Tag: African-Americans
Public reaction to killings at Atlanta-area massage parlors
Reactions to the shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors that left eight dead, mostly women of Asian descent:
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Curry, WNBA players receive Jackie Robinson award from NAACP
SAN FRANCISCO — NBA star Stephen Curry is drawing acclaim from civil rights leaders for his work campaigning for social justice, his support of...
Civil rights leaders unite around California ethnic studies
SAN FRANCISCO — As America reels from its latest spate of deadly hate crimes and racism, educators and civil rights leaders in California called...
With striking of Black juror, Floyd activists see racism
MINNEAPOLIS — A prospective juror who once lived in the neighborhood where George Floyd was arrested told the attorney for an ex-officer charged in...
Man who killed 2 at supermarket pleads guilty to hate crimes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky man serving a life sentence in prison for fatally shooting two shoppers at a grocery store has pleaded guilty...
Florida House OK’s campus ‘viewpoint diversity’ measure
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Republican-led effort promoting ideological diversity on college campuses won approval Thursday in the Florida House after sparking debate over intellectual...
Faith leaders get COVID-19 shot to curb vaccine reluctance
WASHINGTON — More than two dozen clergy members from the capital region rolled up their sleeves inside the Washington National Cathedral and got vaccinated...
White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report says
NEW YORK — White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League provided...
Collaboration with police divides social workers across US
CHICAGO — Rayshard Brooks was killed last June when Atlanta police responding to a report of a man asleep in a car blocking a...
Movement for Black Lives opposes George Floyd Justice Act
DETROIT — The Movement for Black Lives is opposing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, arguing the bill doubles down on reform strategies...
