Civil Rights
Unemployment drops in December for Black men
The unemployment rate for Black men was 4.6% in December compared with 4.9% year over, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in December. The jobless rate for Black women was 4.8% compared to 5.0% last year. The Bureau reported that 216,000 were created in December, and unemployment remained at 3.7 percent.
Read MoreBoston Mayor Michelle Wu issues an apology for two men arrested for the Carol Stuart murder in 1989
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued an apology for two Black men who were arrested by police and vilified in the press for the 1989 murder of a White woman, only to learn that the brother of the killer said he murdered his wife for insurance money. On behalf of the Boston Police Department, the entire City…
Read MoreAlabama Republicans refuse to do what the courts have ordered them to do, and they will not support voter equality
Republican Alabama lawmakers on Friday refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district. This move ignores a recent order from the U.S. Supreme Court giving Blacks a greater voice in elections. The legislation now goes to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, who is expected to sign it. But a panel of three federal judges said they are…
Read MoreRev. Jackson, who will step down as head of the Rainbow Push Coalition, names his successor
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who is mostly confined to a wheelchair because he is suffering from Parkinson’s disease, announced that he is stepping down as founder and president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, which he founded in 1971. He also named his successor, Rev. Frederick Douglas Haynes, III, pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church of Dallas. The…
Read MoreJudge rules against survivors of the Tulsa Massacre
An Oklahoma judge rejected demands for reparations resulting from the 1920 Tulsa Massacre in which more than 300 Blacks were killed, and hundreds were left homeless following an attack led by Whites of the Greenwood Neighborhood, also known as Black Wall Street. The lawsuit was brought by a Black man and two Black Women over…
Read MoreMove to honor Emmett Till, his mother, and the funeral home where his body was held
Democratic Chicago Congressman Danny K. Davis, along with many others, has introduced legislation to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley and Roberts Temple National Historic Site in Illinois. The legislation aims to honor Till, his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, and Roberts Temple Church of God, where Emmett Till was taken to before he was buried.…
Read MoreThe nation’s largest and oldest civil rights organization is urging Black travelers to avoid Florida
Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory comes in direct response to Governor Ron DeSantis’ aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools. The decision by the NAACP follows the League of United Latin…
Read MoreWhite man sentenced to 25 years for the murder of Black Lives Matter protestor
A White man who killed a White Black Lives Matter protestor has been sentenced to 25 years in prison although Governor Greg Abbott has said he will pardon him. The former U.S. Army sergeant Daniel Perry shot Garrett Foster, an Air Force veteran Garrett Forster, during an Austin, Texas, racial justice rally two months after…
Read MoreEmmitt Till’s accuser dies
Emmitt Till’s accuser dies When Carolyn Bryant Donham accused 14-year Emmett Till of making eye contact with her in segregated Money, Mississippi, she called her husband. Bryant called Roy Bryant, her husband, and J.W. Milam with his half-brother, to beat the young boy to death. Years later, Donham later said it was an overaction, which she…
Read MoreTennessee’s Republican Senate expelled two Black lawmakers for addressing gun violence
Tennessee Republicans expelled two Black lawmakers from the State Senate, but a White woman colleague, who escaped being thrown out by one vote, said the men were forced out because of the color of their skin. “We are not White,” said Gloria Johnson who is white. But she may have meant that she is not…
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