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Boy, 12, arrested after Palace player Zaha gets racist posts
LONDON (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was arrested by police after Crystal Palace player Wilfried Zaha highlighted racist abuse he received ahead of Sunday's Premier League match at Aston Villa. The racist messages and images referenced the Ivory Coast international being Black and showed the Ku Klux Klan. They...
F1 star Hamilton raises right fist in fight against racism
SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Standing on the podium to celebrate his latest win, Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton raised a clenched right fist and then delivered a message to his fellow drivers not to slow down in the fight against racism. It's 52 years since American sprinters Tommie Smith and John...
New Orleans' 1st Black subdivision officially historic
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The first subdivision built for middle- and upper-class Black residents of New Orleans — and one of the first in the nation — is now on the National Register of Historic Places. It's great to have national recognition of the neighborhood's historical significance after...
Louisville man's podcast on Black history gains attention
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jermaine Fowler, like every good podcaster, has a distinct, dynamic voice. His strong, poetic cadence makes listeners want to tune in, not doze off, to the stories he tells. In a recent episode, it was about Ida B. Wells, an abolitionist and investigative journalist. Fowler...
Montgomery native writes reboot of 'The Wonder Years'
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — When Saladin Patterson thinks of his wonder years, they revolve around Montgomery. The good, the bad, the funny, the sad… those days were all in this central Alabama region. Soon, hopefully, the flavor of that time will be on display across the nation. “This is going...
US Navy welcomes 1st Black female Tactical Aircraft pilot
KINGSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Navy has welcomed its first Black female Tactical Aircraft pilot. “MAKING HISTORY!” the U.S. Navy tweeted Thursday in response to a post that Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle had completed naval flight school and would later this month receive the flight officer...
Demostrators gather near North Carolina Confederate statue
GRAHAM, N.C. (AP) — Hundreds protested Saturday near a Confederate monument in a central North Carolina city where local officials have tried to limit the activities of demonstrators. The protesters marched 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Burlington into downtown Graham, where the century-old statue of a soldier...
Pandemic, racism compound worries about Black suicide rate
CHICAGO (AP) — Jasmin Pierre was 18 when she tried to end her life, overdosing on whatever pills she could find. Diagnosed with depression and anxiety, she survived two more attempts at suicide, which felt like the only way to stop her pain. Years of therapy brought progress, but the 31-year-old Black...
HBCU Delaware State to acquire Wesley College by next summer
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware State University plans to acquire Wesley College, a private liberal arts college, no later than June 2021. The leaders of both institutions signed a definitive agreement Thursday, the Delaware State News reported. DSU, a historically Black college, still must obtain the...
Black students afraid to return to school after racist tweet
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Many Black students at Kansas State University are afraid to return to school after a white student made a racist tweet about George Floyd, a Black man who died at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis. Jaden McNeil, tweeted “Congratulations to George Floyd on being drug...
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