“We’re here fighting for transparency,” Crump said. “We don’t need you to narrate it for us. Black people have eyes. You have eyes. You saw the video.”
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James A. Crosby, 49, of Binghamton, was arrested June 23 by New York State Police after investigators determined he posted a threatening comment on a WBNG 12 News Facebook post. “I’d be proud to hang her from a tree,” Crosby wrote, according to WBNG.
THE CAROLINIAN — Hattie Wooten Lewis opened the Lewis Hotel in Raleigh, North Carolina, nearly a century ago, creating a vital refuge for Black travelers during segregation. The hotel was one of only two establishments in Raleigh listed in The Negro Motorist Green Book, a guide that helped Black Americans find safe places to stay. Lewis, an alumna of Shaw University, also provided housing for students, making the City & Local Guides
Thousands of Haitians living in Florida under humanitarian protections could be deported because of a Thursday, June 25 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Carolyn E. Howell and Amber Batchelor, founders of Destination Must Visit® Tourism Alliance, Inc., have reached a major milestone after their Black woman-led 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization was awarded a $2.4 million contract to strengthen tourism and hospitality in College Park, Georgia, a suburb of Metro Atlanta. Their organization is legally registered to do business in the states of both Maryland and Georgia.
With the passing of Rosetta Miller-Perry, founder and publisher of the Tennessee Tribune, Black America has lost a courageous publisher, a civil rights advocate, an entrepreneur, and a woman whose life’s work ensured that our stories would never be ignored.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision has dramatically altered the future of hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants living in the United States, clearing the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti and move forward with deportation efforts.
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed down a significant 5-4 decision that preserves the ability of states to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive within a legally established grace period. The ruling rejects an effort backed by President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee to invalidate such ballots, reinforcing the authority of states to administer their own elections.
AFRO-AMERICAN – WASHINGTON — THE AFRO — “The white artists in the first generations of rock and roll would acknowledge where their music was coming from. They would talk about the fact that they were being influenced by Black American music,” said Maureen Mahon, professor of music at New York University (NYU). “But the people who were writing about it or retelling the story didn’t make that the focus. The emphasis was on the white artists.”
Logan Wells, a rising senior from Columbia, South Carolina, has been crowned Miss South Carolina’s Teen, becoming just the second African American woman to earn the title in the past 24 years. Her historic victory follows the groundbreaking achievement of Danielle Wilson, who was crowned in 2002 and remained the only African American titleholder until Wells’ recent win.