Tag: African-Americans
Charleston shooter lawyer: Racist delusion showed incapacity
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation was wrongly...
Tennessee bans teaching critical race theory in schools
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is the latest state to ban teachers from teaching certain concepts of race and racism in public schools.
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Senate confirms Brooks-LaSure to run health care programs
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick to run U.S. health insurance programs, putting in place a key player who’ll...
Colorado ends ‘legacy admissions’ for higher education
DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday making the state a leader in the nationwide effort to ban legacy admissions at...
High court won’t hear case of Ohio driver killed by police
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court decision that the family of a Black driver who was fatally shot...
Floyd’s death laid bare the ‘Minnesota Paradox’ of racism
MINNEAPOLIS — George Floyd's death under a white Minneapolis police officer's knee severely tarnished Minnesota's reputation as a progressive state on matters of race....
Georgia park with giant Confederate carving approves changes
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The board overseeing a mountain park near Atlanta with a giant carving of Confederate leaders voted Monday to relocate Confederate...
Black man’s death in Mississippi: Lynching or suicide?
SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. — On the night of Feb. 8, 2018, Willie Andrew Jones Jr. and Alexis Rankin argued in the car on the...
Charleston church shooter making appellate arguments
COLUMBIA, S.C. — FOR USE SUNDAY MAY 23
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Floyd legislation reveals divide in police-reform movement
NEW YORK — Monifa Bandele became a community organizer in the late 1990s, after New York City police fatally shot a young, unarmed Black...