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  • Odessa Woolfolk Honored at Reception with 2024 Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award

    BIRMINGHAM TIMES — “That is an award of a lifetime,” Woolfolk said before the ceremony. “Rev. Shuttlesworth has been my idol since I first met him when he was here doing his work in the late ’50s and ’60s. To be associated with his values, his mission, his courage, his belief in people, equality and justice to … have something on my shelf that associates me with those values doesn’t get better than that.”

  • In the Classroom: How Educators are Teaching Thanksgiving Lessons to the Next Generation

    THE AFRO — In real life, the situation was anything but a celebration. According to Holocaust Museum Houston, “when European settlers arrived in the Americas, historians estimate there were over 10 million Native Americans living there. By 1900, their estimated population was under 300,000. Native Americans were subjected to many different forms of violence, all with the intention of destroying the community.”

  • Jonathan India Traded, Power Bat Needed

    CINCINNATI HERALD — Jonathan India’s name has been tossed around for years now every offseason as a trade piece. With McLain, Marte, Elly, Arroyo, Collier, Espinal, Candelario, and Encarnacion-Strand loading the infield, it only made sense to unload India. With Espinal’s stellar defense and ability to make contact with the ball, he was a much cheaper option which allows more money to be spent on an outfield bat.

  • Local, State and Federal Officials Announce Takedown of Four Criminal Organizations in Drug Bust

    THE AFRO — Jared Forget, special agent in charge of the DEA’s Washington Division, stated that during “the course of this nearly year-long investigation, law enforcement recovered over seven kilograms of cocaine, three kilograms of fentanyl heroin mixture, 110 lbs. of cannabis and nearly $400,000 in cash believed to be derived from the sale of Narcotics.”

  • Mayor Harold Washington’s Enduring Legacy Honored at Annual Wreath-Laying Ceremony

    CHICAGO DEFENDER — Members of the Mayor Harold Washington Legacy Committee present a wreath at the former mayor’s gravesite at Oak Woods Cemetery (Photo Credit: Tacuma R. Roeback). On a cool, mostly overcast morning at Oak Woods Cemetery on Chicago’s South Side, friends, colleagues and admirers gathered to honor Harold Washington — Chicago’s first Black mayor — and his lasting and incalculable impact on the city and country.

  • Giving Birth Shouldn’t Be a Nightmare for Black Women

    WORD IN BLACK — Now, more than two years after the fact, the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that protected a women’s right to an abortion, has complicated things for physicians like Joy Baker, an OB-GYN in LaGrange, Georgia. In Southern states with some of the strictest abortion bans like Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina, Black women are facing more barriers to access reproductive health care.  

  • Rubi Rose’s viral photo: How her mom stole the internet’s heart

    Rubi Rose, the rising hip-hop star, recently found herself at the center of another viral moment, but this time, it was her mother who stole the show. Known for her captivating presence on social media and her striking beauty, Rubi took to Instagram to share a picture of her mom, sparking an outpouring of reactions The post Rubi Rose’s viral photo: How her mom stole the internet’s heart appeared first on Rolling Out.

Here’s why the German president apologized, asking for forgiveness for the crimes against Tanzanians

  • November 07, 2023
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By Black Headline News https://vimeo.com/882642450?share=copy Last week, the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier apologized, seeking forgiveness for the crimes committed by the military during Germany’s colonial rule of Tanzania during a visit to the East African country. Experts estimate between 200,000 and 300,000 members of the Indigenous Tanzanian population were murdered during the Maji Maji Rebellion

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