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Harvard takes off its sheet, and White supremacy surfaces
The plaintiff, Tamara Lanier, wanted Harvard to acknowledge its complicity in slavery Harvard, a beacon of liberal education, has a racist past, and it is finally coming to light. And it goes much deeper than “Good Old Boys” attending a KKK meeting. It is based on scientific racism, including people wearing suits and dresses and…
Read MoreTrump commuted the sentence of Gangster Disciples leader Larry Hoover
President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, leader of the Gangster Disciples, a Chicago-based gang, who is in prison for murdering a rival gang member who, like himself, was involved in the illegal drug trade. Larry Hoover Jr. thanked President Trump and Ye (formerly Kanye West), a Trump backer, for advocating for his…
Read MoreHonoring our Black fighting women
Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams was a member of the Women’s Army Corps and headed the 688th Central Postal Directory Battalion. These women delivered mail from the home front to troops in the European theater, processing an average of 65,000 pieces of mail per shift. By ensuring that all the mail was delivered, she helped maintain…
Read MoreWe were there
Cpl. Wavely Bernard Woodson was recommended by his commanding general to be awarded Medal of Honor. He saved more than 200 soldiers. The recommendation for award was lost.
Read MoreBlack men now run cities where White mobs once lynched Black men and burned Black neighborhoods
Black men have recently been elected for the first time as mayors in Omaha, Nebraska, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, two cities where historically Black men were lynched and Black neighborhoods and businesses were burned to the ground. Both cities suffered through extreme racial strife, including instances when White mobs joined with local police and federal troops…
Read MoreFormer housekeepers sues Smokey Robinson, the hit maker, with a lawsuit
William “Smokey” Robinson of “My Girl” fame has angrily denied that he touched inappropriately four women who were housekeepers who worked for him and his wife.In a phone call with the Daily Mail on Wednesday, May 7, the Motown star, 85, briefly addressed the allegations against him in a complaint filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May…
Read MoreSean Johnson wanted to fly
Sean Johnson, 36, the pilot of a helicopter that plunged into the Hudson River Thursday near Hoboken, N.J., killing him and five passengers on abroad, served as a Navy Seal and had flown extensively. Johnson enlisted in the Navy in 2006 and served until November 2018, rising to the rank of gunner’s mate 2nd class. …
Read MoreMore trials by fire in the nation’s second-largest city
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fired the Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley over her handling of the Pacific Palisades and Altadena fires which killed 29 people and destroyed 100 structures. “We know that 1,000 firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke out were instead sent home on Chief Crowley’s…
Read MoreCoco Gauff makes a big donation to the UNCF
Tennis star Coco Gauff donated $100,000 to United Negro College Fund (UNCF) to provide scholarships for students playing competitive tennis at historically Black colleges and universities. UNCF will administer the Coco Gauff Scholarship Program, which was recently announced. “My family has a deep-rooted history with HBCUs, going all the way back to my great-great-grandfather. From…
Read MoreIs this the beginning of an uprising?
Seven members of the U.S. Justice Department Public Integrity Section in the Southern District of New York, resigned Friday after refusing to follow orders and quash an indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has been charged with bribery. Mayor Adams was charged on September 26 with allegedly taking improper and illegal benefits from…
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