Race

'I want to write myself into existence,' says 'Colored Television' author

2:26pm September 03, 2024

Danzy Senna was born in 1970, just a few years after Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage. “Just merely existing as a family was a radical statement at that time,” she says.

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LA commision releases findings on history of racial injustice in the city

4:21pm August 30, 2024

by Adrian Florido

A Los Angeles commission report has outlined historical and contemporary racial injustices that Black residents face. The authors hope it will help guide the creation of a reparations program.

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The ex-Florida deputy who killed Roger Fortson has been charged with manslaughter

5:40pm August 23, 2024

Eddie Duran, a former deputy with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, shot Fortson, 23, multiple times on May 3 in response to a disturbance call at Fortson's apartment. Duran was fired on May 31.

3 more sets of remains tied to the 1921 Tulsa race riots found with gunshot wounds

5:03am August 19, 2024

The 1921 Tulsa race riots began after a Black man was accused of assaulting a white woman. The case was later dismissed in court, but historians estimate that up to 300 people died during the riots.

House Democrats Holds Press Event Honoring Las Vegas Shooting Victims And Call For Increased Gun Safety Legislation

A statue honoring John Lewis will replace a former Confederate monument in Georgia

12:35pm August 18, 2024

The 16-foot-tall sculpture of the civil rights icon will be officially unveiled later this week. It replaces a 30-foot-tall obelisk erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy in 1908.

10 years later, Michael Brown’s mom asks a global panel to look into her son's death

6:00am August 17, 2024

Brown’s mother Lezley McSpadden filed a claim against the U.S. with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in 2023, alleging that the government deprived her son’s right to life. A hearing on the matter was held last month

Roger Fortson's family demands charges against sheriff's deputy who killed him

4:03pm August 16, 2024

In a news conference, attorneys representing the 23-year-old airman's family expressed concern that the investigation into his May shooting death is taking longer than expected.

Biden designates the site of 1908 Springfield, Ill., race riot as a national monument

11:17am August 16, 2024

In 1908, a white lynch mob of thousands terrorized a Black neighborhood in Springfield, Ill. The events were so horrific they led to the founding of the NAACP.

More young Black voters may be leaning Republican, surveys show

4:47pm August 15, 2024

by Bria Suggs

People tend to grow more conservative as they age. But among Black voters, younger generations may actually be the more conservative ones.

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FCC adopts an alert system for missing Indigenous people

5:02am August 15, 2024

The agency announced it is launching a new alert system similar to Amber Alerts for missing children. California and some other states have already adopted alerts for missing Indigenous persons.