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Jackson, Joseph Sylvester
Joseph Sylvester Jackson became the first executive secretary of the newly founded Seattle Urban League when it received its charter from the national headquarters in New York in 1930.  Little is known about Jackson before 1928.  That year he graduated from Livingston College in Salisbury, North
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Minneapolis 911 Dispatcher Expressed Alarm Over Police Officers' Treatment Of George Floyd
A 911 dispatcher and two concerned eyewitnesses in Minneapolis knew that something was wrong with how officers handled the arrest of George Floyd on May
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Minneapolis City Council Agreement Bans Police Officers from Using Neck Restraints, Requires Cops to Intervene If They Witness Excessive Force
The Minneapolis City Council approved a ban on the use of neck restraints and chokeholds as part of an agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human
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'These Employees Need to be Trained Better': Jennifer Williams Speaks Out About a Time a Store Owner Accused Her of Using Counterfeit Money
On Memorial Day, a grocery store employee from Cup Foods accused Floyd of buying cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill and dialed
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Black Lives Matter Wants to Oust First Black Los Angeles DA | Afro
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For nearly three years, Melina Abdullah has led dozens of demonstrators once a week outside the Hall of Justice to call for the ouster of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey for failing to prosecute killings by police
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The Original Karens: From Emmett Till’s Accuser To The White Woman Who Sparked The Tulsa Massacre
Over the weekend, #KarensGoneWild trended on social media with jaw-dropping videos of frantic white women attacking Black women, toddlers, teenagers and grown Black
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Bail set at $750K apiece for 3 fired officers in Floyd's death
Minneapolis (BNC) – Bail has been set for the officer’s involved in the death of George Floyd at $750,000 apiece charged with aiding and abetting in the killing of George Floyd, as a memorial service took place just blocks
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Police murder of George Floyd sparks uprisings across America
From the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to the Streets of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Louisville, Atlanta, Washington, DC, and New York City, and the bright lights of the Big Apple, African Americans are expressing outrage over the police killing of George Floyd, the
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison Elevates Charges On Minneapolis Police Officers in George Floyd Murder | The Oklahoma Eagle
The former Minneapolis Police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck was charged with second-degree murder and the three other officers on scene during his killing are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder, according to court
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An ex-Police Officer Charged in George Floyd’s Death, J. Alexander Kueng, Questioned by Angry Shopper (Video)
After being charged in the police killing of George Floyd and posting bail, one of the four ex-police officers was discovered shopping freely by an angry
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George Floyd GoFundMe raises more than $11M in 5 days | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The mass protests across the country in recent days in response to the death of George Floyd have also inspired people, charitable groups, community bail funds and Democratic
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Michael Jackson
A superstar who spanned pop, disco and MTV, Michael Jackson was one of the great music heroes of the late 20th century. But by the time of his sudden death at age 50 in 2009, he was known less for his music than for his erratic behavior, wild spending, and many plastic surgeries. Jackson became
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George Floyd remembered at powerful memorial service in Minneapolis
One of the most powerful moments during the memorial service Thursday for George Floyd occurred near the end of the ceremony as attendees stood in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on
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Newswire : The killing of George Floyd sparks continued protests, outrage across the nation
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Derek Chauvin Could Still Get More Than $1 Million Pension Even If Convicted In George Floyd's Death
Hennepin County Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was recorded with his knee in George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes as Floyd pleaded for help, could still receive more than $1 million in pension benefits...even if he is convicted in
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Former MPD officer Derek Chauvin charged with murder of George Floyd
After four days of public outcry and social unrest following the fatal arrest of George Floyd on Memorial Day, fired police officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and second degree
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Family Autopsy: Floyd Asphyxiated By Sustained Pressure
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An autopsy commissioned for George Floyd’s family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes and ignored his cries of distress, the family’s attorneys said
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Minneapolis to ban police chokeholds in wake of George Floyd death
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Gabrielle Union Speaks Openly and Honestly About Lawsuit Against NBC Universal, Simon Cowell, What Needs To Change in Hollywood
Gabrielle Union is continuing her crusade against NBC Universal, Simon Cowell, and the powers-that-be at “America’s Got
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Shooting of Renisha McBride
The shooting of Renisha McBride, a 19-year-old African-American woman, occurred on November 2, 2013, in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, United States. Renisha McBride crashed her car at a street in Detroit, and then walked to a neighborhood in Dearborn Heights where she knocked on the door of
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Tyler Perry To Pay For Rayshard Brooks’ Funeral And Four Children's Education
Tyler Perry has reportedly offered to pay for the funeral expenses of Rayshard Brooks, a Black man who was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer on June
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The role insurance companies play in the brutality against Black bodies
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Noah's Ark, America's Largest Waterpark(R), Will Open June 20
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Derek Chauvin: police who forced George Floyd to breathe his last
44-year-old police officer Derek Chauvin is the man seen in a viral video holding his knee on George Floyd’s neck for more than
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NYPD To Eliminate Plainclothes Anti-Crime Units
NYPD Commissioner Dermont Shea said Monday (June 15) that the change will affect roughly 600 plainclothes officers in every precinct who will be reassigned as the department switches to focus on community-based
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Attorney General Keith Ellison charges remaining three ex-officers in George Floyd murder case
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison charged three former Minneapolis police officers Wednesday in connection with the death of George Floyd in their
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Why Does Hollywood Back Away From TV Shows About Police Brutality?
Months before, every other broadcast and cable company turned down the show about three Chicago families dealing with the fatal police shooting of an unarmed Black
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was seen kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes in cell phone video on
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