Ms. Guyger killed her unarmed neighbor, Botham Jean, in his own apartment in 2018. She faces up to 99 years in prison.
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Tuskegee Airman Leslie Edwards dies at Cincinnati VA Hospital | WCPO
WCPO staff, WCPO Leslie Edwards, 93, of Springfield Township, is a Tuskegee Airman who served as a mechanic during World War II. (Photo: The Enquirer/Liz Dufour). Featured Image [dropcap]L[/dropcap]eslie Edwards didn’t talk about his military career during his daughter’s childhood — or her adulthood, for that matter. Imogene Bowers was 50 years old when she […]
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Ga. Woman Pardoned 60 Years After Her Execution | NPR
By Kathy Lohr, All Things Considered, NPR A black maid executed in Georgia in 1945 is being granted a pardon by the state for killing a white man she said enslaved her. Lena Baker said she acted in self-defense, but a jury of white men convicted her after a one-day trial. Baker is the only […]
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‘Central Park Five’ To Trump: Death Penalty Ad Put A ‘Bounty On Our Head’ | HuffPost
While the falsely accused men were honored this week, a publisher dropped one of the prosecutors from the botched case.
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Chicago artist Adedayo Laoye keeps African traditions alive through his work | Rolling Out
By Tony Binns, Rolling Out Adedayo Laoye was born into the royal family of Oba Adetoyese Laoye, in Ede, Nigeria. Laoye was raised in the Yoruba tradition. He studied at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos and Howard University in Washington, D.C. These two institutions molded him toward his professional career. At Yaba, he was […]
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Black broadcast pioneer WGPR honored in history exhibit | Detroit Free Press
By Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press The timing of a new Detroit Historical Museum exhibit devoted to WGPR-TV (Channel 62), the country’s first African-American-owned television station, could not be better. At a time when Hollywood is debating the lack of diversity among this year’s crop of Academy Award nominations, the exhibit tells the story of […]
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Illinois is expunging marijuana convictions from nearly 800,000 criminal records | CNN
Ryan Prior, CNN Yarygin, serazetdinov/iStock. Featured Image [dropcap]C[/dropcap]NN If you’ve been arrested for weed in Illinois, you can breathe a sigh of relief. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker just signed HB 1438 this week, which makes cannabis legal in the state for individuals 21 and over, along with sweeping criminal criminal justice reforms designed […]
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Milestone For FDNY As First African American In 30 Years Promoted To Deputy Chief | CBS New York
Dave Quinn, CBS New York CBS New York. Featured Image [dropcap]N[/dropcap]EW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There was a milestone for the FDNY Wednesday. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] It promoted 80 members of the department, including the first African American to make deputy chief in 30 years. Malcolm Moore is one of 12 battalion chiefs promoted to deputy chief […]
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Too Many Black Students Aren’t Learning Their History in Schools | Education Post
By ShaRhonda Knott-Dawson, Education Post When I was in school, I was starved for information about who I really am. I ached to hear stories about people who look like me, or see the names of Black scholars in math or science, or even to talk about Africa, without talking about poverty and slavery. Today, […]
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Florida Lynched More Black People Per Capita Than Any Other State, According to Report | Broward Palm Beach New Times
Reuben Stacy, a 37-year-old black man, hangs from a tree on Old Davie Road in Fort Lauderdale, blood trickling down his body and dripping off his toes. Behind him, a white girl, about 7 years old, looks on, a strange smile on her face as she takes in the sight of the “strange fruit” her […]
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