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Winners Shared Family Conversations About Money BOSTON, MASS. – OneUnited Bank, the largest Black-owned bank in the U.S., is proud to announce the winners of its…

     PEOPLE has learned that a 3-year-old boy was killed when 150 gunshots were fired into their great-North grandmother’s Carolina home on Tuesday night.

     Atlanta based eco-friendly company Goodr Co. and rapper Gunna partner to place a free clothing and grocery store in local Atlanta middle school. The newly-opened Goodr Grocery Store and Drip Closet is working to provide resources to underserved and underprivileged communities.

     Lee Daniels, the director of the Oscar-winning 2009 film, Precious, announced some new changes he has made in the film. Daniels mentioned that he sent his white crew home because they couldn’t light the Black actors’ skin properly.

      The alleged “evil” work culture of abuse, racism, and prejudice at “one-size-fits-most” fashion business for teen girls Brandy Melville has been uncovered in a shocking exposé.

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-Missouri), Dr. James Hildreth, Dr. Ebony Hilton, and Olympic record-setter Allyson Felix, each received recognition for their excellence and commitment to the Black community and the world at-large.

      Two former Stockton, California officers were indicted by a grand jury in connection with their alleged beating of a Black teenager at the end of a car chase in 2020.

 Early Saturday, a small group gathered in Washington D.C. to express support for those trapped in a web of accountability after    the Jan. 6 attack on the capitol. While this isn’t the first attempt to reframe the attack on the capitol as something other than insurrection, disregarding the low turnout event could be a mistake.  

     Crump has established himself as one of the nation’s foremost lawyers and advocates for social and racial justice.

“Through her willingness to sit, Rosa Parks stood up for what she believed in,” Beatty said. “As a state legislator, I was proud to lead the push to make the Buckeye State the first state to officially recognize Rosa Parks Day. It’s now time for us to come together as a nation to honor this American hero through a new national holiday.”