Made in Chicago

What do Pope Leo XIV, Barack Obama, and Michael Jordan have in common? They all hail from Chicago. Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope and the first Black pope since the Fifth Century, was born in Chicago. President Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president, was born in Hawaii, but he lived much of…

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Trump fires the Librarian of Congress

President Donald Trump fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, on Thursday. She was appointed to her post by President Barack Obama in December 2024.  Hayden was the first woman and the first Black woman to head the Library. She was named to office in 2016, and her 10-year term was scheduled to expire…

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Rodney Hinton Jr. stands up

Cincinnati cops crowded into a Black judge’s courtroom to see if Rodney Hinton Jr. would buckle. He didn’t. Just days earlier, Hinton Jr. deliberately ran over a Cincinnati cop directing traffic, a day after another cop shot and killed his son, Ryan Hinton,18.  The killer cop, whose name has not been released because of state…

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Catholic Church elects Black Pope

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, the first pope of African descent since the fifth century Catholic Church elects a Black popeThe Catholic Church on Thursday elected its first American pope in history, and the first Black pope since the fifth century, according to the publication Black Catholic Messenger.Leo XIV is not known to…

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Sean Johnson wanted to fly

Sean Johnson, 36, the pilot of a helicopter that plunged into the Hudson River Thursday near Hoboken, N.J., killing him and five passengers on abroad, served as a Navy Seal and had flown extensively.  Johnson enlisted in the Navy in 2006 and served until November 2018, rising to the rank of gunner’s mate 2nd class. …

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More trials by fire in the nation’s second-largest city

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fired the Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley over her handling of the Pacific Palisades and Altadena fires which killed 29 people and destroyed 100 structures. “We know that 1,000 firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke out were instead sent home on Chief Crowley’s…

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Dred Scott’s decision was key in sparking the Civil War and letting Blacks know they were citizens

Dred Scott

There has been much talk about birthright citizenship which applies to those who immigrated to this country without becoming citizens.  But Birthright citizenship began with Black people who were enslaved and were not considered citizens until the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was passed. Dred Scott v. Sandford 1857, was a landmark decision of the United States…

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Coco Gauff makes a big donation to the UNCF

Coco Gauff

Tennis star Coco Gauff donated $100,000 to United Negro College Fund (UNCF) to provide scholarships for students playing competitive tennis at historically Black colleges and universities.  UNCF will administer the Coco Gauff Scholarship Program, which was recently announced. “My family has a deep-rooted history with HBCUs, going all the way back to my great-great-grandfather. From…

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