By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — All three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting that […]
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A pregnant woman’s lynching resonates through the generations
By GABRIELLE LEWIS, VICTORIA IFATUSIN and JAMILLE WHITLOW The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism It was May 18, 1918, and Mary Turner was grieving. Her husband, Hayes Turner, had been […]
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Family of unarmed man killed by Colton Police to receive record $5.4M
Attorney says, ‘This case has taken far too long for justice.’ Los Angeles, Calif. – Civil rights attorney Carl Douglas (O.J. Simpson, Douglas/Hicks Law) has announced that the three young […]
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On a mission to shed light on the Slocum Massacre
By VICTORIA IFATUSIN, GABRIELLE LEWIS and JAMILLE WHITLOW The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism PALESTINE, Texas — Every weekend, beginning when she was 14, Constance Hollie-Jawaid would head to the […]
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Newspapers falsely reported Slocum Massacre as a race revolt
By VICTORIA IFATUSIN, GABRIELLE LEWIS and JAMILLE WHITLOW The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism SLOCUM, Texas — White men bought ammunition and stopped at saloons on a hot summer day […]