by admindarius | Aug 7, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. Albert Woodfox, who was held in solitary confinement longer than any prisoner in U.S. history, has died at the age of 75 due to complications of COVID-19. The former...
by News Headlines | Aug 7, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
A Texas couple has filed a federal lawsuit against the police department in Rosenberg after being pulled over at gunpoint on Nov. 6, 2020, according to VICE News. Fifty-seven-year-old Regina Armstead and Michael Lewis, 67, were held at gunpoint by the police after...
by News Headlines | Aug 7, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
A demonstrator holds a sign at a rally with Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., outside the U.S. Capitol to urge the Senate to pass voting rights legislation on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Source: Tom Williams / Getty On May 17, 1957, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a...
by News Headlines | Aug 7, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
LAFAYETTE, Ala. (CN) — The inequities between LaFayette High School and Valley High School, both in Chambers County, were evident when Dr. Travis C. Smith was a student there some 15 years ago. “My experience was great in high school,” Smith recalled....
by News Headlines | Aug 6, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Albert Woodfox, who was held in solitary confinement longer than any prisoner in U.S. history, has died at the age of 75 due to complications tied to COVID-19. The former Black Panther and political prisoner won his freedom six years ago after surviving over 43 years...
by News Headlines | Aug 6, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Federal prosecutors have charged four current and former police officers in Louisville, Kentucky for their roles in the 2020 fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was shot in her home in a case that rocked the United States. Three of the officers, Kyle...
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