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Rev. Paula E. Clark leads the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
Wearing dreadlocks under her miter, the Rt. Rev. Paula E. Clark is the first Black person and the first Black woman named the 30th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. She represents 30,000 Episcopalians in 122 congregations across northern and west central Illinois. The election to her post was conducted over Zoom by four…
Read MoreConvict dies after 50 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit
Ed Poindexter, who spent 50 years in prison for a crime he said he did commit, died in prison Thursday. Poindexter, who was 79, died following a lengthy battle with diabetes. He and his friend David Rice were convicted in the 1970 booby-trap bombing of Omaha Police Officer Larry Minard by a mostly all-white jury…
Read MoreWoman arrested attempting to burn down Martin Luther King Jr.’s boyhood home
Atlanta police arrested Laneisha Shantrice Henderson for pouring gasoline on Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood home and attempting to burn it down before tourists visiting from Utah stopped her and held her for police. Henderson, 26, was arrested and charged with 2nd-degree attempted arson when she poured gasoline on the home at 501 Auburn Ave.,…
Read MoreFDA approves treatment for sickle cell disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two treatments for sickle cell disease that the medical community ignored because most of the patients are Black and because there was little money for treatment. Sickle cell is an inherited blood disorder affecting more than 100,000 in the U.S. Most of those afflicted are African American…
Read MoreCongressman Sheila Jackson Lee loses race to become Houston Mayor
Even with support from national heavy hitters, Congressman Sheila Jackson struck out. She was defeated by a wide margin by State Sen. John Whitmire to become the mayor of Houston, Texas. Whitmire received the largest share of votes with 43%, while Jackson Lee received 36%. The campaign focused on crime, affordable housing, and controlling…
Read MoreGay hangs on
The Harvard Alumni Association threw its support behind President Claudine Gay, but we will have to wait until Tuesday when The Harvard Corp. announces its decision. The decision concerning Gay follows Liz Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania, and Scott Bok, Board of Trustees president, to resign following comments Magill made by a House…
Read MoreDick Gregory urged the mainstream press to dig deeper into the Kennedy assassination, and it got results
As we mark the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, comedian Dick Gregory did not believe that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in murdering the president. Gregory challenged the mainstream press, which had bought the lone gunman narrative hook, line, and sinker, a narrative that was presented to the nation by…
Read MoreSouth Africa wants Benjamin Netanyahu arrested for war crimes
The South African government has called on the International Crime Court (ICC), which handles war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity, to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by mid-December. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said if the ICC did not do this, it would signal a “total failure of…
Read MoreHigh school student develops soap to treat skin cancer
A 14-year high school student won a major award for developing a soap that treats skin cancer, which affects all people, including Blacks. Heman Bekele, a freshman at Woodson High School in Northern Virginia, spent his summer break working to cure skin cancer. Bekele was named “America’s Top Young Scientist” for creating a bar of soap…
Read MoreBlue Wall of silence begins to cave
Tyree Nicholas, 29, was kicked and beaten by five Black Memphis police officers following a January arrest involving a traffic stop during which cops charged him with speeding and reckless driving. As a result of being beaten, Nicholas suffered brain injuries and cuts and bruises to his head, face, and other parts of his body,…
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