Tag: African-Americans
Teen whose death sparked Chicago riot to get grave marker
CHICAGO — A Black teenager whose death along a segregated Chicago beach sparked a weeklong race riot in 1919 that left dozens of people...
Carmouche riding at ‘new level’ into Belmont for first time
NEW YORK — Five months after breaking his right leg, Kendrick Carmouche needed to get back on a horse.
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Donations strengthen California police accountability work
Roger Brown, 33, a Black Fresno rapper and mentor, was driving home from a candlelight vigil in March when he noticed a police car...
Pressure mounts on UNC in Nikole Hannah-Jones hiring dispute
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The pressure on trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to grant tenure to investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones...
Legion official resigns over censored Memorial Day speech
The head of an American Legion post in Ohio stepped down Friday amid criticism following the decision of Memorial Day ceremony organizers to turn...
Fort Worth picking new mayor for first time in a decade
Fort Worth is electing a new mayor Saturday in a race that resembles a Texas battleground and could lead to key decisions over policing...
Nonprofit EmbraceRace helps parents explain race to children
News about the police killing of George Floyd was everywhere. Officials at the Berkeley, Calif., school, where Perfecta Oxholm’s son attended kindergarten last year,...
Audio cut in speech on Black people’s role in Memorial Day
HUDSON, Ohio — Organizers of a Memorial Day ceremony turned off a speaker’s microphone when the former U.S. Army officer began talking about how...
Felled UK slave trader statue displayed; city mulls its fate
LONDON — A statue of a 17th-century slave trader that was toppled during anti-racism protests in the English city of Bristol is being displayed...
NFL judge: Lawyers for Black players can join mediation
PHILADELPHIA — The federal judge presiding over the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims on Thursday invited lawyers for Black players who...