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A tale of two lynchings & two very different responses
This past week’s international civil disturbances, sparked by the ‘lynching’ of a Black man in Minneapolis,  took me back four decades to the killing/murder of Earnest Lacy by Milwaukee police
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
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Pam Grier
American actress Pamela Suzette Grier was born on May 26, 1949, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Her parents were Gwendolyn Sylvia who worked as a nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier, Jr. who worked as a mechanic in U.S. Air Force. As a result, the family travelled a lot, and Grier lived in several
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May
26
1949
A Demonstration Led by NAACP
NAACP led protest demonstrations against the showing of the movie Birth of
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4
1915
ICC allows Ivory Coast ex-president Gbagbo to leave Belgium
Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo can leave Belgium under certain conditions, the International Criminal Court said on Thursday, following his acquittal last year over post-election violence that killed 3 000
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Prosper, Pierre-Richard (1963– )
Pierre-Richard Prosper is an attorney and diplomat who turned his passion for the rule of law into a global pursuit for justice for victims of the worst crimes of humanity, and accountability for the perpetrators of those
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Sep
11
2001
Man accused of raping 12-y-o facing court
The accused, a farmer of Burnt Ground, Hanover, was arrested after the child revealed details of the allegation during a dispute between the accused and her
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Burundi: Nkurunziza Could Have Won Gold, but Left Without a Medal
Pierre Nkurunziza had only a few weeks to go as president of Burundi, before handing over power to his recently elected successor, Evariste
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Female Sexual Predators and the Lil Boosie That Loves Them | Afro
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Sudan: Accused Darfur War Criminal Ali Kushayb in ICC Custody
A former militia leader accused of war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region is now in the custody of the International Criminal
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Jamaica: Dad longs for lost child 14 years later
(Jamaica Gleaner) ALTHOUGH IT has been 14 years since his five-year-old daughter was mowed down by a gunshot as she stood waiting on her dad, the pain is still fresh for Sheckton
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Nigeria coronavirus: 14,554 cases, Buhari's June 12 address stresses virus impact
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''Black Lives Matter'' protest hits South Africa
The end state will be the creation of an anti neo-colonial, anti-imperialist movement, anti new world order
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Louisiana teacher, officer face sex abuse charges for tainted cupcakes
Cynthia Perkins (left) and Dennis Perkins (right), a former teacher and sheriff's deputy, respectively, in Louisiana, face a boatload of sex abuse and child pornography
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Atlanta race riot
The Atlanta race riot of 1906 was a racist pogrom in Atlanta, Georgia (United States), which began the evening of September 22 and lasted until September 24, 1906. It was characterized at the time by Le Petit Journal and other media outlets as a racial massacre of negroes.[1] The death toll of the
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The Russell Simmons Breakfast Club Interview Is A Slap In The Face To Black Women - Blavity
Three years ago, Russell Simmons found his way into the #MeToo movement when several women accused the disgraced mogul of sexual misconduct and
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Bashir, Omar Hassan Ahmad al- (1944 - )
OmarHassan Ahmad al-Bashir (or Umar Hassan Ahmad el-Bashir) became president ofSudan in 1993 but first gained military power in 1989 during an Islamist-backedcoup. He was born in the northern Sudan village of Hosh Bonnaga in
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Kenyans Desperate After Mass Shack Evictions
Struggling with hunger, Covid-19 and death threats, the residents of Nairobi's Kariobangi shack settlement are speaking out against state demolitions that left thousands
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8 Of The Deadliest Race Riots Involving African Americans In U.S. History
The riot began with a fistfight between a white sailor and a black man who was thought to have insulted the
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'We won't forget and we won't forgive' - Sudan protesters rally one year after bloody crackdown
Khartoum – Sudanese protesters took to the streets of Khartoum on Wednesday, angrily demanding justice for scores of pro-democracy demonstrators killed a year ago in a bloody
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Powell v. Alabama (1932)
October 10, 1932, Argued
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Statue of Italian journalist who bought and married 12-year-old Eritrean is the next target of activists
The statue of one of Italy’s most revered journalists, who bought a 12-year-old Eritrean girl to be his wife during Italy’s colonial occupation in the 1930s, is being targeted by protesters – for the second
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African-American Playwrights
Playwright August Wilson once said, For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something
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Cele slams ANC's anti-police brutality campaign, says alcohol ban shouldn't have been lifted
ANC national executive committee member Bheki Cele has accused his own party of unintentionally endorsing attacks on the police by criminals and communities with its anti-racism, anti-police brutality
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Clarence Willi Norris, last surviving member of the Scottsboro Boys, died at age
Clarence Willi Norris, last surviving member of the Scottsboro Boys, died at age 76 whiel a patient at the Bronx Community Hospital. Norris was one of nine African American teenagers accused of the 1931 rape of two white prostitutes in Alabama. The case was tried several times between 1931 and 1937
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Jan
22
1989
Rwanda: Ladislas Ntaganzwa Gets Life Sentence for Genocide Crimes
The High Court Chamber for International Crimes in Nyanza on Thursday, May 28, 2020, sentenced Ladislas Ntaganzwa to life in prison for Genocide crimes he committed during the 1994 genocide against the
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Rwanda: UN Prosecutor Confirms Death of Genocide Fugitive Augustin Bizimana
Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT), which took over from the ICTR, confirmed Bizimana's death "based on the conclusive identification of Bizimana's remains in a gravesite" in Pointe Noire, the Republic of the
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America’s Black Ambassadors: A Historical Snapshot
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Oct
29
1845
Nigeria coronavirus: 17,148 cases; govt hails role of media
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Nigeria Records 717 Rape Cases in Five Months - Official
The police chief called on Nigerians to join in efforts to tackle rape and other sexual violence by ensuring prompt report of cases and working with the police to apprehend the
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What About Our Children?
In mid-May 2020, the Center of Disease Control issued a report which states, in
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