By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Former Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed on “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert that he’s seriously considering running for president in 2020- an announcement that received major cheers from the crowd. Despite the support from Colbert’s audience, in a post-Obama, “Make America Great Again” era, which many argue has […]
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Board Recommends Cosby be Found a Sexually Violent Predator
By The Associated Press Bill Cosby should be classified as a sexually violent predator, according to an assessment issued by Pennsylvania’s Sexual Offenders Assessment Board. A court document filed by the Montgomery County district attorney’s office July 24 asks to schedule a hearing on the assessment so a judge can make the final determination of […]
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Black Female Pilot Makes History in Alabama National Guard
By The Associated Press An Alabama woman has made history as the first Black female pilot in the state National Guard’s history. News outlets report that 2nd Lt. Kayla Freeman of Huntsville graduated from Fort Rucker’s Army Aviation School last month, following her 2016 graduation from Tuskegee University where she was enrolled in the Reserve […]
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White Man Arrested in ‘Prison-Style’ Stabbings of Black Women
By The Associated Press The hunt for a man police say killed an 18-year-old woman in an unprovoked knife attack in the San Francisco Bay Area ended where it began: In a train station. John Cowell, 27, a recently paroled robber with a violent history, was peacefully arrested on an Antioch-bound train Monday night about […]
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Models Fight Racism with Beauty
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com A swimwear company is taking heat after allegedly turning models away because they were too Black during Miami Swim Week auditions; yet the scandal is ushering in a new wave of wokeness as industry influencers and sites are trying to raise awareness on the importance of inclusion in fashion. […]
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Civil Rights Suit Planned After 911 Caller Killed by Police
By The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for a woman who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer after she called 911 to report a possible assault are working on a civil rights complaint. Justine Ruszczyk Damond was shot by former Minneapolis police Officer Mohamed Noor in July 2017. Ruszczyk was engaged to Don […]
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Detroit Business Owner Spits on Black Man in Parking Dispute
By The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A parking dispute at a social justice gathering in Detroit ended with a White business owner spitting on a Black security guard, who captured the altercation on video and posted it on Facebook. Ibrahim Mission was providing security at the event Tuesday when Detroit Mercantile Co. owner Robert […]
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Falsely Accused Black College Students Get Apology
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The city manager and police chief in a suburban St. Louis town apologized Thursday to a group of Black college students after police wrongly accused them of a dine-and-dash and used several squad cars to escort them back to a restaurant. Washington University in St. Louis. (Courtesy Image/Logo) Clayton […]
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Survivor Recounts Boat Accident That Killed 9 Family Members
By MARGARET STAFFORD, Associated Press BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — “Grab the baby!” Those were the last words Tia Coleman recalls her sister-in-law yelling before the tourist boat they were on sank into a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, including nine of Coleman’s family members. A huge wave hit, scattering passengers on the vessel known as […]
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‘Traveling While Black’ guidebooks May be Out of Print, But Still Resonate Today
By Cotten Seiler, Dickinson College (THE CONVERSATION) In the summer of 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state of Missouri. Modeled after the international advisories issued by the U.S. State Department, the NAACP statement cautioned travelers of color about the “looming danger” of discrimination, harassment and violence at the hands of Missouri […]
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Ga. Democrat Shows the Way for Other Black Women in Politics
By BILL BARROW and ERRIN HAINES WHACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Democrats have long pointed to a Georgia electorate that is increasingly urban and less White as a sign they may be able to break the Republican hold on statewide offices. This year, after previous disappointments, their gubernatorial candidate has already made history as […]
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ACLU Sues D.C. Cop Over “Humiliating” Stop-And-Frisk
By Lenore T. Adkins/Special to the AFRO The American Civil Liberties Union of D.C. on July 18 filed a lawsuit on behalf of a 39-year-old Black man who alleges a D.C. police officer grabbed his genitals and stuck his fingers between his buttocks in a stop-and-frisk that went viral last summer. The lawsuit alleges that […]