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Meet Morehouse College Alumnus S. Lee Merritt Esq., Attorney Seeking Justice For Ahmaud Arbery

Are you surprised? S. Lee Merritt Esq. graduated cum laude from Morehouse College and if there is anyone who can secure justice for the...

Meet Howard Law School Grad L. Chris Stewart Esq., Attorney Representing Family Of Ahmaud...

Justice will be served for the family of Ahmaud Arbery, who was tragically murdered in a hate crime earlier this year. Why? Because one...

George Floyd: “Please, I Can’t Breathe… Everything Hurts”

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"Please I can’t breathe" yells George Floyd. These are the last words of an African American man who died, handcuffed, as a white Minneapolis...

Morehouse and Spelman College Students Tased and Arrested on Live Television

Two students—Messiah Young from Morehouse and Taniyah Pilgrim from Spelman—were snatched out of a car, tased and arrested by Atlanta police on live television....

Shaun King Exposes Facebook Group Plotting To Kill Him

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Shaun King recently raised alarms after receiving death threats from individuals associated with law enforcement. In the private Facebook group, various civil servants conspired...

Lebron James Rallies For Na’kia Crawford’s Justice, Central State University Mourns Murdered Incoming Freshman

Central State University in Wilberforce is deeply saddened by the murder of Na'kia Crawford, who recently graduated from North High School in Akron and...

Road To White House Now Features “BLACK LIVES MATTER” Mural

As the country unites to stand for the #BlackLivesMatter movement, the nation's capital is literally "taking it to the streets." A section of 16th...

U.S. Marshall, Police Officer Indicted In 2016 Death of Tuskegee Student Shot 76 Times

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2 law enforcement officers have been arrested in the tragic and controversial death of Jamarion Robinson. Robinson, who studied at Clark Atlanta University before...

Fisk University Renames Social Justice Institute In Honor Of John Lewis

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Fisk University announced that it will be naming its recently launched institute for social justice after the late Congressman and alumni U.S. Rep. John...

PVAMU Paints ‘Black Lives Matter’ On University Drive

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On June 5, when D.C.'s mayor, Muriel Bowser announced "Black Lives Matter Plaza," and she debuted a bold street mural reading "Black Lives Matter,"...

Student With Spelman Dreams Held Back Over 2-Year-Long AirPod Theft Case

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A recent high school graduate with Spelman College dreams is looking to free herself of the shackles that a ticket has had on her...

‘Say Their Names’ Cemetery Memorializes Black People Killed By Police

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As the world unites to revolt against Black injustices, another heartfelt memorial arises —a “Say Their Names” cemetery. On 37th Street in south Minneapolis,...

Nashville’s Freedom Riders: Remembering The HBCU Students On The Front Lines Of Segregation

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The Civil Rights Movement would not be what it was without HBCU students. These students, hailing from Tennessee State University, Fisk University, American Baptist...

99 Years Later: Black Wall Street And Why It Matters

Racial prejudice, lynchings and unsubstantiated murders were still the reality of Black men, women and children in the early 1900s, before then, and since...

Why Wasn’t Juneteenth Taught In Grade School?

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Daniella Silva of NBC News explores this question in the following article: A Connecticut fourth grade social studies textbook falsely claimed that slaves were treated...

Morehouse College Grad Shaun King Says ‘White Jesus’ Statues Should Come Down

Morehouse College graduate Shaun King isn't playing when he said on Monday that it's time for anything resembling “white Jesus” to be expunged from...

Kanye West Creates College Fund For George Floyd’s Daughter In $2M Donation

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Kanye West joins millions in all fifty states and countless countries across the world who are uniting in response to the senseless murder of...

Juneteenth: 5 Things You Need To Know

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FIVE "Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.  Dating back to 1865, it was on June...