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Kansas State, Athletes React To Offensive Tweet - Black News Channel

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State University is reviewing its options after a tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd prompted outrage from several students, including two football players who threatened to leave, the schools president said Friday. On Thursday, one month since Floyd, a Black man, died after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on his neck for nearly eight minutes, student Jaden McNeil tweeted Congratulations to George Floyd on being drug free for an entire month! University President Richard Myers said Friday that divisive statements do not represent for the values of our []

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Brooklyn Bus Driver Refuses To Transport Arrested Protesters For NYPD
After the video of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling into his neck for nearly nine minutes went viral, riots broke out not only in the Twin Cities but also in New York
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Source: MadameNoire
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From football to fashion: Kaizer Chiefs skipper Willard Katsande has style
The global coronavirus pandemic has seen the soccer star fend off boredom with pictures exploding across social media platforms.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Delaware moves whipping post from public square that was used until the '50s
You may wonder why in the world a whipping post ever existed in a public square in America
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Source: theGrio
How Minneapolis Communities React To George Floyd's Death
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Hennepin County Commissioner Angela Conley about protests that erupted in Minneapolis on Tuesday in response to the death of George Floyd in police
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Source: Stories About Black History
Jimmy Carter: Powerful People Must Say 'No More' To Racist Justice System
Jimmy Carter is the latest former president to speak out about the police killing of George Floyd, calling on people in power to provide more than lip service to improving what he termed “a racially discriminatory police and justice
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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0
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Ice Cube cancels 'GMA' appearance due to George Floyd: 'I'm in no mood'
This week, rapper turned actor/producer/director  Ice Cube canceled his scheduled appearance on Good Morning America saying that his feelings about the death of George Floyd made it impossible for him to go on TV and pretend everything was
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Source: theGrio
Trump on George Floyd's death: 'I feel very, very badly'
(Photo: (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images | the offices of Ben Crump
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Ice Cube Cites George Floyd Killing As Reason He Canceled 'GMA' Appearance
Ice Cube said on Thursday that he decided to cancel a scheduled appearance on “Good Morning America” due to the killing of George Floyd, a Black man who died on Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck while he was handcuffed and saying he
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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0
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Judge In George Floyd Case Is Worried Cops Won't Get A Fair Trial
The Hennepin County Judge handling the case of the four former officers who have been charged with killing George Floyd is concerned they won’t get a fair
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What do we tell our children, our students?
For the past few days, I, like many others have been viewing through the lens of the media, the reaction of our country to the deplorable and senseless death of yet another defenseless black person at the hands of a white police officer, a tragic mockery to the truth that Black Lives
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Source: Atlanta Tribune
Black players in professional American football
Details of the history of black players in professional American football depend on the professional football league considered, which includes the National Football League (NFL); the American Football League (AFL), a rival league from 1960 through 1969 which eventually merged with the NFL; and the
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Source: ThoughtCo
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Kevin Hart Speaks Out on George Floyd's Death, Says He Wants Police to Stop Ignoring the Problem
With people protesting George Floyd’s death across the United States, many have been vocal about looting and property damage that has followed some of the
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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information
Morehouse College president responds to criticisms regarding gift from Netflix CEO | The Atlanta Voice
A generous donation of $120 million to historically Black institutions Morehouse College, Spelman College and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin has sparked much criticism from HBCU students who feel their institutions are excluded from such
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Nation’s Streets Calmest in Days, Protests Largely Peaceful
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protests were largely peaceful and the nation’s streets were calmer than they have been in days since the killing of George Floyd set off sometimes violent demonstrations over police brutality and injustice against African
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Source: Black America Web
Courier exclusive: Car tries to drive through protest, but protesters say no way (video)
On Saturday, May 30, thousands of people descended upon Downtown Pittsburgh to protest the unjust killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, by a White Minneapolis police officer, Derek
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Source: Charges for 3 Officers Involved in Floyd’s Death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The three other officers on the scene when a member of the Minneapolis police force pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder, and the murder case against the main officer is being upgraded to second-degree, a newspaper reported
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Violent protests rock Minneapolis for 2nd straight night
A man poses for a photo in the parking lot of an AutoZone store in flames, while protesters hold a rally for George Floyd in Minneapolis on Wednesday, May
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Source: theGrio
Gov. Walz Calls In Minnesota National Guard After Destructive Protests Over George Floyd's Death In Police Custody
(The Center Square) – Gov. Tim Walz called in the Minnesota National Guard Thursday night before the third night of violent
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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media
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Police Officer Who Knelt on George Floyd’s Neck Arrested, Charged With Murder
The former Minneapolis police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed Black man who later died was arrested Friday after the incident sparked days of unrest and protests in the
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Source: The Washington Informer
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The Wyoming Black Fourteen (1969)
The Wyoming Black Fourteen were African American members of the 1969 University of Wyoming (UW) football team who protested playing a game with Brigham Young University (BYU) because of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’s ban on black males holding the priesthood in the church and
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Virgil Abloh Breaks Silence On Looting Comments And $50 Donation Backlash
Fashion designer Virgil Abloh issued a lengthy statement on Monday in response to criticism of his earlier remarks about people looting stores amid protests over the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police
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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0
Protesters mass near White House for 2nd day
The Latest on the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck (all times
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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News
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Newswire : Trump says he’ll deploy military to states if they don’t stop violent protests
Escalating his rhetoric during a period of roiling national crises, President Trump on Monday threatened to deploy the U.S. military to cities or states that don’t take “necessary” actions to halt violent protests, saying the armed forces will “quickly solve the problem for
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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper
Michelle Obama: 'I’m Exhausted By A Heartbreak That Never Seems To Stop'
Former first lady Michelle Obama said it was “up to all of us — Black, white, everyone” to root out racism as she responded on social media to the death of George
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'Delete This': Nene Leakes Voices Her Opinion About Looting and Fans Are Upset
In response to an eruption of violence in Atlanta during protests following the death of George Floyd, Nene Leakes, an original cast member of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” has taken to Instagram to voice her opinion about the
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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information
'Racism is an ongoing public health crisis that needs our attention now', says APHA | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
The following statement was released by the American Public Health Association following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police on May
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Source: BlackDoctor | Health News On Fitness, Nutrition & Weight Loss - BlackDoctor
Netflix Series to Dramatize Kaepernick’s Path to Activism
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colin Kaepernick is joining with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a Netflix drama series about the teenage roots of the former NFL
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Source: Black America Web
Minnesota governor activates National Guard as protests continue
Police fire tear gas at protestors on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, during the second day of protests over the death of George Floyd in
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Source: theGrio
Not a place for a parents political views - Six-year-old kicked out Arkansas daycare for wearing #BLM shirt - Face2Face Africa
There’s uneasy tension at Russellville, Arkansas, where a six-year-old was thrown out of daycare for wearing a shirt with the inscription, “Black Lives Matter.” After attending daycare at ‘His Kids Preschool’ for six months, Journei Brockman was informed on Friday she was no longer wanted,Fox 16
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Protests Erupt in Atlanta, Both Peaceful and Riots, In Response to Black American Deaths
Noted thus far in year 2020 are three renowned killings: Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, and George Floyd in
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