Tag: African-Americans
Mercenary group denies charge of racism in north Mozambique
<p>JOHANNESBURG — In the wake of the days-long attack by Islamic extremist rebels on the northern Mozambican city of Palma at the end of...
A university honors its grads 51 years after police shooting
JACKSON, Miss. — Days after National Guard members killed four Kent State University students who were protesting the Vietnam War, white police officers marched...
NFL families seek to end ‘race-norming’ in $1B settlement
<p>PHILADELPHIA — Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to...
‘Foot soldiers’ of Birmingham to BLM: ‘Keep on keeping on’
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Charles Avery had barely started marching when police arrested him, forced him into a police vehicle and took him to jail...
Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word’
WASHINGTON — Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white...
Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word’
<p>WASHINGTON — Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white...
Colleges pushed anew for reparations for slavery, racism
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For Brown University students, the Ivy League college's next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of slavery...
Colleges pushed anew for reparations for slavery, racism
<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For Brown University students, the Ivy League college's next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of slavery...
Judge approves $577 million settlement for Maryland HBCUs
ANNAPOLIS — A federal judge has approved a $577 million settlement in a lawsuit over underfunding at Maryland's four historically Black colleges and universities.
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Judge approves $577 million settlement for Maryland HBCUs
<p>ANNAPOLIS — A federal judge has approved a $577 million settlement in a lawsuit over underfunding at Maryland's four historically Black colleges and universities.</p>
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