Tag: African-Americans
JBS settles Muslim discrimination lawsuit for $5.5 million
DENVER — JBS Swift & Company will pay up to $5.5 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the meatpacking company discriminated against Muslim...
Boston leadership tangled in series of scandals
BOSTON — Boston’s leaders are scrambling to tamp down a series of political crises.
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Crews work again to reopen George Floyd Square to traffic
MINNEAPOLIS — City crews returned early Tuesday to a Minneapolis intersection where a memorial to George Floyd was assembled after his death last year...
Another official resigns over censored Memorial Day speech
HUDSON, Ohio — Both organizers of a Memorial Day ceremony have now resigned under pressure after they silenced a retired U.S. Army officer’s microphone...
Study: Racial diversity stagnated on corporate boards
NEW YORK — Many U.S. companies have rushed to appoint Black members to their boards of directors since racial justice protests swept the country...
French court rules discrimination behind students’ ID checks
PARIS — Overturning a lower court decision, a Paris appeals court ruled on Tuesday that discrimination was behind humiliating police identity checks on three...
Martha White dies, sparked ’53 Louisiana capital bus boycott
BATON ROUGE, La. — Martha White, a woman whose actions helped launch the 1953 bus boycotts in Louisiana's capital city, has died. She was...
Black pastors in Georgia press for federal voting bills
ATLANTA — Black church leaders in Georgia vowed Tuesday to keep up their fight for federal voting rights legislation, with one pastor urging President...
Retailers shine a spotlight on Black-owned beauty brands
NEW YORK — When Rose Ingleton launched her own namesake skincare line two years ago, she couldn't break into the big chains and was...
CMT to honor Black country music pioneer Linda Martell
NEW YORK — Linda Martell, one of the pioneers for Black acts in country music and the first Black woman to perform solo at...
