By MICHELLE R. SMITH, Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Karen DePaepe had been waiting all day for a call back from Pete Buttigieg. It was March 2012, and the 30-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, had just decided to replace the city’s first African American police chief over complaints he illegally wiretapped police […]
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Joe Biden Boosts Super Tuesday Case With Sewell Endorsement
By BILL BARROW, Associated Press Joe Biden has secured a weighty Deep South endorsement for his presidential campaign, with Alabama’s lone Democratic House member on Friday announcing her support for the former vice president. Terri Sewell marks Biden’s 11th endorsement from the Congressional Black Caucus, far outpacing any other Democratic White House hopeful. Sewell also […]
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A Look at Expected Participants in Virginia Gun Rally
By SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State officials and U.S. hate-monitoring groups are warning about the potential for violence ahead of a gun-rights rally in Virginia that’s expected to draw a mix of militias, firearms advocates and White supremacists to Richmond. Citing credible threats of violence, Gov. Ralph Northam declared a temporary […]
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Multiracial Churches Growing, Challenge for Clergy of Color
By ADELLE M. BANKS, Religion News Service KELLER, Texas (RNS) — For four hours at a megachurch outside of Dallas, pastors of color shared their personal stories of leading a multiethnic church. One, a lead pastor of a Southern Baptist congregation in Salt Lake City, recalled the “honest conversations” he had with his 10-member leadership […]
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Trump’s Black Voter Outreach Looks in Part to the Pews
By ELANA SCHOR, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the eight years since he became a pastor at First Immanuel Baptist Church, Todd Johnson says he’s seen his congregation’s politics make a subtle shift. The Philadelphia church, which recently hosted a Donald Trump campaign event reaching out to Black voters, has “more people now who […]
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Black Mayor of Racially Diverse Iowa City Backs Buttigieg
By THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Quentin Hart, the Black mayor of Iowa’s most racially diverse city, is backing Pete Buttigieg for president, giving the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor a rare boost from a minority leader as he struggles to attract voters of color. Hart told The Associated Press he […]
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Biden Picks up Colin Allred as 10th Black Caucus Endorser
By BILL BARROW, Associated Press Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday picked up his 10th endorsement from a Congressional Black Caucus member, with Texas Rep. Colin Allred’s decision underscoring the former vice president’s advantage with a crucial party constituency less than a month before 2020 voting begins. Allred also gives Biden support from another […]
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The Black Struggle in 2019: Staying aware, facing injustice and fighting for the future
By Brian 18X Crawford | J.S. Adams and Toure Muhammad |The Final Call@TheFinalCall via NNPA 2019 saw challenges and signs of a continual awakening of the Black community, even as racism and police killings remained a problem in the United States. Alongside the insults was a strong spirit of resistance and growing frustration with the […]
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Inhumane Conditions, Violence and Death Represents Everyday Life at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The conditions at Mississippi’s Parchman prison makes it one of the worst detention facilities in the world, according to reform advocates and human rights organizations. Death and violence are rampant, many inmates are without beds, and electricity, plumbing, and fundamental human rights are absent. At the […]
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley Goes Public With Alopecia and Baldness
By LEANNE ITALIE, AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. Ayanna Pressley, whose hair twists have been an inspiration to young girls and part of her personal identity and political brand, said Thursday that she has gone bald due to the auto immune condition alopecia. The freshman Massachusetts Democrat made a touching video for […]
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Leader of St. Louis Black Police Union Says Racial Bias Real
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press LOUIS (AP) — The president of a predominantly Black St. Louis police union said Wednesday that the city prosecutor’s lawsuit is correct in pointing out racial concerns in St. Louis, including biases within the police department itself. Ethical Society of Police President Heather Taylor stopped short of endorsing Circuit Attorney […]
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‘Just Mercy’ Exclusive: Stevenson Highlights Criminal Injustice
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) set the stage for a red carpet premiere of Just Mercy and more importantly offered a platform for a powerful conversation. The film tells the story of Bryan Stevenson’s (Michael B. Jordan) historic fight to get the wrongly […]