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A letter from three civil rights icons reveals a key moment in Black history
LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL
According to Philadelphia’s fire department, a fire at a public housing building in killed at least 12 people on Wednesday morning. The dead in the two-unit rowhouse in Philadelphia’s Fairmount district include eight children.
Maxine McNair, who was the last living parent of the four African American girls murdered in a 1963 Alabama church bombing by the Ku Klux Klan, died on January 2, 2022 at 93.
Gainey’s inauguration and swearing-in were held virtually because of COVID-19 with limited in-person attendance in the council chambers. He took the oath of office just before 2 p.m., the judge getting emotional while speaking about the moment’s historical impact.
Georgia Judge Timothy Walmsley sentenced three White killers of 25-year-old Black Ahmaud Abery to life in prison, two without possibility of parole. One, William “Roddy” Bryan, now 52 will have to serve a mandatory 30 years, before being eligible for parole. The defendants appealed their conviction and sentencing. The three are likely to die in Georgia prisons as Ahmaud Arbery’s family requested at the sentencing hearing.
The United States reported 1.34 million Covid cases on Monday, according to an NBC News tally, with the daily case rate shattering global records as hospitalizations soared across the country.
The culprit in the 1995 rape and murder of 14-year-old Nacole Smith was identified after nearly 30 years of investigation by Atlanta police.
Mother of AJ Stewart Says Son Died in Race-Motivated Killing, Demands Accountability