Six people have reportedly been killed after gunmen opened fire in a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers
The mosque's president told reporters that the deaths had occurred after several gunmen apparently opened fire on up to 40 people. Witn ...
Posted Monday, January 30th 2017 at 3:13PM
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The 23rd annual SAG Awards proved just one of the many ways art can be utilised as a platform for protest, with almost every winner utilising their time on stage to speak up about Donald Trump's abhorrent Muslim ban.
From David Harbour's rous ...
Posted Monday, January 30th 2017 at 3:06PM
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(DISCLAIMER: This is not a political argument for or against Trump. This is a result of a strong series of thoughts that I can not shake and felt compelled to investigate and write.)
Brothers and Sisters we begin with the following verses from the ...
Posted Sunday, January 29th 2017 at 2:25PM
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Oakland – At 4 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, a network of Oakland community members took over Marcus Garvey Park, a public plot of land at 36th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in West Oakland, moving in small homes, a hot sh ...
Posted Saturday, January 28th 2017 at 1:15PM
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January 26, 2017
Today marks the first anniversary of President Obama ending juvenile solitary in the federal prison system. Obama took the action in response to the case of New York City teenager Kalief Browder, who committed suicide in 2015 at t ...
Posted Saturday, January 28th 2017 at 1:08PM
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From Time Magazine
Jan 26, 2017
Five years after their son's death, the parents of Trayvon Martin, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, reflect on grief, faith and their commitment to justice
Why did you write your new book, Rest in Power?
Ful ...
Posted Saturday, January 28th 2017 at 12:59PM
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - By now you may have seen or at least heard of the new movie "Hidden Figures." It tells the story of three African American woman who helped engineer America's space program despite facing racial and gender biases back in th ...
Posted Saturday, January 28th 2017 at 12:40PM
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The Mr. Clean we’ve come to know over the past 59 years is in need of a break. And for good reason — he’s been keeping our houses clean for a long time. So, for the next year, America’s favorite muscled cleaner will be taking a vacation.
I ...
Posted Saturday, January 28th 2017 at 12:27PM
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) -- Florida A&M University has announced plans that will move the university towards serving as the national headquarters for the nation’s only African-American news network.
In 2014, FAMU entered into an 11-year agreemen ...
Posted Saturday, January 28th 2017 at 12:19PM
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Paris Jackson has insisted she is an African-American because her father Michael always told her she was.
In a revealing interview, she opened up on speculation the King of Pop was not her biological father and how he told her to be proud of his ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2017 at 7:12PM
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By healthfactsday.com
Ava Roberts (23) is now the youngest first African-American female doctor in the world! Though word of his accomplishment are however minimal, French site Pelea reports in their site that “after a gifted childhood, Ava Robe ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2017 at 6:39PM
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