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John Lee Hooker is celebrated in August
The Delta Blues Museum has scheduled August as John Lee Hooker month. Hooker’s classical songs were “Boogie Chillen,” “Boom Boom,” and “Burning in Hell”. John Lee Hooker was born on August 22, 1912, and he died on June 21, 200I. The Delta Museum is based in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Visit the museum online at www.deltabluesmuseum.org for exhibit information…
Read MoreSix cops have been fired for sexually assaulting and beating two Black men
Six White Mississippi police officers have been fired after they admitted to assaulting two Black men, including shooting one of the men in the mouth, causing serious injury. The cops were guilty of serious civil rights crimes for their torture of the men, Michael Jenkins, 32, and Eddie Parker, 35, said Kirsten Clarke, the Assistant…
Read MoreThe Black male jobless rate jumped around in the last month but it doesn’t catch up with others
The unemployment for Black men bounced around in the last two months. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the jobless rate for black men was 5.3 percent in July compared with 5.9 in June. The year-over-jobless rate for black men was 5.6 percent. Black men are still trail Whites, whose unemployment rate was 3.0…
Read MoreTrump wants a change of venue and a new judge
Former President Donald Trump is seeking a change of venue and a new judge at his trial in which he has been charged with attempting to overthrow 2020 election results and causing an attack on the nation’s Capital on January 6. Former President Trump has called for District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan on Sunday morning…
Read MoreMr. T gives away shoes before the start of the new school year
Mr. T gave away shoes at the Cosmopolitan Community Church on Chicago’s South Side. “We want to inspire the kids to get them back to school,” Mr. T said. “To let them know school is fun. Learning is fun. Learning is special. That’s what we’re about, to inspire them, motivate them.” He added, “You know…
Read MoreCharles Ogletree dies
Charles J. Ogletree, a Harvard Law professor and civil rights scholar, and a strong supporter of reparations, died on August 4 in his home in Odenton, Maryland, from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 70. After serving for eight years in the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, rising to the position of deputy director, Ogletree was appointed…
Read MoreTiger Woods joins the PGA Tour’s Policy Board
Tiger Woods made his way back into the golf news cycle this week because he said he will be joining the PGA Tour’s Policy Board as a player director, according to Golf Digest. What does this actually mean for the future of the PGA Tour with the pending merger with the Saudi Public Investment Fund and…
Read MoreU.S. Justice Department opens probe of the city of Memphis and its police department
The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into the city of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department (MPD) to determine whether there is a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the Constitution or our federal civil rights laws, said Kirsten Clarke, Assistant U.S. Attorney for Civil Rights. “We received multiple reports of officers…
Read More18 percent of Blacks suffer from diabetes
The House and Senate today held a bipartisan hearing on the “Economic Impact of Diabetes,” a disease from which Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans suffer in far greater numbers than White Americans.  Janet Brown-Friday, president of the Health Care and Education for the American Diabetes Association, said 18 percent of Blacks, 17 percent of…
Read MoreAlpha Phi Alpha rejects Florida as its 2025 convention venue
The nation’s oldest Black Fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, will move its 2025 convention out of Florida because of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s racist comments. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., will also relocate the fraternity’s 99th General Convention and 119th Anniversary Convention from Orlando due to DeSantis’s racist comments and insensitive policies against the Black community,” according to…
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