By Brianna Rhodes, Special to the AFRO In response to the announcement of Facebook bringing on civil rights activist and crisis management expert, Laura Murphy to lead a civil rights audit last week, civil rights attorney at Outten & Golden, Peter Romer-Friedman is providing more insight on the lawsuit against Facebook and its alleged discriminatory practices. […]
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SCOTUS Nominee Chosen. The Fight Begins.
By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Special to the AFRO Judge Brett Kavanaugh, 53, was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court July 9. With affirmative action, voting rights, abortion rights, immigration, the Affordable Care Act, and a Federal investigation in the balance, Kavanaugh, if confirmed, would give conservatives a legal stronghold for decades. The fight over this nomination […]
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Arlington Links Member Honored by AFRO Named National President
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO The Links elected Kimberly Jeffries Leonard as its national president, putting her in charge of one of the world’s largest and oldest women’s service organizations. The move came July 3 at the 71-year-old group’s 41st national assembly in Indianapolis, Ind. “As gatekeepers of justice and our communities, we […]
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AME Church Partners with Black-Owned Banks to Promote Prosperity
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church launched a partnership with Black-owned banks across the country in order to promote business development, homeownership and overall prosperity within the African American community. Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, president of the Council of AME Bishops, originally announced the partnership June 26 during the […]
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Will Renaissance Academy Survive?
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Nikkia Rowe, the indefatigable principal of the Renaissance Academy High School, was fired July 7; an action some community and education leaders fear portends the closure of the school, a refuge for children living in one of the most violent and impoverished neighborhoods in Baltimore. “On July 5th I […]
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$100M Lawsuit Filed Over Waffle House Shooting in Tennessee
By The Associated Press A woman whose son was one of four people killed at a Waffle House in Tennessee has filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the suspect and his father. The Tennessean reports Shaundelle Brooks filed the suit July 11 on behalf of 23-year-old Akilah DaSilva. Police say 29-year-old Travis Reinking […]
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Following Racist Posts About Maxine Waters and Michelle Obama, Prosecutor Put on Leave
By The Associated Press A Southern California prosecutor was disciplined Monday after posting to social media crude and profane comments about U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, former first lady Michelle Obama, Mexican immigrants and the victim of a police shooting. Michael Selyem, a veteran deputy district attorney who handles gang prosecutions in San Bernardino County, was […]
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Black WWII Veteran Finally Receives Proper Recognition after 76 Years
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com He correctly trained and served his country, yet was denied his just due because he was Black; 76 years later and John James, 98, is finally being saluted as a second lieutenant. James was drafted in 1941 and was planning to head to the Pacific, but after the Japanese […]
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Man Explains Why He Helped Desegregate War Memorial Plaque
By The Associated Press GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who swapped out a town’s segregated World War I plaque says he was tired of the city receiving negative attention for the memorial. Trey Ward spoke Saturday to a group of Democrats in Greenwood about installing a new plaque that listed the names […]
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NOT REAL NEWS: Waters Didn’t Suggest Immigrant for Top Court
By The Associated Press California Rep. Maxine Waters did not appear on CNN calling for the next U.S. Supreme Court pick to be an “illegal immigrant” despite a false image circulating online. The altered image was posted on the Trump Nation Facebook page June 28. It shows Waters during a CNN interview, over a banner […]
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Officer Who Used Stun Gun on Sitting Man Won’t be Suspended
By The Associated Press LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania mayor says a police officer seen on video using a stun gun on a man as he was sitting on a curb will not be suspended or fired. Lancaster Mayor Diane Sorace has said Friday that the officer has not violated current use of force […]
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MeToo’s Tarana Burke: Laying Groundwork for the Long Haul
By JOCELYN NOVECK, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Not long ago, Tarana Burke took the podium in a hotel ballroom full of admirers — a scenario that’s become somewhat familiar this past year — and told a favorite childhood tale about the time she was forced to run a three-legged race with a […]