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Justice Speaks
By Editorial Board of The Washington Post THE JUSTICE Department said two things about Ferguson, Mo., last week, both of which should make Americans uncomfortable. First, federal officials announced that they did not have evidence showing that police officer Darren … Continue reading
Hip-Hop Has Gone Global, But Its Still Black Culture
By Suede Jury Damn. My dad loved a lot of music. Thanks to him, all my Sundays still feel like George Benson’s “Breezin” or “Astral Weeks” by Van Morrison. He wouldn’t make a good party DJ though; his mix game … Continue reading
SAE Proudly Touts Association To The Confederacy On Its Website
By Ian Millhiser Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE), the fraternity that was kicked off of the University of Oklahoma’s campus Sunday night after video emerged of some of its members singing a racist chant that celebrates lynching, proudly touts its history … Continue reading
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Tagged fraternity, prejudice, race, racism, SAE, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, University of Oklahoma
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Anthony Hill, Unarmed, Naked Black Man, Fatally Shot By Police Near Atlanta
By Reuters * Officer had taser on him at time of shooting * *Man ran at officer, did not stop when ordered to * *Police chief: Man may have had mental illness* A white, Atlanta-area police officer shot dead a naked … Continue reading
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: U.S. Territories
John Oliver is dropping some serious knowledge to us all.
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Tagged HBO, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, race, racism, television, United States, video, voting
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Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed
By Ari Berman Congress can’t agree on much these days, but on February 11, the House unanimously passed a resolution awarding the Congressional Gold Medal—the body’s highest honor—to the foot soldiers of the 1965 voting-rights movement in Selma, Alabama. The … Continue reading
In Selma, GOP Lawmakers Explain Why They Don’t Support John Lewis’ Bill To Restore Voting Rights Act
By Alice Ollstein Dozens of members of Congress, and many more Republicans than ever before, came to Selma this week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the infamous attack on voting rights protesters known as Bloody Sunday. Some lawmakers told … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Bloody Sunday, congress, John Lewis, justice, law, politics, race, racism, Voting Rights Act
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Alabama state trooper who killed black activist in 1965, sparking Selma march is deathly ill and ‘wants nothing to do with all that stuff going on down there’: daughter
By Rich Schapiro James Bonard Fowler won’t be anywhere near Sunday’s march in Selma. The former Alabama state trooper who killed black activist Jimmie Lee Jackson in 1965 — galvanizing the civil rights movement — is deathly ill and “wants … Continue reading
Colin Powell: ‘I Was Shocked But Not That Surprised’ By Ferguson Report
By Jack Jenkins Former Secretary of State Colin Powell weighed in on America’s ongoing struggles with race on Sunday, saying he was “not that surprised” by reports of racism in local police departments and asking law enforcement officials to do … Continue reading
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Tagged Colin Powell, Department of Justice, discrimination, Ferguson, Mike Brown, police, race, United States
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