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How Eleanor Roosevelt Worked to Stop Her Husband Approving Japanese Internment Camps During World War II
In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, rumors of sabotage and imminent further attacks found fertile ground in the minds of a nervous American public. In a press conference shortly after inspecting the damage, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox attributed (without evidence) their precision in hitting military targets…
Testimony Begins in Hate Crimes Trial For Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers
(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — Prosecutors began calling witnesses Tuesday in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. Two men who live in the neighborhood where Arbery was pursued and killed were the first two witnesses to testify. They were asked about what they saw that day. Next, an investigator…
The Legacy of the Reconstruction Era’s Black Political Leaders
At least 19 states passed 34 laws restricting access to voting in 2021, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law limiting the number of drop boxes for ballots; in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law banning 24-hour and drive-thru voting. The laws came after record turnout…
Brian Flores’ Lawsuit Shows the Limits of Diversity Initiatives
While mountains of studies and the paucity of African Americans in most professions have long signaled the prevalence of hiring discrimination, the insidiousness of the practice typically makes it difficult to prove. It’s why the recent lawsuit filed by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores–who alleges the New York Giants and the Denver Broncos…
FBI Investigates Bomb Threats at Black Colleges as Potential Hate Crimes
(WOODSTOCK, Ga.) — A caller who threatened to blow up a historically Black university in Florida—one of numerous threats made against schools across the nation—described an elaborate plot involving seven bombs hidden in duffel bags and backpacks around the school’s perimeter, a Florida police chief said. In a 20-minute phone call, the caller said the…
Historically Black Universities Lock Down Over Series of Bomb Threats
The FBI and ATF are investigating the bomb scares, which came one day before the start of Black History Month
Louisiana Gov. Pardons Homer Plessy, 125 Years After SCOTUS ‘Separate But Equal’ Ruling
On Jan. 11, 1897, Homer Plessy pleaded guilty in a New Orleans district court for sitting in a whites-only train car, eight months after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Louisiana’s Separate Car Act and a doctrine of “separate but equal” legislation that made way for segregation laws across the U.S. Now, nearly 125 years later,…
Jussie Smollett Convicted of Lying to Police Over ‘Staged’ Attack
A prosecutor said the verdict was “a resounding message by the jury that Mr. Smollett did exactly what we said he did”
3 Men Found Guilty of Felony Murder Charges in Trial Over Killing of Ahmaud Arbery
The nearly all-white jury delivered a sweeping conviction of Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William Roddie Bryan Jr.
The Day I Passed for White
As a light-skinned Black woman, I have purposefully passed for white only once in my life. Which is not to say I haven’t passed unintentionally many times—especially as a young adult, away from home for the first time. When white folks around me vented their subterranean racism (“Black kids only get into college because of…
Defense Attorney: ‘We Don’t Want Any More Black Pastors’ in Court for Trial Over Death of Ahmaud Arbery
(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — An attorney for one of the white men standing trial in the death of Ahmaud Arbery told the judge Thursday he doesn’t want “any more Black pastors” in the courtroom after the Rev. Al Sharpton sat with the slain man’s family. Kevin Gough represents William “Roddie” Bryan, who along with father and…
Judge Dismisses Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Juror After ‘Racial’ Joke About Jacob Blake Shooting
The prosecutor on the case said the remarks as shared showed racial bias
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