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Three Officers To Face Trial For Death Of Third Grader Killed After Football Game
Three former police officers have been charged with killing an eight-year-old when they fired 25 shots at a moving car as a nearby crowd left...
Mississippi Man Charged With Hate Crime For Cross Burning
A Mississippi man has been charged with a federal hate crime and arson violations after he burned a cross in his front yard to “threaten,...
Dawn Wright Becomes First Black Person To Explore Earth’s Deepest Point
An oceanographer, known as “Deep-Sea Dawn” has gone where no other Black person has ever gone before. At 61, Dawn Wright descended to the planet’s...
Why You Should Know The Work Of These Africa-America Institute Honorees
For almost 70 years, The Africa-America Institute (AAI) has worked to improve the global understanding of Africa and its diaspora and increase educational opportunities for...
3 Times Stacey Abrams Matched Atlanta’s Energy
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Jackson State University Preserves Visual Legacy With Getty Images Grant
With the help of a Getty Images Photo Archives Grant for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Jackson State University has digitized thousands of photos...
Ex-Cop Won’t Have To Register As A Predatory Offender For George Floyd’s Murder
A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd was...
HBCU Week Returns To The White House For Annual Conference
The annual National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Week Conference kicked off in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, September 20. This conference aims to address...
School Bus Driver Fired After Physically Pushing Black Students To Sit In The Back
The Georgia school bus driver seen shoving two Black school children captured on a fellow student’s cellphone footage has been arrested and fired. According to...
Woman’s Rape Kit Sat Untested For Almost A Year Before Eliza Fletcher’s Murder
The man accused of kidnapping and murdering heiress Eliza Fletcher—a year after allegedly raping another woman at gunpoint—was due before a judge in Memphis on...