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Yusef Jackson, a lawyer, takes over for his late father at Rainbow PUSH
Yusef D. Jackson, the youngest son of Jesse Jackson and Jacqueline Lavinia Brown Jackson, has been appointed President & CEO of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, succeeding his father, Jesse Jackson, who founded the Chicago-based organization in 1971. The elder Jackson died on Feb. 17. “Today, I am honored to share that I have been appointed President and CEO of…
Read MoreRev. Jesse Jackson has died
Rev. Jesse Jackson, an icon of the civil rights movement, a top aide to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and a two-time U.S. presidential candidate, has died following a misunderstood illness. He was 84. His death was disclosed on Feb. 17. Rev. Jackson was suffering from a brain disorder, according to an article published…
Read MoreState Supreme Court denies new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court in September 2024 denied Mumia Abu-Jamal’s sixth petition to reverse his 1982 conviction for the alleged murder of a Philadelphia police officer after a judge ordered the District Attorney’s office to release all files related to Mumia’s arrest and conviction. A request to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for permission to appeal…
Read MoreH. Rap Brown has died
H. Rap Brown, also known as Jamil Abdulllah Al-Amin, one of the most charismatic leaders of the Black Power Movement, died Sunday in the Federal Medical Center in North Carolina. He was 82. He was the fifth chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s, and he later served as the Black Panther Party‘s Minister…
Read MoreRev. 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 MoreA Black man was found hanged on a Mississippi college campus
A Black man was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi, a state that has an abhorrent history of lynching Black men and boys and Blck women. Officials claim, Demartravion “Trey” Reed, died by suicide, not lynching, but not everyone accepts the official story because it keeps changing. Reed was found hanging from a tree on…
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 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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