0 SHARES ShareTweetSubscribe PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Black man who said he was prohibited from buying gas by a white gas station attendant has filed a $350,000 racial discrimination lawsuit against the station. Dominique DeWeese said in the lawsuit filed Wednesday that he asked an attendant in July at Jay’s Garage in Portland for…
14 SHARES ShareTweetSubscribe Glendale, California has become the first city in the state and the third in the nation to apologize for its history as a “sundown town.” The term references a time when cites weren’t safe for Black people after the sun went down. Earlier this year hundreds of people in the city came…
2 SHARES ShareTweetSubscribe In a few tweets, Ice Cube cleared the meeting with the Trump administration wasn’t a endorsement, but rather an discussion about his Contract With Black America, a series of policies to address racial inequality and police reform. The entertainer noted that he hasn’t endorsed a presidential candidate. “Black progress is a bipartisan issue.…
0 SHARES ShareTweetSubscribe ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police announced Friday that they have made an arrest in the shooting death of actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd. Homicide detectives on Wednesday obtained an warrant for the arrest of 30-year-old Antonio Demetrice Rhynes on a felony murder charge based on evidence and tips from the public, and officers…
1 SHARES ShareTweetSubscribe A Florida board of commissioners has voted to rename a street outside a Miami high school in honor of Trayvon Martin. The Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners voted to rename a portion of Northeast 16th Avenue according to The Miami Herald. The road passes Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High, where Martin attended…
1 SHARES ShareTweetSubscribe A Florida teacher has been temporarily removed from her teaching position after an investigation by the Osceola School District. The investigation comes after the teacher was recorded using racially charged language. The Poinciana High School social studies teacher has been identified as Tracey Brown has now been reassigned and no longer able…
FacebookTwitterRedditPinterestEmail Five ways to get your Kids to Create, Design, Engineer, and do real-world STEM activities in Halloween Photo by Maddy Baker on Unsplash It’s that time of year – costumes, pumpkins, candy, and fall fun! How about getting your kids involved in planning and creating their Halloween costumes?…
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