Plantation exhibits to show lost lives of African Americans
PHOTO COURTESY OF NPS.GOV Mount Pleasant, S.C. (AP) – The once-overlooked story of the people who were enslaved on the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site …
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Civil rights activist and Emmett Till relative dies at 50
Chicago (AP) – Airickca GordonTaylor, a relative of Emmett Till who spent her life educating others about the black teenage lynching victim’s legacy through her …
Bills that passed, died during Florida legislative session
PHOTO COURTESY OF WUSF.USF.EDU Florida lawmakers filed more than 3,500 bills for the 2020 legislative session and roughly 200 passed both chambers of the Legislature …
Virus fuels calls for sanctions relief on Iran, Venezuela
PHOTO COURTESY OF BRITANNICA.COM Miami (AP) – From Caracas to Tehran, officials are calling on the Trump administration to ease crippling economic sanctions they contend …
Trump’s dilemma: How to protect both health and economy of US
PHOTO COURTESY OF FOREIGNPOLICY.COM WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump put it bluntly: “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF.” Trump, who …
Ex-Bloomberg campaign staffer, citing fraud, files lawsuit over layoffs
Washington (AP) – A former staffer for Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign filed a class-action lawsuit Monday alleging the billionaire broke a promise to pay his …
‘Self Made’: Netflix take on first female millionaire, Madam C.J.
Madam C.J. Walker may be one of America’s most successful “pull yourself up by your own bootstrap” stories, but many have never heard of her. …
From ‘Central Park Five’ to wrongful imprisonment
PHOTO COURTESY OF INDIEWIRE.COM New York (AP) – One of the former “Central Park Five” is teaming with an acclaimed children’s author on a young …
Black women witches rule
PHOTOS COURTESY OF PEACECENTER.ORG New York (AP) – Anyone tuning into the new TV series “Motherland: Fort Salem” will find a few changes in the …
Coming for young readers: ‘Becoming Muhammad Ali’
New York (AP) – Authors James Patterson and Kwame Alexander are teaming up on a book for young people about Muhammad Ali. “Becoming Muhammad Ali” …