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Activist Tamika Mallory Slams Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron: ‘He’s ‘No Different Than The Sellout Negroes That Sold Our People Into Slavery’

Derek MajorSeptember 29, 2020September 29, 2020

by Derek MajorSeptember 29, 2020September 29, 2020326

Tamika Mallory called Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron a "coward" for failing to directly charge the officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor...

Criminal Justice Reform News Politics

Black State Representative Charged With Setting Library on Fire During Breonna Taylor Protest

Dana GivensSeptember 28, 2020September 28, 2020

by Dana GivensSeptember 28, 2020September 28, 20201236

On Friday, Kentucky representative, the state legislature's only black woman representative, Attica Scott was arrested by police officers and charged with felony riot charges. ...

Education News

Texas Teacher Fired For Refusing To Stop Wearing Black Lives Matter Mask

Dana GivensSeptember 26, 2020September 25, 2020

by Dana GivensSeptember 26, 2020September 25, 2020914

Former charter school teacher Lillian White was fired from Great Hearts Western Hills after she refused o stop wearing Black Lives Matter masks....

News

Breonna Taylor’s Mom: ‘I Have No Faith in the Legal System’

Derek MajorSeptember 25, 2020September 25, 2020

by Derek MajorSeptember 25, 2020September 25, 20201135

Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor said Kentucky's Attorney General Daniel Cameron was not up to the job of achieving justice for her daughter....

News

4 White Iowans Arrested After Black Man’s Body Found Burned in Ditch

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 25, 2020September 25, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 25, 2020September 25, 20202903

After finding the body of a Black man burned in a ditch in Iowa, authorities have arrested three white men and one white woman in...

News

Former LAPD Sergeant on Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron: ‘He Is Skinfolk, Not Kinfolk’

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 25, 2020September 25, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 25, 2020September 25, 20205491

Former LAPD Sergeant Cheryl Dorsey has come out against Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and stated, "I understand that he is skinfolk, not kinfolk"...

News Politics

Black Voters In North Carolina Are More Than Twice As Likely To Have Mail-in Ballots Rejected Than Any Other Race

Derek MajorSeptember 25, 2020September 25, 2020

by Derek MajorSeptember 25, 2020September 25, 2020983

A new study found ballots mailed-in by Black voters were rejected at more than twice the rate of any other race. ...

Entrepreneurship Health and Wellness

Former Correction Officer Creates Largest Virtual Gathering of Social Workers To Address Racism

Dana GivensSeptember 24, 2020September 24, 2020

by Dana GivensSeptember 24, 2020September 24, 2020870

A former corrections officer decided to use her voice to transition into a new career of social work and created a virtual gathering to address...

News

Ex-Cop Says Atlanta Police Worked With Land Developers to Arrest and Evict Black Residents

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 24, 2020September 24, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 24, 2020September 24, 202010367

A white Atlanta police officer says he quit his job after finding out the police department was working with developers to arrest and evict Black...

Politics

The House of Representatives Pass Anti-Hair Discrimination Bill, The CROWN Act

Dana GivensSeptember 24, 2020September 24, 2020

by Dana GivensSeptember 24, 2020September 24, 20202874

The House of Representatives announced that has passed the CROWN Act to protect Black Americans wearing natural hairstyles from discrimination in the workplace or at...