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Merit vs. DEI

“He [President Trump] is sanctioning…employment discrimination,” says Marc Morial, the President and CEO of the National Urban League. Morial said he has talked to McDonald’s executives who recently dropped their […]

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Battle of the Schools: Dancing With the Scholars XIIII Honors Legacy of William O. Lockridge

The William O. Lockridge Community Foundation hosted its annual fundraiser, Dancing with the Scholars, at THEARC on Nov. 4 to honor the organization's namesake and celebrate his work, legacy and teachings. The post Battle of the Schools: Dancing With the Scholars XIIII Honors Le

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Robert C. Davidson

Robert C. Davidson, Jr. was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Surface Protection Industries, a paint and specialty coatings manufacturing company he founded in 1978. Under Davidson’s leadership, the company grew to become the largest African- American-owned manufacturing company in

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Meet the College Coach Who Has Helped Students Earn Over $40M in Scholarships

Atlanta, GA — Tameka Williamson, founder of College for Free, an award-winning Atlanta-based organization committed to helping students avoid the student loan debt crisis and attend college for free, has helped students earn more than $40 million in

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Juneteenth honors the memory of those who have lost their lives to racial violence

—General Order No. 3 as read by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, Galveston, Texas, June 19, 1865

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Black Business Group Takes AB 5 Independent Contractor Fight to Gov. Newsom

The letter, signed by the organization’s president Salena Pryor, argues that the state’s costly plan to enforce AB 5 would only exacerbate that at this time, when California is facing a massive $54 billion deficit and the state’s unemployment rate is 24 percent, it would be fiscally imprudent to

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Opinion: The intersection of rage, fear and hope

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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System

In the following article Professor Malik Simba, an historian at California State University, Fresno describes his professional and personal odyssey that led to the writing of his book, Black Marxism and American Constitutionalism: From the Colonial Background through the Ascendancy of Barack Obama

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News Brief: Minn. Protests, Texas COVID Testing Sites, Trump Tweet

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The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington

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Opinion: The intersection of rage, fear and hope

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High Court sets aside $20m award to ex-Vindra Naipaul-Coolman accused – Trinidad Tribune

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Justice Joan Charles - A HIGH Court judge has set aside the $20 million award to the nine men who were freed of the murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman. On Wednesday, Justice Joan Charles ruled that the civil claim

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African-American Organizations of the Progressive Era

The National Association of Colored Women was established in July of 1896. African-American writer and suffragette Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin believed that the best way to respond to racist and sexist attacks in the media was through social-political activism. Arguing that developing positive

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Smith, Charles Z. (1927-2016)

On July 18, 1988, Charles Z. Smith became the first African American to serve on the Washington Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court by Washington’s then Governor Booth Gardner and was subsequently elected to his position on the court for a two-year term in 1988. Justice Smith was elected

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Op-Ed: The Intersection Of Rage, Fear And Hope

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Dewitty, Thelma (1912-1977)

Thelma Dewitty was the first black teacher to be hired by the Seattle Public Schools. She had been a teacher in Corpus Christi, Texas for 14 years and began her Seattle teaching career in September 1947, after intervention on her behalf by the Seattle Urban League, NAACP, the Civic Unity

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Rice, Norm (1943- )

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Jonathan Majors' Assault Trial Began Today | WATCH | EURweb

*(CNN) — The trial in the assault and harassment case against Marvel actor Jonathan Majors began today in New York City. The case stems from a March 25 domestic dispute involving Majors and his former girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. Majors has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and aggravated

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Investigate Not Just Ahmad’s Death, But The System That Let His Killers Escape

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Dr. Cornelius Golightly (1917-1976): The Life of an Academic and Public Intellectual

In the following article Michigan State University professor John McClendon explores the remarkable life of little know early 20th Century black intellectual Cornelius

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Civil rights supporters caravan from Atlanta to Brunswick for Ahmaud Arbery

Justice Caravan from Atlanta to Brunswick in response to the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery Saturday, May

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Safe & Sound’s Bridget Robinson promoted to senior director of operations and administration

Safe & Sound announces that Program Director Bridget Robinson will be promoted to Senior Director of Operations and

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Mathews, Meredith (1919-1992)

Prominent social and civic leader in African American Seattle, Washington, Meredith Mathews was born in Thomaston, Georgia on September 14, 1919. He attended public schools in Georgia and then moved to Ohio for college. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce University in

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Loss of a Legend: Noted TSU Professor Dr. Thomas F. Freeman dies at 100

Dr. Thomas F. Freeman, a legend, educational icon, and sage to innumerable students at Texas Southern University, passed away on Saturday, June 6, following a brief illness at age

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Council advances plan to dismantle Minneapolis Police Dept.

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Operation Equity

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