Image: BET Founder Robert Johnson (Twitter/@Face2FaceAfrica by Derek Major America’s first Black billionaire and Black Entertainment Television co-founder Robert Johnson doubts a reparations check will ever come, but he is still pushing his $14 billion reparations proposal. Johnson, who appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box Monday, believes now is the right time to push Black Americans […]
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Historic Justice Department appointment: Kristen Clarke confirmed as first Black woman to lead Civil Rights Division
By Charlene Crowell Kristen Clarke, confirmed as assistant attorney general for civil rights, U. S. Department of Justice. (Courtesy Photo) (TriceEdneyWire.com) – In recent years, many people of different races and ethnicities have fought against rollbacks to hard-won racial progress. From health disparities exposed in the COVID-19 pandemic, to voting rights, […]
TEXAS OFFICIALS FINALLY PASS THE BOTHAM JEAN ACT AND IT’S ABOUT TIME
Botham Jean (Image: The Botham Jean Foundation/Facebook) by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton After an unarmed Black man was killed in his apartment by an off-duty police officer in Texas, a new law may be passed that will hold all police officers accountable for their actions. According to a press release from […]
Stacey A. Dixon Could Become The First Black Woman To Serve As The Nation’s No. 2 Intelligence Official After Biden Nomination
Dixon is currently the deputy director of the Defense Department’s National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 27, 2016 in Washington, DC. / Photo Credit: Chip Somedevilla Stacey A. Dixon has been nominated to […]
House Panel Advances Bill On Slavery Reparations
NEARLY 30 YEARS AFTER IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED, THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE APPROVED H.R. 40 BY A VOTE OF 25-17. BY D’SHONDA BROWN On Wednesday, April 14, the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 40 by a vote of 25-17, as reported by CNN, which will create a commission to study reparations for direct descendants of […]
Boston gets its first Black and first female mayor, Kim Janey
© Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Boston City Council President Kim Janey By CBSNews Boston has its first Black and first female mayor. Kim Janey officially took the reins as acting mayor at 9:01 p.m. Monday, a minute after Marty Walsh resigned, CBS Boston reports. She’s scheduled to have a ceremonial swearing in […]
Justice For George Floyd: 2 Jurors Dismissed In Derek Chauvin Trial Over Concerns Around $27M Settlement
Source: Mario Tama / Getty Written By Bruce C.T. Wright This article will be continuously updated throughout the Derek Chauvin murder trial, which begins Monday, March 8. UPDATED: 1:24 p.m. ET, March 17 Two jurors were dismissed from the Derek Chauvin trial on Wednesday over concerns that their impartiality could be tainted by […]
Kentucky Senate Passes Bill Restricting No-Knock Warrants, But Breonna Taylor’s Supporters Say It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
A bill proposed by state lawmaker Rep. Attica Scott required more police accountability, but unfortunately languishes in the House. Source: Jason Armond / Getty Kentucky legislators unanimously voted to approve a bill that would restrict the usage of “no-knock” warrants on Thursday, in an increasing effort to prohibit excessive force […]
President Biden Taps Meharry Medical College President for COVID Task Force
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Meharry Medical College President and CEO Dr. James Hildreth. Meharry Medical College President and CEO Dr. James Hildreth has been named by President Joe Biden as a member of his COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. Dr. Hildreth, the renowned immunologist and academic […]
U.S. Senate Candidate And Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman Once Held An Unarmed Black Jogger At Gunpoint
Fetterman, who was in the second of his four terms as mayor, never faced charges related to the incident. by Tomas Kassahun Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (D – PA) delivers an introduction for Governor Tom Wolf during an inaugural ceremony on January 15, 2019 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. / Photo Credit: Mark Makela Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. […]