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Hero who stopped Waffle House shooter launches fund for victims’ families

The hero who stopped the Waffle House shooter wants to help the families of the victims.
Attorney Ben Crump Rallied NAN Convention Crowd After Making An Unexpected Introduction

Civil Rights attorney Benjamin Crump introduced Stephon Clark's mother and grandmother to an audience at the NAN convention.
Odds are Starbucks’ racial sensitivity training won’t work

Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores in the United States for an afternoon of racial bias training.
Civil and Human Rights Groups: Sentencing fixes must be included in prison reform

Today, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and 62 other groups sent a…
Black Principal Creates Business That Merges Travel And Education In Developing Countries

Bronx principal Chandell Stone created Destination Teach; a program that promotes education in developing countries around the world.
HBCUs Partner With The University Of Zambia To Further Disease Prevention Research

The Morehouse School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College in Tennessee, and the University of Zambia have joined forces to further…
Hillary Clinton’s Apology Tour To Black Folks Continued In Chicago

Hillary Clinton attended the Ida B. Wells Legacy Luncheon in Chicago to receive an award and help raise funds for…
Devonte Hart’s Sister Jumped From A Second Story Window To Beg For Help

Why were these children ignored?
Black Parkland Students Could Effectively Challenge Trump’s School Discipline Policy

President Trump plans to repeal the Obama administration’s anti-bias school discipline policies.
Sacramento Kings Co-Owner Donated Money To DA Who Refuses To Prosecute The Cops Who Killed Stephon Clark

He makes million off of Black NBA players.
All Hart … Devonte Hart

Authorities in California are searching for answers two adoptive parents and their six children were in an SUV  that went…
Troubling Questions Surround The Adoption Of Devonte Hart And His Five Siblings

The children were all adopted from Texas.
‘This was like a war:’ Witnesses remember day MLK was killed

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Clara Ester’s eyes were fixed on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he stood on…
Commitment to King’s unfinished work remains 50 years later

ATLANTA (AP) — Tyrone Brooks was 22 years old and 400 miles away, seeking clues to an unsolved lynching as…
Fix It Jesus! Mother Allegedly Used A Stun Gun To Get Kids To Church On Easter

Sharron Dobbins was arrested.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dead at 81

South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of Nelson Mandela became mired in controversy Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid…
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