Roseville Church Vandalized With Racist Graffiti Just Before Sunday Service

Minneapolis Police Station Torched Amid George Floyd Protest

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and angry demonstrations flared across the U.S over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white

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Why Do So Many Christians Vote Democrat Not Republican? - ThyBlackMan

45% of Catholics and 39% of “Protestant/Other-denomination” Christians voted Democrat in the 2016 Presidential Elections, according to Pew. In other words, Christians have the power to swing the 2020 election—and a responsibility to exercise this power in a way that upholds Biblical values and

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The Real-Life Racist Killings Depicted in That Haunting Candyman Trailer

On Wednesday, director Nia DaCosta tweeted out a stunning new trailer for her upcoming Candyman film, along with a brief explanation of the themes she’s exploring in the

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African Americans have long defied white supremacy and celebrated Black culture in public spaces | Dallas Weekly

Protesters at the Richmond, Virginia monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee on June 18, 2020. Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images By Shannon M. Smith, College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University From Richmond to New York City to Seattle, anti-racist activists are getting results

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Police and Protesters Clash in Violent Weekend Across The US

ATLANTA (AP) — Protests took a violent turn in several U.S. cities over the weekend with demonstrators squaring off against federal agents outside a courthouse in Portland, Oregon, forcing police in Seattle to retreat into a station house and setting fire to vehicles in California and

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'White Lives Matter' painted on African American monument

The statue of African American tennis legend Arthur Ashe on Richmond, Virginia's, Monument Avenue has been vandalised with the words "White Lives Matter", a phrase used as a banner by far-right

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US agents to pull back in Portland but will stay on standby - Black News Channel

By Gillian Flaccus and Mike Balsamo Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Some federal officers guarding a U.S. courthouse that's been targeted during violent protests in Portland will leave in the next 24 hours, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday. But the Trump administration's insistence that

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Saweetie Is The Queen Of Fly Nail Art And Her Latest Manicure Is A Must-See

And now that they are slowly reopening in cities across the country, it’s time to scroll through Instagram for nail art

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In Germany, George Floyd's Death Sparks Protests — And Artwork That Honors His Life

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Mayor’s Mural Crew adapts to COVID-19 needs - The Bay State Banner

The end of August marked the 29th completed year of The Mayor’s Mural Crew, a program that employs high school students from around Boston to create murals and public art projects citywide. This year the Mural Crew employed nearly triple its typical number of students in an effort to provide

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Virginia To Take Down Robert E. Lee Statue

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is planning to announce on Thursday the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in

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Tenants call for ‘rent strike’ against Wilkinsburg’s biggest landlord — and fear retaliation | New Pittsburgh Courier

by Rich Lord When Reed Van Schenck saw his photo in the window of his landlord's office, along with a sign saying he was 'wanted for questioning' by Wilkinsburg police, the effect was 'terrifying,' he said. 'I knew I had not done anything wrong,' Van Schenck, a graduate student at the University of

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Youth Works Revitalizing Communities and Self Esteem One Hood at a Time – Free Press of Jacksonville

Jacksonville Youth Works Inc. (JYW) was designed to help young adults between the ages of 15-24 become productive members of society with their Workforce Development and Self-Sufficiency

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A controversial Confederate monument goes down in Atlanta suburb

A DeKalb County judge last week ordered the relocation of the 30-foot obelisk at Decatur Square after the city argued it’d become a threat to public safety during recent protests

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Newswire: Statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass vandalized in Rochester, New York Park

By Nina Golgowski, Huffington Post A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in an upstate New York park over the weekend, authorities said, prompting concerns that the act may have been revenge for the nation’s ongoing removal of Confederate monuments.The vandalism in

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AP FACT CHECK: Trumps see-no-evil posture on coronavirus | The Atlanta Voice

President Donald Trump’s persistent see-no-evil posture on coronavirus testing — if you don’t look for the virus, the cases go away — defies both science and street sense. Yet he took it a step further with a comment suggesting that testing be restrained so the pandemic doesn’t look so bad. His

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Portland Protesters: Federal Cops In Unmarked Vans Are Grabbing Us Off The Street

Oregon's governor is accusing President Donald Trump of blatantly abusing his power.

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Sherrette Spicer: ‘Lady Freedom’ Seeks Justice

By Je’Don Holloway Talley For the Birmingham Times When most in high school wanted to become doctors and lawyers, Sherrette Spicer knew she wanted to chart a different path. Spicer wanted to become an activist. “I marched, lobbied, organized, and worked to formulate policies because activism is

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Va. Judge Issues New Injunction Barring Removal Of Robert E. Lee Statue

The injunction was imposed right after the judge dismissed a different legal challenge attempting to stop the statue's removal from Monument Avenue in Richmond.

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Plainclothes NYPD Officers Throw Woman Into Unmarked Van During Peaceful Protest (Video)

According to The Gothamist, plainclothes New York Police Department (NYPD) police officers swooped down on a young woman during a protest and swiftly placed her into an unmarked vehicle. The…

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GOP portrayal of urban mayhem doesn’t always match reality - TheGrio

At almost every turn at the Republican National Convention, speakers from the president on down portrayed American cities like Portland, Oregon,... View Article The post GOP portrayal of urban mayhem doesn’t always match reality appeared first on TheGrio.

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Monuments and Statues Are Falling. But What Comes Next?

TIERRA AMARILLA, N.M. (AP) — The dusty town of Tierra Amarilla perches in the shadows of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Here, five decades ago, this poor northern New Mexico community saw one of the most violent clashes in civil rights history when armed Mexican American ranchers raided

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Surfing Confronts Sport’s Racist Past After George Floyd’s Death – Free Press of Jacksonville

Surfer Marc Chavez, founder of the San Diego nonprofit Native Like Water, which offers surf camps for Indigenous youth, said localism is a form of racial

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Calling all allies: This is your moment!

If you are out there painting half your face black to show outward solidarity with Black Lives Matter, you are not a true

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Four Minneapolis Officers Fired After Death of Black Man

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was

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Virginia city removes 176-year-old slave auction block

The 800-pound (363-kilogram) stone was pulled from the ground at a Fredericksburg street corner early Friday after the removal was delayed for months by lawsuits and the coronavirus pandemic, The Free Lance-Star

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#StayWoke2020: The Oklahoma Eagle Editorial Inactive Barriers, Tulsa Crime Orientation And Eddie Warrior Correctional | The Oklahoma Eagle

Inaction Or Bureaucratic Barriers Will Not Erase Mural No other way to say it, but the City of Tulsa’s response to the Black Lives Matter mural is embarrassing and backward. Citing obscure city ordinances and unfounded fears the reaction to the bright yellow letters on Greenwood has not been a call

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A Look At Protests In Richmond Over Independence Day Weekend : NPR

July 4th was tense in Richmond as residents continue to clash over the movement to remove Confederate statues in the city.

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2 shootings, 2 days: In Kenosha, a microcosm of US strife | The Atlanta Voice

A Black man, accosted by police on a domestic dispute call, is left with bullet wounds in his back that will likely keep him from ever walking again. A white 17-year-old, rifle in hand, strolls past authorities untouched amid cries that he just gunned down three people protesting the Black

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2 Shootings, 2 Days: In Kenosha, a Microcosm of US Strife - Voice and Viewpoint

JENNIFER PELTZ and RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Associated Press A Black man, accosted by police on a domestic dispute call, is left with bullet wounds in his back that will likely keep him from ever walking again. A white 17-year-old, rifle in hand, strolls past authorities untouched amid cries that he

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