All posts tagged "incarceration"
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Russell Simmons Emerges To Critique Release Of Alice Johnson
(Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP) Following news that Donald Trumpâs administration granted a clemency request from Kim Kardashian for the pardoning of 63-year-old Alice Marie Johnson, disgraced music mogul Russell Simmons took...
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Kanye West Put John Legend On Blast For Texting About His Donald Trump Tweets
John Legend Kanye West has been very active on Twitter lately tweeting about his love for Donald Trump and conservative leaders such as Candace...
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Florida Woman Blames The Wind For Cocaine Found In Her Purse
During her many years in politics, Hillary Clinton has found herself both supportive and at odds with the Black community. In Chicago, this week, she...
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Eric Holder Says ‘Bullies And Bigots’ Are Still A Problem 50 Years After King Death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) â Despite advances the country has made since the Rev. Martin Luther King. Jr. was slain while fighting poverty and racism, “the...
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Brazilian Politician Marielle Franco Assassinated
Marielle Franco was trying to bring serious change to Brazil. The 38-year-old activist, who was elected to office in 2016 as part of the leftist Socialism...
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Are African-Americans Losing Ground Since The King Era?
(THE CONVERSATION) On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers. That was almost 50...
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Author Jesmyn Ward Celebrates ‘Genius’ Grant
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An African-American novelist praised for her raw and powerful depictions of poor African Americans confronting racial and economic inequalities in the...
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Suge Knight Indicted For Making Death Threats Against Dir. F. Gary Gray
Attention everybody: if You are going to make a threat against someone, don’t do it via TEXT, Chile Pleeze!!! Suge Knight, the man who...
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The Root: “why haven’t black preachers spoken out against drug laws that hurt our community?”
I found this article posted recently by The Root, regarding Pat Robinson’s statement to legalize marijuana extremly interesting. Gray argues that Pat Robinson was Right...
