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Rev. Jesse Jackson has a brain injury
Jesse Jackson sufferming brain disorder.
Read MoreMacKenzie Scott donated millions to Howard Medical School
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, who worked and helped him build Amazon into a billion-dollar company, on Wednesday donated $17 million to Howard University College of Medicine to train needed physicians and another $63 million to Howard University. Her gifts come on top of a $64 million donation she made in 2020–$40 million–…
Read MoreTrump kicks Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection to crub
Trump is running a narcissistic vendetta President Donald Trump has dropped Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party nominee in the 2024 election for president, quashing an 18-month extension ordered by President Joseph Biden after she left office. Trump, however, ordered the Secret Service detail to end on September…
Read MoreThe Justice Department releases files on the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The U.S. Justice Department recently released on July 21 files regarding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., despite some members of the King family opposing the release, though one family member supports it. The release contains 230,000 pages of documents and comes following President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order 14176, said U.S. Attorney…
Read MoreFormer Congressman Charles B. Rangel has died
Former Congressman Charles Rangle has died
Read MoreThe alleged murder of the UnitedHealth Group executive continues to reverberate
Luigi Mangione fired the shot heard around the world. Mangione allegedly shot and killed the UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson last December in busy New York City, according to police. Thompson was shot and killed as he walked to an early morning meeting in Manhattan. Though Mangione’s gun is said to have jammed, he cleared the…
Read MoreMayor Brandon Johnson responds to the DOJ investigation
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to provide opportunities for Blacks, but he is up against the Trump administration, which employs only one Black male in the cabinet among a sea of Whites, making Johnson’s comments sound like heresy, and the focus of a Department of Justice Investigation. In a May 19 letter, Harmeet K. Dhillion, assistant…
Read MoreRodney 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…
Read MoreCatholic 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…
Read MoreDred Scott’s decision was key in sparking the Civil War and letting Blacks know they were citizens
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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