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Ketanji Brown Jackson’s path to Supreme Court nomination was paved by trailblazing Black women judges

By Sharon D. Wright Austin Contributing Writer (TheConversation.com) — Just five women and two African Americans, both men, are among the 115 people who have

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Most HBCU bomb threats may be coming from one juvenile, FBI official tells Congress

By Ariana Figueroa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A top FBI official told members of a U.S. House panel on Thursday that the agency believes a

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New federal anti-lynching law confronts ongoing legacy of racial terror
By Benjamin Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – President Biden is set to sign into law a bill that enhances penalties for lynchings, which it defines as hate crimes that ...
Eyewitness: Growing up in a Klan household
By Josh Archote Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: This is the second of a three-part series where sons of a LA Ku Klux Klan member talking candidly about what it was like growing ...
Earcel Boyd preached at Black Baptist churches before and after joining the Ku Klux Klan. Courtesy of the Concordia Sentinel via LSU Manship School News Service
Eyewitness: Growing up in a Klan household
By Josh Archote Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series where sons of a LA Ku Klux Klan member talking candidly about what it was like growing ...
House has votes to pass Reparations bill, says Rep. Sheila Jackson
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — For several years Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has picked up the mantle to lead efforts to create a commission to study reparations for ...
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Discriminatory home appraisals deny Blacks $46 thousand or more in wealth
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer Although the federal Fair Housing Act was passed more than 50 years ago, housing discrimination unfortunately continues. Racial steering, redlining, and failures of lenders to finance homes ...
‘Ashamed’: Newspapers apologize for decades of negative coverage on Black communities
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — In a stark reminder of the importance of the Black Press established in the U.S. in 1827 by Sam Cornish and John Russwurm, ...
Biden’s Supreme Court nod to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson draws praise
By Nyah Marshall Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Howard University News Service) — Americans around the country, especially legal scholars and Black women, are praising ...
Black and Indigenous: When the way you look doesn’t match expectations
By Phyllis Kimber Wilcox Contributing Writer Special from the Black Voice News via NNPA Newswire) — Discussions related to the status of Black Indigenous people in relation to the broader Indigenous community ...

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