Black Women
The murder trial of Breonna Taylor opens today in federal court
A federal trial is scheduled to open today in the murder of Breonna Taylor and Louisville police shooting into the windows of her next-door neighbors, Former Louisville detective Brett Hankison has been charged with violating Taylor’s civil rights and has pleaded not guilty to the charges and was acquitted on separate state charges last year.…
Read MoreButler opens the door
Laphonza Butler, who was chosen by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to complete the term of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died in September, will not seek election to the seat in 2024. “I’ve decided not to run for a full term in the US Senate,†she wrote on the social media platform X. “Knowing you can…
Read MoreBlack women lead Harvard and will soon lead Boston University as well
Claudine Gay was recently sworn in as the first Black woman president of Harvard University, and not too far away, Melissa L. Gilliam was named the 11th president of Boston University. Gay, 53, is a political scientist and professor serving as the 30th president of Harvard University. She assumed office on September 29. Since 2018, Gay has…
Read MoreMore women are in jail, and they are outpacing men
The number of women in jail has outpaced the men, according to preliminary findings of the U.S. Department of Justice. In midyear 2022, about 14 percent of the jail population was female. The female population, which was 9 percent, outpaced the male population in growth by 3 percent from midyear 2021 to midyear 2022.I In…
Read MoreCoco turns her U.S. Open opponent into a snack
It also was another Father’s Day story After Coco Gauff won the U.S. Open, she looked across the stadium and saw her dad crying. “Today was the first time I have ever seen my dad cry,” she told a nationwide audience after defeating Aryna Sabalenka at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, N.Y. Her father wanted…
Read MoreSusie King Taylor was finally honored for teaching Black children to read and write
Susie King Taylor, the first Black educator to formally teach enslaved students how to read and write, which was largely forbidden then, will be honored with a statue installed in one of Savannah’s town squares, replacing the statue of John C. Calhoun, who supported slavery. As early as the 1710’s slaves received Biblical literacy from their…
Read MorePhiladelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw is stepping down
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, the first Black woman to hold the post in the city, announced that she is stepping down to take another job. She will soon take a top security position with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Outlaw submitted her registration letter on August 25. She will leave…
Read MoreTexas woman threatens Judge Chutkan, who is hearing a case involving Donald Trump
Law enforcement officials have arrested a Texas woman for threatening a sitting federal judge and a member of Congress, who is running for mayor. Still, the woman said she was not a racist and didn’t mean it. Abigail Jo Shry of Alvin, Texas, called the federal courthouse in Washington, DC, and left the threatening message…
Read MoreBlack women write about justice for Black men
Black women are angry about the police murders of Black men and have organized to fight the depiction of Black men by the media and police, which was announced in relation to an upcoming book that will be published on September 15 by Broadleafbooks.com (https://www.broadleafbooks.com) The organization called “We Refused to be Silent: Women’s Voices…
Read MoreThe killer of a Black woman neighbor was released on $150,000 bond
Susan Lorincz, who shot and killed her Black neighbor through her home’s closed door, was released after paying a $150,000 bond in Ocala, Florida. The shooting of Ajike “AJ†Owens, 46, comes after the NAACP cautioned Black people not to visit the state because it was dangerous. Owens went to Lorincz’s rental house after she…
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