Tag: African-Americans
Chicago suburb set to pay reparations, but not all on board
EVANSTON, Ill. — When Teri Murray tried to buy her first home in 1968, searching this leafy college town for the perfect place, she...
Knoxville’s Black community protests after student deaths
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — His final plea was uttered quietly but urgently.
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San Francisco OKs task force to study Black reparations
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco officials on Tuesday approved a task force that will study financial compensation, community programs and other ways to make...
States push back against use of facial recognition by police
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about...
Lawsuit seeks Confederate statue’s removal from courthouse
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Civil rights advocates sued a Maryland county on Wednesday to seek the court-ordered removal of a Confederate monument from a...
Top US general urges greater racial diversity in military
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military must widen opportunity and improve advancement for Black service members, who remain vastly underrepresented in some areas, including among...
Cardinals create scholarship to honor Black trailblazer
TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals have created the Adele Harris Scholarship to honor the 50th anniversary of Harris becoming the first Black female...
Review: A Black teen on trial in Netflix drama ‘Monster’
“ Monster,” a courtroom drama starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Hudson and Jennifer Ehle that's premiering Friday on Netflix isn’t actually new...
EXPLAINER: No evidence ‘3/5 compromise’ aimed to end slavery
WASHINGTON — It's a claim that has surfaced and been debunked before, but Republican lawmakers in recent days have given it new voice: the...
Man with neo-Nazi ties gets 3 years for bogus threats, calls
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A former neo-Nazi leader was sentenced to more than 3 years in prison Tuesday for his role in a conspiracy...
