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Lewes Bonfire Night – the annual parade which occurs on November 5th each year to celebrate the date of the uncovering of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 By Malaika Jabali ·Updated February 1, 2024
A white South Carolina couple who reportedly “harassed, assaulted, and threatened their neighbors,” including burning a cross next to their Black neighbors’ home, may be forced to move.
Worden Butler, 28, and Alexis Hartnett, 27, prove that racism doesn’t
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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated February 1, 2024
February 1 marks two important dates for Black people in America—while most associate it with the start of Black History Month, this day is also known as National Freedom Day. Today is also the result of a decades-long push by a Black man who was committed to celebrating our freedom from the institution of slavery.
National Freedom Day commemorates the date President Abraham Lincoln signed
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By Melissa Noel ·Updated February 1, 2024
Months after a beloved Massachusetts nurse was found dead inside a car in the parking garage of Boston’s Logan International Airport, authorities have arrested the man accused of her murder.
The Massachusetts State Police reported that Kevin Kangethe, a Boston-area man wanted for the murder of 31-year-old Margaret Mbitu, was arrested by authorities in Kenya on Monday night at a nightclub in Nairobi.
Kangethe fled to Kenya
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 10: (L-R) Rachel Noerdlinger, Benjamin Crump, Mylan Denerstein, Alphonso David, Ayana Parsons and Arian Simone attend a press conference with attorney Benjamin Crump and Founders Of Nation’s leading black women-owned venture capital fund in response to discrimination lawsuit on August 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated January 31, 2024
On Wednesday, the legal team for the Fearless
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By Melissa Noel ·Updated January 31, 2024
A statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson was stolen from a Kansas park last week. On Tuesday, the statue was found dismantled and burned in what authorities are calling a “disgraceful” act.
According to the Associated Press, the statue was stolen from McAdams Park’s League 42 youth baseball facility last Thursday, which was named after the number that Robinson wore.
When responding to the report of a
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Credit: George Frey / Getty Images By Melissa Noel ·Updated January 31, 2024
Utah is the latest state in the country to pass a bill banning diversity training, hiring, and inclusion programs at universities and in state government.
After passing the Utah House and Senate, the bill now heads to the state’s Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican expected to sign it into law.
According to the Associated Press, Cox, entering the last year of
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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated January 31, 2024
With youth crime rates increasing in D.C., one organization in the nation’s capital is committed to changing the “course” of Black youth who might need productive outlets.
“The National Links Trust, a 501(c)(3) non profit, is dedicated to positively impacting local communities across the United States by protecting and promoting accessible, affordable and engaging municipal golf courses,” reads the website.
Their first project: three municipal courses
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By Safire R. Sostre ·Updated January 30, 2024
In the late 1800s, a group of formerly enslaved people embarked on a year-long journey from the Deep South to the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, where they built a community called the Kingdom of the Happy Land. The group was led by Reverend William Montgomery and his wife, Louella—the only known Black woman in U.S. history to rule as queen in America.
Award-winning author
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By Melissa Noel ·Updated January 29, 2024
New York City Councilman Yusef Salaam, a member of the Exonerated Five, says an NYPD officer pulled him over without being provided an explanation.
The traffic stop reportedly occurred on Friday night in
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