The domestic agenda facing President-elect Donald Trump will be a hefty one, political analysts and other experts said. “It’s huge,” said Hilary Shelton, the NAACP’s senior vice president for advocacy and policy, of the task awaiting Trump. President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump walk with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. on […]
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Spelman Grads Plan Grand Gesture for Obama’s Final Day in White House
Saying “Thank You” can be a simple, yet powerful affirmation. And, Spelman College graduates Bejidé Davis and Amanda Washington Lockett want to shower President Barack Obama with thousands of “Thank Yous” on his last official day in the White House, Jan. 19, 2017, to celebrate his stellar service as the nation’s commander-in-chief. “Before the results […]
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Black Guerilla Family Leader Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Black Guerilla Family (BGF) leader Mark Bazemore, 31, has been sentenced to life in prison for racketeering and drug conspiracies related to his involvement in the gang. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar this week also sentenced other BGF members Michael Smith Jr., 30, of Baltimore, to 327 months in prison; and Timothy Hurtt, 45, […]
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Trump in His Own Words: ‘Laziness is a Trait in Blacks’
To hear Donald Trump tell it, he’s the “least racist person on Earth” and doesn’t have a racist bone in his body—but then that’s what a lot of bigots say. In fact, like those of his ilk, he further claimed to LOVE “the Blacks,” “the Hispanics,” “the Muslims” and whichever group he happens to be […]
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Clerk, Lavinia Alexander, Dead at 62
Lavinia Alexander, who succeeded long-time Baltimore City Circuit Court clerk Frank Conaway Sr. after his passing in 2015, died Nov. 8 of a heart attack at Sinai Hospital at age 62, according to media reports. Baltimore City Circuit Court Clerk, Lavinia Alexander. (Courtesy Photo) “We are profoundly saddened by the untimely death of our clerk […]
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Ala. State Univ. President Gwendolyn Boyd Suspended
The ink was barely dry on the contract signed by Alabama State University President Gwendolyn Boyd when fractures began to appear in her relationship with the institution’s Board of Trustees. Last week, those fissures grew into a chasm when the board voted 8-6 to put Boyd on administrative leave, citing yet-to-be-publicized charges that undermined its […]
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Mich. Students Heckle Latino Classmates with Chants of “Build the Wall”
The vitriolic rhetoric of the presidential campaign has made its way into the nation’s schools. On Nov. 9, one day after polarizing figure Donald Trump was elected as the 45th president of the United States, students at a Michigan middle school broke out in chants of one of his controversial slogans. (Screengrab from video on […]
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Baltimore Police Chaplains Ride-Along with God
The uneasy, sometimes hostile relationship between law enforcement and communities of color has taken center stage as one of the pressing social issues of this time. And while solutions abound, some say the situation clearly highlights the need for God in policing. “We are out there trying to bring a spiritual presence to policing,” said […]
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Trump Victory: The Plight of African Americans has Suddenly and Drastically Changed
The newspaper headlines were likely already written, announcing Hillary Clinton as the first woman to take the helm of the White House. Instead, in the stunning culmination to a brutal and vitriolic campaign, real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump clinched the race Nov. 8 to become the 45th president of the United […]
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John Legend Decries NAACP’s Call for Moratorium on Charter Schools
Superstar John Legend, a passionate advocate for the African-American community on a myriad of social issues, has publicly come out against the NAACP’s stance on charter schools. Last month, the organization’s Board of Directors ratified a resolution calling for a moratorium on charter schools until stronger oversight had been established. In this March 2, 2016, […]
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University of Michigan Launches $85 Million Diversity Plan
Black student enrollment at Michigan universities has fallen since the state enacted a ban on affirmative action in 2006. The law has forced college administrators to seek other, sometimes less effective, means of boosting campus diversity and inclusion, even though studies show the ban has had a chilling effect on such efforts. The University of […]
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Black Novelist Paul Beatty Becomes First American to Win Prestigious Man Booker Prize
African-American novelist Paul Beatty was named the 2016 winner of the Man Booker Prize this week, becoming the first American to ever win the prestigious award annually given to the writer of what is judged to be the best original novel written in the English language. The 54-year-old New Yorker, an associate professor at Columbia […]