TThe death of John Lewis, the Alabama-born civil rights activist Freedom Rider and student leader-turned-Georgia congressman, represents a generational transition in America’s long struggle for black freedom, dignity and citizenship. A disciple of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who experienced brutal and repeated acts of violence by racist white police …
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Donald Trump has equated the Black Lives Matter movement with displays of the Confederate flag, saying: “I am not offended by Black Lives Matter, that is freedom of expression.” You know everything about canceling culture: we can’t cancel our entire history. We cannot forget that the north and the south …
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The three white suspects accused of murdering unarmed black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia have pleaded not guilty to nine charges including malicious murder and felony murder. Gregory McMichael, 64, his son, Travis McMichael, 34, and his neighbor William Bryan, 50, were indicted in Chatham County Superior Court on Friday …
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Activists in South Africa decapitated a statue of 19th-century British colonialist Cecil Rhodes, a diamond magnate who became wealthy from the work of black miners and then limited the amount of land they could own. The statue in Cape Town is the last to be targeted as part of a …
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The city of Berkeley is moving forward with a one-of-a-kind proposal to replace police with unarmed civilians during traffic stops in an effort to curb racial profiling. After hours of emotional public testimony, council members in the northern California city passed a reform measure that requires a committee tasked with …
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