Last night’s part 1 of the ‘Black Headline News One-Year Anniversary Update’ explains new direction
- August 25, 2023
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Black Headline News is expanding to FAST channels this fall By Black Headline News https://vimeo.com/857769024 Last night, Black Headline News (BHN) founder, Julia Dudley Najieb, reviewed the big updates happening this year concerning the BHN channel and network on its one-year anniversary. BHN launched last year on August 24, 2022, with a focus on highlighting...
Lyles ran a world-leading 9.83 seconds to win the menâs 100m gold medal, 2023 World Championships
- August 24, 2023
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Noah Lyles wins the menâs 100m gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships; Oblique Seville finished fourth again. By Gary Smith BUDAPEST, Hungary â Noah Lyles clinched the gold medal in the menâs 100m with a world-leading time of 9.83 seconds at the 2023 World Athletics Championships on Sunday. âAnd you said I couldnât...
Faith Kipyegon: from walking to school in rural Kenya to setting world athletics alight
- August 23, 2023
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By Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu (Special to Black Headline News) https://youtu.be/-4zTpn4NfOk All eyes are on Faith Kipyegon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Thatâs because the Kenyan 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters star broke three world records in less than two months on her way to Hungary. As expected, Ethiopia, Uganda and...
Zimbabwe election: Can Nelson Chamisa win? He appeals to young voters but the odds are against him
- August 22, 2023
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By Chipo Dendere – Special to Black Headline News Nelson Chamisa, the 45-year-old leader of Zimbabweâs main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is making a second bid to be Zimbabweâs next president. A lawyer and a pastor, Chamisa is the most formidable candidate against the ruling Zanu-PF led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa....
Illinois rep., Evans, elected vice-president of National Conference of State Legislatures
- August 21, 2023
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By Black Headline News Indianapolisâ Illinois Representative Marcus C. Evans, Jr., has been elected vice president of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), a bipartisan organization serving the nationâs 7,383 state lawmakers and more than 30,000 legislative staff. Evans will serve one year as vice president, ascend to president-elect the following year, and become...
Tropical Storm Hilary pounds Southern California with heavy rain, flash flooding
- August 20, 2023
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Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall on Mexicoâs Baja peninsula and moved into Southern California with damaging wind and heavy rainfall on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. For the first time ever, the National Hurricane Center had issued a tropical storm watch for large parts of Southern California. Forecasters warned of a âpotentially historic amount of rainfall,â...
Black female prosecutors like Fani Willis face the unequal burden of both racist and sexist attacks
- August 17, 2023
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By Bev-Freda Jackson – (Special to Back Headline News) On the day he was indicted on financial fraud charges in a New York City courtroom, former U.S. President Donald Trump launched an attack against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. One of the handful of Black female prosecutors in the country, Willis has led a...
Fulton County charges Trump with racketeering, other felonies; Georgia election law expert explains
- August 16, 2023
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By Anthony Michael Kreis – Assistant professor of law, Georgia State University The Conversation U.S. spoke with Anthony Michael Kreis, a scholar of Georgiaâs election laws, to understand the significance of the charges laid out in the 98-page indictment. An Atlanta, Georgia, grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump on Aug. 14, 2023, charging him...
Floridaâs academic standards distort contributions that enslaved Africans made to American society
- August 15, 2023
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By Rodney Coates – Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami University (Special to Black Headline News) https://vimeo.com/849660782 The state of Florida ignited a controversy when it released a set of 2023 academic standards that require fifth graders to be taught that enslaved Black people in the U.S. âdeveloped skills which, in some instances,...
BHN INSIDER: Alabama brawl’s riverboat connection spawns the question of the two ‘Harriets’
- August 15, 2023
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Was the Harriott II riverboat relative to historical figure, Harriet Tubman? The short answer–No By Black Headline News https://vimeo.com/854892888?share=copy As an update to the August 5, 2023 riverboat brawl in Montgomery, Alabama on the Alabama River docks, there are now five people who have been charged in the ongoing investigation, where a Black co-captain was...