Racist Hatred
70 years after his execution, he was found not guilty
Tommy Lee Walker was only 19 when he was executed in the electric chair for a murder and rape he didn’t commit. He was posthumously exonerated 70 years later by the Dallas County Commissioners Court on Wednesday. Exoneration refers to the reversal of a wrongful conviction, often due to new evidence or the discovery of flaws in the original conviction process. Walker died when he was strapped to the electric chair after police charged him with murdering and raping.…
Read MoreWhite Woman who killed Black neighbor is sentenced to prison for manslaughter
Ajke “Aj” Ownes crossed the street to confront her neighbor, Susan Lorincz, who threw skates at Owen’s son playing in the grassy area near both houses. The two women shouted at each other through Lorincz’s locked door. As the argument grew more heated, Lorincz pulled out a gun and shot Owens through the door. Lorincz…
Read MorePresident Biden speaks to dignitaries at the National Slavery Museum in Angola
President Joe Biden described slavery as “our nation’s original sin — original sin — one that haunted America and casts a long shadow ever since,” during a speech before officials of the National Slavery Museum in Belas, Angola. Estimates of the number of slaves shipped from Angola range from 2 million to 6 million. Most were…
Read MoreVice President Harris concedes
Black men voted for Harris; White women and Latino men didn’t Vice President Kalama Harris conceded Wednesday’s election to Republican Donald Trump, who won the nation’s presidency for the second time. “I know some of you feel sad and disappointed,” Harris told Howard University students, their parents, and others who gathered on the school’s campus,…
Read MoreDr. Nathan Hare, the father of Black Studies, has died
Dr. Nathan Hare, the founder of “Father of Black Studies,” died Monday, June 10. He was 91. Dr. Hare was hired by San Francisco State College, now San Francisco State University, as the first program coordinator for the institution’s Black Studies program in 1968. The program was the first of its kind in the United…
Read MoreAmanda Knox is again convicted of slander of her former boss
American Amanda Knox has again been found guilty if slandering her former boss.
Read MoreJudge sentences former paramedic to prison for the death of Elijah McCain
A judge sentenced a former Colorado paramedic to five years in prison for contributing to the 2019 death of Elijah McCain. Peter Cichuniec, 51, a former lieutenant in Aurora Fire and Rescue was convicted Friday of criminally negligent homicide and second degree assault for the unlawful administer of drugs that eventually killed McCain. Jeremy Cooper,…
Read MoreJustice Clarence Thomas has hired a clerk who hates Black people
Crystal Clanton, who was appointed as the clerk to Supreme Justice Clarence Thomas during the 2024-2025 court term, has stated that she “hates Black people,” according to an article published in The New Yorker magazine and The New York Times. According to The New Yorker, Clanton was accused of sending a text message saying, “I HATE…
Read MoreNazis march in Nashville, where the KKK was founded
Nazis marched down the sidewalks in Nashville, Tennessee, in the same state where the Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1865 by Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general. In the popular film, “Forrest Gump,†actor Tom Hanks played Forrest Gump, a distant relative of Nathan Bedford Forrest. His mother, played by actress Sally Field, gave…
Read MoreJudge claims wife helped kill her husband, the Haiti president
Martine Moise has been charged along with 51 others for killing her husband, Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise. President Moise was shot dead in his bedroom on July 7, 2021. The 47-year-old Moise was shot twelve times and killed. His wife suffered gunshots to her arms and thigh, along with other injuries to her hand and…
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