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Afro American
April 28, 2018
The group bills the project as “the nation's first memorial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved black people, people terrorized by lynching, African Americans humiliated by racial segregation and Jim Crow, and people of color burdened with contemporary presumptions of guilt and police violence.” SeveralÃâà...
Afro American
April 28, 2018
It is difficult to overstate the pride, admiration and sense of ownership many Black Americans felt watching Bill Cosby at the height of his career in the 1980s and '90s ... And it made Cosby an idol to many African-Americans in an era long before the country would see a Black family living in the White House.
Washington Examiner
April 28, 2018
A Democratic member of Congress said he would have a lot of support from the black community if he spoke at length about how the Democrats have taken African Americans for granted. "I can do an hour-long speech about Democrats taking African Americans for granted and I'd have a line behind me ofÃâà...
wtkr.com
April 28, 2018
RICHMOND – About 30 residents of the predominantly African-American Blackwell neighborhood voiced their frustration Saturday over what some see as discriminatory police stops and other interactions with Richmond police officers. The residents gathered at the Blackwell Community Center for aÃâà...
Dayton Daily News
April 28, 2018
More. Reddit Ãâ÷ Pinterest Ãâ÷ Email. A new exhibit will take visitors on a journey through the creation of the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center. “I hope people realize that ... There is no American history without African Americans,” said Drodge. “When we can dig deeper and find those answersÃâà...
KERA News
April 27, 2018
It is difficult to overstate the pride, admiration and sense of ownership many black Americans felt watching Bill Cosby at the height of his career in the 1980s and '90s. ... And it made Cosby an idol to many African-Americans in an era long before the country would see a black family living in the White House.
TeenVogue.com
April 27, 2018
This isn't the first time Trump has taken credit for the decrease in black American unemployment rates. In January 2018, he posted a sequence of tweets about December 2017's 6.8% black American unemployment rate. He took ... The fact is Trump's policies have actually been harmful to black Americans.
Seattle Medium
April 26, 2018
I also believe there are a lot of other places that feel the same way about African Americans being in their place of business or doing business with them, so we would have to boycott a whole bunch of places. We wouldn't be able to go anywhere or do anything, but I think it's more about the employees moreÃâà...
PJ Media
April 17, 2018
Having robust citizenship data will help enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, more fairly allocate political power, and even have the unexpected benefit of curbing vote dilution against African-Americans. On cue, interest groups which benefit from the status quo of failing to gather citizenship data have lostÃâà...
News-Medical.net
April 17, 2018
Most of those elderly African Americans in the study who indicated rural residence during childhood came from the South as well as Kentucky and Tennessee and were part of the "great migration" of southern African Americans to Indianapolis and other northern U.S. cities that occurred in the early part ofÃâà...
Fairfield Daily Republic
April 15, 2018
By Blanca Gutierrez. April is the National Minority Health Month in the United States. Although the health care field has come a long way to address health inequities, a new report published this month by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show that ethnic disparities persist today. The reportÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
April 15, 2018
The Fair Housing Act of 1968 — whose 50th anniversary we marked last week — seemed a monumental achievement at the time, a capstone to the historic measures of the 1960s that sought to transform race relations in America. Today, however, many civil rights activists view it largely as a failureÃâà...
Axios
March 10, 2018
The unemployment rate for African Americans in 2017 was 7.5% — 0.8 points higher than it was in 1968 (6.7%.) The unemployment rate for whites was 3.8% in 2017 and 3.2% in 1968, per Economic Policy Institute. The share of black households that owned their own home remained virtually unchanged between 1968Ãâà...
The Philadelphia Tribune
March 10, 2018
A Florida teacher has been suspended after his school district concluded he repeatedly used the N-word in class, and told his 7th and 8th graders not to date African-Americans "because they are not worth it," among other violations. David Swinyar, who says he is white in his personnel file, teaches math atÃâà...
NorthJersey.com
March 1, 2018
Record political columnist Charles Stile asks why Donald Trump trashes New Jersey, Record sports columnist Steve Popper takes a look at the Yankees and March blows in like a you know what - all in "7 things to know today in New Jersey." John C. EnsslinÃâà...
Afro American
March 1, 2018
During Black History Month the University of Maryland, College Park launched an online tour that highlights the rich African-American history on its campus. The online tour, created by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion features a number of sites that explores the history of African-Americans contributionsÃâà...
KTAR.com
March 1, 2018
According to a recent report from the Germany-based non-profit Bread for the World, Arizona is the fourteenth-hungriest state in the nation for African-Americans. The report, called “Hunger and Poverty in the African-American Community,” found that, while hunger declined for the rest of the population in theÃâà...
UT Daily Beacon
March 1, 2018
In honor of Black History Month, the Office of Multicultural Student Life held the first annual silent march through campus on Wednesday to raise awareness of the injustices felt by African Americans. Organized by the Black History Month Programming Committee (BHMPC), the march began at the FriesonÃâà...
Orlando Sentinel
March 1, 2018
The evil massacre of 17 innocents at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland two weeks ago reinvigorated the national debate over gun rights and gun control; however, the debate has largely excluded African-American voices. Despite its reputation for being apathetic to black life, the NationalÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
March 1, 2018
A group of activists hold a prayer vigil before the public presentation of plans for the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park got underway at McCormick Place on Feb. 27, 2018. The group said they wanted to draw attention to residents who could lose their homes and apartments once the center isÃâà...
JSTOR Daily
March 1, 2018
After the Civil War, Reconstruction plunged the South into another kind of war—an ideological battle that pitted angry white Southerners against newly enfranchised African-Americans. One largely forgotten white man found himself caught between both groups: James Hinds. As the historian William B.
MarketWatch
March 1, 2018
Graduation rates for black Americans have risen since 1968, but the unemployment rate has remained stagnant. ... For example, compared to the general non-prime population, prime African Americans are 80% more likely to say they live paycheck to paycheck, 2.5x more likely to overdraft an account, andÃâà...
Pew Research Center
December 31, 1999
Unlike Americans of European descent, most black Americans trace their ancestry to areas of Africa that, centuries ago, were not primarily part of the Christian world. Yet, today, a larger share of African Americans than whites say they are Christian. And, of all major U.S. racial and ethnic groups, blacks areÃâà...
UT News | The University of Texas at Austin
December 31, 1999
The world is abuzz with the recent release of Marvel Comics' latest franchise movie “Black Panther.” The film is set in the lush land of Wakanda. Wakanda is a fictitious place nestled in an African context that blends cultural aspects reflected across the continent. Communities around the world have drawnÃâà...
News-Medical.net
December 31, 1999
Heart failure is more common, develops earlier and results in higher rates of illness and death in African Americans than in whites. Now, the first genetic study of its kind to examine the genetic basis of heart failure in African Americans, led by the University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, Fla., has identifiedÃâà...
HuffPost
December 31, 1999
The only black American main character in the film was Erik Killmonger (portrayed by Jordan), who was flawed, yes, and understandably angry. But beyond being a depiction of black liberation movements and an embodiment of black rage, Killmonger also represented what it's like to be a black American inÃâà...
