Indictment in Atlanta Murders

Death of Eric Garner

On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner died in Staten Island, New York City, after a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer put him in what has been described as a chokehold for about 15 to 19 seconds while arresting him. The New York City Medical Examiners Office attributed Garners death to

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Jul

17

2014

Shooting of John Crawford III

The shooting of John Crawford III occurred on August 5, 2014. Crawford was a 22-year-old African-American man shot to death by Beavercreek police officer Sean Williams, in a Walmart store in Beavercreek, Ohio, near Dayton, while holding a toy BB

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Aug

5

2014

Ahmaud Arbery's mother to Breonna Taylor's mother: 'Don't give up'

Wanda Cooper-Jones, Lee Merritt (TMZ

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Harris County DA Kim Ogg explains officer-involved shootings on new video

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg released a video this week explaining the process that goes into investigating officer-involved

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Too many African American children are born in shackles

Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist—often created by red-lining— worsened by savage inequality of schools and health care and job

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Brown, Lee P. (1937- )

Lee Patrick Brown, known as “The Father of Community Policing,” became the first African American Mayor of Houston, Texas in

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Source: Black Past

Dec

6

1997

Jefferson, William J. (1947-- )

William J. Jefferson is a former Democratic politician who represented Louisiana’s Second Congressional District from 1991 to 2009. He was the first African American congressman elected from the state since Reconstruction. His career ended in a bribery scandal that resulted in his conviction in

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Source: Black Past

Jun

4

2007

Gladys Knight

Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the Empress of Soul,[1] [2] is an American singer–songwriter and actress. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner,[3] Knight is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group

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Source: BlackHistory.com

May

28

1944

Investigate not just Ahmad's death, but the system that let his killers escape

The 64-year-old former police investigator and his 34-year-old son who are charged in his death told police he thought Arbery looked like a man suspected in several break-ins in the

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Mentally ill man facing extradition - Gov’t yet to make decision on two-decade-old request

AN EXTRADITION request by United States (US) authorities for a mentally ill Jamaican man wanted for murder in the state of New York was lodged at the Ministry of Justice for over a decade with no action, officials have

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

‘This is Why Stevie has Custody’: Fans Trash Joseline Hernandez’s 'Raunchy' Photo

What sent the post over the edge is that Hernandez was lying on the floor upside down on a money bag towel, stylized money bags surrounding her, and her legs wide open as she placed her left hand in her

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Justice Department Will Investigate Ahmaud Arbery’s Death As A Hate Crime According To Family’s Attorney

The U.S. Justice Department will look for evidence to launch a hate crime investigation into the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, according to family attorney S. Lee

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Trotter, William Monroe (1872-1934)

WilliamMonroe Trotter was a major early twentieth century civil rights activist knownprimarily for launching the first major challenge to the political dominance ofTuskegee Institute founder Booker T. Washington and as an inspiration for the formation of theNational Association for the Advancement

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Source: Black Past

Apr

7

1934

How Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed Eric Garner's killing, was prosecuted by the FBI

In 2014, Eric Garner was killed on Staten Island, New York when an officer Daniel Pantaleo, put Garner in a chokehold while a group of cops tried arresting him on accusations that included

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Cam Newton Signs One Year Deal With The New England Patriots

As spotted on ESPN the Atlanta native has signed a deal with the New England

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Source: Black America Web

Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama

In the article below, Kimberley Mangun, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, describes her ongoing research on the Birmingham (Alabama) World and its longtime editor, Emory O. Jackson. Mangun is writing a cultural biography of Jackson and the

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Source: Black Past

DCPS Elementary Graduates Celebrated for Academic Success During COVID-19.

(ThyBlackMan.com) William Jackson of My Quest to Teach and Aida Correa of Love Built Life are educators, business owners, STREAM activists that are honoring graduating 5th grade students from Crown Point Elementary School and Venetia Elementary School with academic awards and

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Ahmaud Arbery shooting weighs heavily on black legal professionals

Like others across the nation, Randolph has been closely following the Ahmaud Arbery shooting

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Kamala Harris's Police Reform Push Becomes Running Mate Tryout

Kamala Harris’s push for police reform in the Senate is shaping up as an audition for the job of Joe Biden’s vice president, as she makes herself a highly public voice for change after years as a no-nonsense prosecutor.By promoting a bill to ban police chokeholds and make other changes -- and by

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Source: https://www.newsmax.com

Gordone, Charles (1925- )

Charles Gordone was born Charles Edward Fleming on October 12, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio to parents William and Camille Fleming. He took his stepfather’s surname of Gordon when his mother remarried when he was five years old. The family moved to Elkhart, Indiana, his mother’s hometown, when Charles

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Source: Black Past

Nov

13

1995

Body camera: Dying man pleads 'save me' during Taser arrest | Dallas Weekly

AUSTIN, Texas (AP), July 9, 2020 — A black man died in custody last year after sheriff’s deputies in Texas repeatedly used stun guns on him, despite his pleas that he was sick and couldn’t breathe, according to recently released police video and

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Chambers, Julius L. (1936-2013)

Julius LeVonne Chambers was a twentieth century African-American civil rights activist and lawyer. Born October 6, 1936, to William and Matilda Chambers in Mt. Gilead, a small town in Montgomery County, North Carolina, he faced segregationist laws from birth. Opportunities for young black people

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Source: Black Past

Klobuchar defends prosecutor background amid African-American uneasiness with her as Biden’s VP

Former Vice President and Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden addresses the unfolding situation in Minnesota and the killing of George

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Shoeless Joe Jackson

Shoeless Joe Jackson , byname of Joseph Jefferson Jackson (born July 16, 1888, Greenville, S.C., U.S.—died Dec. 5, 1951, Greenville), American professional baseball player, by many accounts one of the greatest, who was ultimately banned from the game because of his involvement in the 1919 Black

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Source: Brittanica

Jul

16

1888

Abe Attell

Abe Attell , byname the Little Champ (born February 22, 1884, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died February 7, 1970, New Paltz, New York), American professional boxer, undisputed world featherweight champion from 1906 through 1912. Attell was from a poor Jewish family and began his boxing career

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Brown, William Wells (1814?-1884)

William Wells Brown was an African American antislavery lecturer, groundbreaking novelist, playwright and historian. He is widely considered to have been the first African American to publish works in several major literary genres. Known for his continuous political activism especially in his

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3 men indicted on murder charges in killing of Ahmaud Arbery

Three white men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man fatally shot while running in a neighborhood near

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Danielle Geathers Becomes MIT’s First Black Woman Student Body President

Just weeks after it was announced that Princeton University graduate Nicholas Johnson made history by becoming the school’s first-ever Black valedictorian, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has elected its first African American woman student body president, CNN

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How an African-American led a campaign to have 176-year-old slave auction block removed

Eventually, the block which sat at the corner of William and Charles streets with a small, ground level, bronze plaque reading: “AUCTION BLOCK, Fredericksburg’s Principal Auction Site in Pre-Civil War Days for Slaves and Property,” was removed by the City of Fredericksburg on Friday, June

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(1866) Mississippi Black Codes

1. CIVIL RIGHTS OF FREEDMEN IN MISSISSIPPI

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