galvanized the Civil Rights Movement. Now, the courtroom where his murderers were acquitted is being transformed into an interactive history museum. Photo of 14-year-old Emmett Till (Courtesy Photo) David Tell, an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Kansas, is leading […]