Following a 10-month investigation into the extrajudicial killing of Alton Sterling, Louisiana’s Attorney General Jeff Landry announced that his office would not pursue criminal charges against the officers involved.
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Lee attended the Florida March for Black Women, where she was the youngest guest speaker. Lee says, “one of my greatest moments while attending was to see not only people that look like me, but people who were my age and interested in creating change too.”
Florida Black Owned Media Collaborates with Black Political Structure In Central Florida
When Black Women Go High, So Do their Men
We in the Black community must vote like our lives depend on it … because they just might
On March 19, several civil rights groups filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to release the contents of the agency’s redacted memo referred to in government documents as the “Race Paper.”
Lost in all of this is a harsh reality that should not be forgotten by anyone who cherishes Dr. King’s life and commemorates the anniversary of his death: fostering true equality between the races is, at best, difficult.
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Hattie Carroll (1911-1963) was a 51-year-old restaurant server who was murdered by a white aristocrat, 24-year-old William Devereux Zantzinger (1939-2009) who struck her with a cane, because she took too long to serve him a drink, during The Spinsters’ Ball, an event at the old Emerson Hotel in Baltimore.
Philanthropic investments in the Black community