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Black Voters Matter holds Freedom Ride across the South to promote voting rights

By Benjamin Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – Sixty years ago, an interracial group of student activists from the Congress of Racial Equality

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Black American Trauma: From the death of Dr. King to George Floyd and beyond

By David Love Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – who was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn.,

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New report shows number of people killed by police skyrocketed in 2020
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — According to estimates compiled by the Mapping Police Violence project, roughly 1,000 people have been killed by law enforcement in the past year.
The racist past of the filibuster and why it should end now
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and a voting and ethics bill passed the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, but neither stands ...
‘From the Klan to white supremacy, where does America go from here?’
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Dr. Richard M. Cooper, the co-coordinator of African American Studies and faculty in the Social Work department at Widener University, said there is ...
Federal hate crimes lodged against three in Ahmaud Arbery murder
(NNPA Newswire) — As Ahmaud Arbery jogged on a public street in the Satilla Shores neighborhood of Brunswick, Georgia, Travis and Gregory McMichael armed themselves with firearms.
Environmental racism is real, destructive and deadly
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — For many, Earth Day stands as a reminder of everyone’s role as stewards of the planet.
Census results show the South’s growing political power
By Elisha Brown and Chris Kromm Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — The U.S. population isn’t growing as fast as experts thought, and fewer people appear to be moving to Southern ...
The new face of poverty and the mass incarceration of America’s children
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: This is Part II of a series of articles that will delve into the information provided by the Children’s Defense Fund’s report: “The State ...
The cop who killed Daunte Wright has been fired
(Special from Blackmans-Street.Today.com) — Mayor Mike Elliot of Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb, announced Tuesday that the police chief, a police officer, and the city manager had resigned following the ...

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