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Washington Trust charged with “Red Lining” Black customers
The Justice Department announced today that Washington Trust Company (Washington Trust), the oldest community bank in the nation charged with “redlining†Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, has agreed to pay $9 million to resolve the allegations. Redlining is an illegal practice in which lenders avoid providing credit services to individuals living in communities of color because…
Read MoreGreenwood Mayor removed from office
Levi Weaver was removed Tuesday as Mayor of Greenwood, Missouri, by a vote of the city’s aldermen. The removal comes after the approval of three impeachment articles earlier this year. The first article alleged that Weaver threatened Alderman Kyron McClure with a firearm at McClure’s home in March 2022. The second article claimed Weaver prevented…
Read MoreFinally, an arrest 30 years after Tupac Shakur’s murder
Las Vegas police arrested a man for the shooting death of Tupac Shakur, but the man police arrested was not the shooter. Shakur was shot down on September 13, 1996. He was 25. He was riding in a car with Suge Knight, the founder of Death Row Records. The suspect under arrest is Duane “Keffe…
Read MoreMaurice Bishop is to be honored
The Grenada government Tuesday announced plans to observe the 40th anniversary of the murder of Maurice Bishop, the country’s first left-wing prime minister, who was killed during a palace coup orchestrated by his deputy, Bernard Coard, on October 19, 1983. Head of the 50th Independence Anniversary Committee, Dr. Wendy Crawford, told a news conference that the activity…
Read MoreDallas Mayor switches from Democrat to Republican
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson switched from Democratic to Republican, blaming his former party for their mismanagement of the homeless crisis and increased crime. “The future of America’s great urban centers depends on the willingness of the nation’s mayors to champion law and order and practice fiscal conservatism,†Johnson wrote. “Our cities desperately need the genuine…
Read MoreThe University of California’s president’s Berkeley residence was vandalized with racist hatred
A fence was built around the Berkeley home of Dr. Michael V. Drake, president of the University of California system. The fence failed to provide the intended protection for Dr. Drake and his family. Several reports said vandals jumped over the fence in May to spread their hateful messages. The graffiti they left included the date…
Read MoreMore women are in jail, and they are outpacing men
The number of women in jail has outpaced the men, according to preliminary findings of the U.S. Department of Justice. In midyear 2022, about 14 percent of the jail population was female. The female population, which was 9 percent, outpaced the male population in growth by 3 percent from midyear 2021 to midyear 2022.I In…
Read MoreBlack men comprised 32 percent of the nation’s federal prison population
The U.S. prison population was 1,230,100 on December 31, 2022, a 2% increase from 2021, 1,205,100 led by Black men, according to preliminary U.S. Department of Justice statistics. Black men accounted for 32 percent of the federal prison population, followed by Whites at 31 percent, Hispanics at 23 percent, and multiracial persons at 10 percent;…
Read MoreJann Wenner said Black musicians ‘are not articulate’
Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone magazine and one of the founders of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been kicked off the board for making sexist comments about women singers and racist comments about Black singers, although many Whites emulate or borrow liberally from Black musicians. In his book, “The Masters,†which…
Read MoreRoger Ebert got Spike Lee “To Do The Right Thing”
Filmmaker and actor Spike Lee owes much gratitude to film critic Roger Ebert, who encouraged him to release the film “Do the Right Thing,†although Blacks and Whites said the film would cause rioting and looting in some cities. At the Toronto International Film Festival, Lee said that Ebert encouraged Lee to release “Do The…
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