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Mme Abomah – The African Giantess
Ella Williams who prefers to be called by her showbiz name Mme Abomah was once the world`s tallest hot and…
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Bodycam Video Of A Black Man Repeatedly Telling Corrections Officers “I Can’t Breathe” Before He Died Has Been Released
A judge authorized the release of body camera footage this week showing officers in a North Carolina jail restraining a…
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The United States of America v. Robert Morris
Robert Morris was being prosecuted for aiding African Americans who freed fugitive slave Frederick Minkins (known as “Shadrach”) from the…
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Paris protesters set fires, face off with police as Floyd outrage goes global
Chanting “I can’t breathe,” thousands marched peacefully through Australia’s largest city, while thousands more demonstrated in the Dutch capital of…
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Protests over Floyd’s death expose raw race relations worldwide
By Anthony Deutsch and Ingrid MelanderAMSTERDAM/MADRID (Reuters) - Images of a white police officer kneeling on the neck of African-American…
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Black businesses hit hard by COVID-19 fight to stay afloat
Detroit -- Stephanie Byrd agonized over temporarily laying off nearly the entire staff at her family’s trio of Detroit businesses…
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Dr. Fauci says the coronavirus is ‘shining a bright light’ on ‘unacceptable’ health disparities for African Americans
Dr. Anthony Fauci struck an emotional tone at Tuesday's White House coronavirus press briefing when discussing the disproportionate COVID-19 death…
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White Supremacist Groups are Recruiting With Help From Coronavirus – and a Popular Messaging App
On March 24, Timothy Wilson, 36, was shot and killed by the FBI as he prepared to attack a hospital…
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Malcom X
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Arabic: ٱلْحَاجّ مَالِك ٱلشَّبَازّ, romanized: al-Ḥājj Mālik ash-Shabāzz, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), better known…
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The Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision that bodes ill for the future of civil rights
Like most of the country, the Supreme Court is in coronavirus lockdown, closing its building to the public and postponing…
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Black voters power Biden’s Super Tuesday success
DETROIT (AP) — Joe Biden’s presidential campaign spent the past month on the verge of collapse after disappointing finishes in…
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It Took 120 Years But the U.S. Just Made Lynching a Federal Hate Crime
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here.It’s taken 120 years, but the U.S. government…
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The Statue of Liberty was created to celebrate freed slaves, not immigrants
The new Statue of Liberty Museum in New York Harbor boasts a number of treasures: the original torch, which was…
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Black genocide
In the United States, black genocide refers to the genocide of African Americans both in the past and in the…
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In America Black Mothers Are Dying At Alarming Rates
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African American women are three to four times more likely to…
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