Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, First Army Commander Lt. Gen. Thomas S. James and Illinois National Guard Deputy Assistant Adjutant General – Army Brig. Gen. Mark Jackson listen to Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs Acting Director Linda Chapa LaVia speak during the Gold Star Mothers Luncheon The Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs Gold Star Mothers Luncheon […]
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As police encounters increase, so does need for ‘The Talk’
Antjuan Williams, in a YouTube video created in 2020, having “The Talk” with his 8-year old daughter Arriell Skye Williams. (Screenshot from YouTube video) By Dwight Ott, Philadelphia Tribune Correspondent via The New Pittsburgh Courier Eight-year-old Arriell Skye Williams was having “The Talk” with her father Antjuan Williams on a YouTube video created in 2020. […]
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CDC vows partnership with Black press on vaccination awareness
Dr. Walensky reiterated that she and the CDC enjoy the full support of the Biden-Harris Administration in its racism and health initiatives. (Photo courtesy NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I was on a Zoom in my office with Dr. Fauci when the verdicts came in,” Dr. Rochelle Walenksy, the director of the Centers for Disease Control […]
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Victim, advocate raises awareness of sexual violence
According to statistics by Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), an American gets sexually assaulted every 73 seconds. (Courtesy of unsplash) By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and though that’s a good thing, it can have certain pitfalls. According to sexual assault victim and advocate Jennifer […]
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The police killing of Ma’Khia Bryant raises the same questions
MaKhia Bryant, 16, seen here with her mother Paula Bryant was gunned down April 20, by Columbus, Ohio police officer Nicholas Reardon, just moments before the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict was announced in Minneapolis. Bryant was engaged in an altercation at the foster home where she lived and allegedly was wielding a knife when she […]
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George Floyd’s murderer convicted: key events, witnesses in the case
(Screenshot from video/YouTube0 The following stories were written by Morgan State University multimedia journalism students. May 25, 2020: Police were called in a Minneapolis neighborhood because there was a report of a “drunk man” who used counterfeit money to buy cigarettes. When police got there, they drew their guns immediately and ordered George Floyd, 46, […]
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Facebook Journalism Project Accelerator participants announced
30 North American Newsrooms Join the Facebook Accelerator David Grant Facebook Accelerator Program Manager Dorrine Mendoza Local News Partnerships We are thrilled to announce 30 news organizations joining the Facebook Journalism Project’s Accelerator programs for reader revenue in North America. More than half (55 percent) are owned or led by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian and/or […]
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Observations from a long, consequential trial
By Mary Moriarty, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder I was asked by a journalist what the Derek Chauvin verdict means to this city. After pausing briefly, I said, “Everything.” Many, especially in the Black community, have never seen accountability in the criminal legal system for White officers who kill Black men. And many still believe there will be […]
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Ex-cop Derek Chauvin guilty: Justice for George Floyd
Since the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 millions of people around the globe have marched in protest of his murder, police brutality and systemic racism. April 20 was the day disgraced former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all counts for Floyd’s murder. Hundreds gathered peacefully and solemnly posed for […]
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Black soldier mistreatment common even before Virginia case
In this Dec. 5, 2020, file frame from Windsor, Va., police body camera, Lt. Caron Nazario is helped by an EMT after he was pepper-sprayed by Windsor police during a traffic stop in Windsor. The episode was a grim reminder to many Black Americans that even being in military uniform doesn’t necessarily protect them from […]
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Hester Ford, oldest living American, dies at 115 … or 116?
Hester Ford at her birthday celebration. (Photo by Troy Hull via social media) By The Associated Press A North Carolina woman who grew up picking cotton, got married at 14 and went on to become the oldest living American with more than 120 great-great-grandchildren has died peacefully in her home, according to her family. Hester […]
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U.S. lawmakers host historic session on reparations legislation
“The markup of H.R. 40 by the Judiciary Committee is a major step toward the creation of a long-overdue national commission to study and develop reparation proposals. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The House Judiciary Committee on April 14 passed legislation to advance legislation that establishes […]