By Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Amir Locke, an aspiring singer and entrepreneur who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on Feb. 2 during a no-knock raid, was remembered as sharp and charismatic at his funeral at Shiloh Temple International Ministries on Thursday. Karen Wells, Locke’s mother, remembered him during a speech to mourners. “My son called […]
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Alabama building honoring KKK leader to add Black student’s name
By The Associated Press, A University of Alabama building named for a former governor who led the Ku Klux Klan a century ago will also bear the name of the first Black person to attend the school, trustees decided. Graves Hall, an academic building named for two-term Gov. Bibb Graves, a progressive who also was […]
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Video shows struggle that preceded restrained Black teen’s death
By The Associated Press Surveillance video shows a Black 17-year-old struggling with staff at a Wichita juvenile center last fall before he died after he was restrained facedown for more than 30 minutes. Sedgwick County released 18 video clips late Jan. 21 of what happened before Cedric Lofton was rushed to a hospital on Sept. […]
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A racist caricature ran on newspaper fronts for decades
Hambone’s Meditations cartoon: The Hambone’s Meditations cartoon, created by a cartoonist for The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., ran in newspapers throughout the South, sometimes on their front pages. The racist caricature was created in 1916 and continued running in the Commercial Appeal until 1968. By BRITTANY N. GADDY The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism […]
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Newspapers called lynching of Black Mississippi woman ‘mysterious affair’
By BRITTANY N. GADDY The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism COLUMBUS, Miss. — The Columbus Dispatch and The Columbus Commercial for decades published information that condoned the lynching of African Americans. But one incident was so heinous that it prompted The Columbus Commercial to write that those who lynched a Black Mississippi woman should be […]
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Columbus, Mississippi, newspapers were not innocent bystanders to racist violence
By BRITTANY N. GADDY The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism COLUMBUS, Miss. — In a roughly 150-square-foot room on the second floor of The Commercial Dispatch, the newspaper of record for Columbus and surrounding Lowndes County, Mississippi, are large, heavy bound volumes of old newspapers stacked on wooden shelves. They date back to at least […]
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For scores of years, newspapers printed hate, leading to racist terror lynchings and massacres of Black Americans
By DENEEN L. BROWN The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism For decades, hundreds of white-owned newspapers across the country incited the racist terror lynchings and massacres of thousands of Black Americans. In their headlines, these newspapers often promoted the brutality of white lynch mobs and chronicled the gruesome details of the lynchings. Many white reporters […]
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George Floyd memorial statue in New York City defaced again
A sculpture of George Floyd, one of three sculptures as part of the “SEEINJUSTICE” art exhibition that also feature the likenesses of Breonna Taylor and John Lewis, is unveiled as Floyd’s brother Terrence, second from left, looks at Union Square in the Manhattan borough of New York. The statue honoring Floyd was vandalized on Oct. […]
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Last house in historic Black community of Rosewood may become museum
In this May 4, 2004, photo, living survivor of the 1923 violence in Rosewood, Fla., Robie Allenetta Mortin, is comforted by Florida Rep. Ed Jennings Jr. after he unveiled the Rosewood, Florida Historical marker at a dedication ceremony. (Photo: Doug Finger/AP) By Lane Degregory The Associated Press via Tampa Bay Times The house needs a […]
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#WordinBlack: Policing in schools: How Black, Brown, Indigenous and students with disabilities are criminalized at higher rates
(Photograph by R.D. Smith/Unsplas) By Maya Pottiger This story was produced as part of a collaboration with the Center for Public Integrity and USA TODAY. Since the summer of 2020, there has been a lasting national focus on the relationship between the police and Black people in this country. One of the bigger conversations has surrounded the role of police officers […]
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Ex-prosecutor indicted for misconduct in Ahmaud Arbery death
25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. (Courtesy Photo) By Russ Bynum The Associated Press A former Georgia prosecutor was indicted Sept. 2 on misconduct charges alleging she used her position to shield the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery from being charged with crimes immediately after the shootings. A grand jury in coastal Glynn County indicted former […]
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Russell Simmons, Erica Ford continue decades-long tradition uplifting mothers of murder victims
Hip-hop legend and business mogul Russell Simmons and community activist and leader Erica Ford come together each year to treat dozens of mothers to a dinner of both remembrance and of bonding. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA Newswire) – While enjoying a plate of oxtails splashed atop an ever-desirable bed […]