Former Florida Supreme Court Judge Joseph W. Hatchett (Wikipedia/Public Domain) By The Associated Press The first Black man to serve on the Florida Supreme court has died. Joseph W. Hatchett was 88. The court announced May 1 that Hatchett died in Tallahassee. No cause of death was given. Hatchett was the first African American on […]
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Black Freedmen struggle for recognition as tribal citizens
LeEtta Osborne-Sampson is pictured outside her home April 26, 2021, in Oklahoma City. Sampson-Osborn, a Seminole Freedman who has a tribal identification card and serves on the tribe’s governing council, said when she went to the Indian Health Services clinic to get a vaccination in February, a worker at the clinic told her the Seminole […]
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Prosecutors seek higher sentence for Chauvin in Floyd death
In this April 15, 2021, file image from video, prosecutor Jerry Blackwell speaks as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill discusses motions before the court in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File) By Amy Forliti The Associated Press […]
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The importance of getting vaccinated
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume For over a year now our country has been struggling with a once-in-a-century pandemic. It has been a heavy burden for us to carry. We have watched as loved ones were taken from us. We have lived in fear that we, or someone else we cared for, would be the next […]
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Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression condemns the third police murder in the past month
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER POLICE MURDER There is a way to stop police killings and make communities safe Chicago police have executed yet another young person on the streets, following yet another chase, following yet another unexplained attempted arrest. Anthony Alvarez is dead, and his family and Chicago mourns. Police body cam and surveillance video show […]
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US indicts 3 on hate crime charges in death of Ahmaud Arbery
This combo of booking photos provided by the Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center, shows from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. The Justice Department announced federal hate crime charges against the three men Wednesday, April 28,2021, in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a Georgia man who was killed while […]
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Student-athletes for an anti-racist society
Jelani Williams (lef) and Michae Jones (Image credit_ Eric Sucar) By Written by Kristina García and Greg Johnson It is hard being a young person in America right now, says Chaz Howard, vice president for social equity and community and university chaplain at the University of Pennsylvania. “It’s doubly hard being a young Black person […]
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Field Negro: Please don’t shut up after you dribble
LeBron James (Photo via New Pittsburgh Courier) By New Pittsburgh Courier Newsroom A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender why the NBA playoffs isn’t on the big screen television. The bartender says that the owner has banned all NBA games in the establishment because of LeBron James and his attitude. That wasn’t a lame […]
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Megan Sayles to join AFRO staff in June
Megan Sayles (Courtesy Photo) By Rev. Dorothy Boulware AFRO Managing Editor The AFRO is thrilled to welcome Megan Sayles, a Report for America journalist, who will come on board, June 1, to cover the business beat. She’s graduating in May from the University of Maryland with dual undergraduate degrees in multi platform journalism and government […]
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Lawmakers seek to stop DOJ use of algorithms and ‘dirty policing’
According to www.nextgov.com, predictive policing involves law enforcement officials implementing mathematical and predictive analytics and other technology-based techniques to pinpoint potential crimes. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE — Eight Democratic lawmakers have taken exception to the use of algorithms that automate policing decisions, raising their concerns with the U.S. Department of Justice this week. […]
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President Biden tackles Black maternal health with new executive orders
The Administration has invited all states to provide full Medicaid benefits during pregnancy and the extended postpartum period. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE — Recent data show that Black women are roughly two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than non-Hispanic White women. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
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Majority of all U.S. children are those of color
(Photo courtesy NNPA) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In 2019, there were more than 73 million children in the United States – making up 22 percent of the nation’s population. Children of color made up 49.8 percent of all children, and more than half of the 19.6 million children under […]
