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The Last Hours of William O’Neal | Chicago Reader

April 18, 2018December 12, 2019African American Activist, African American Commuities ...

He was the informant who gave the FBI the floor plan of Fred Hampton’s apartment. Last week he ran onto the Eisenhower Expressway and killed himself.

Read Mary J. Blige’s Heartfelt Nina Simone Rock Hall Induction Speech | Rolling Stone

April 17, 2018African American Activist, African American Art ...

Blige honors Simone for singing songs “about injustice, struggle, and black life [that] resonate to this day”

1,300 people held for 4 years in Louisiana jails without a trial, sheriffs say | NOLA.com

April 17, 2018African American Families, African American Lives ...

The Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association says around 1,300 people have been in local jails for four years waiting for their trials, and 70 people have been held for five years without having their case heard, according to the group’s informal survey.

47 Black Owned Coffee and Tea Businesses That are Great Alternatives to Starbucks | Shoppe Black

April 14, 2018#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs ...

Recently, a Philadelphia Starbucks employee called the police on two Black patrons. Their crime? Waiting for a friend. The cops still arrested them. When next you feel the need for some Starbucks, consider these Black Owned Coffee and Tea Businesses instead.

Watch the Electrifying Conclusion of Dr. King’s Final Speech | Colorlines

April 11, 2018January 20, 2020African American Activist, African American History ...

King celebrated the ongoing fight for social and racial equity during his famed “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech in Memphis.

These Twins, One Black and One White, Will Make You Rethink Race | National Geographic

March 13, 2018African American Lives, KINDR'D ...

Marcia and Millie Biggs say they’ve never been subjected to racism—just curiosity and surprise that twins could have such different skin colors.

Deacons for Defense provided protection when no one else would | USA Today

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018African American History, Black History ...

Robert Hicks, Charles Sims and A.Z. Young started the first affiliate chapter in Bogalusa. The group’s intense confrontations with the Klan in Bogalusa was pivotal in forcing the federal government’s involvement on the behalf of the local African-American community.

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