by News Headlines | Dec 17, 2022 | Black New-US, Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Thirty-nine years ago this month, an African American Navy bombardier-navigator named Robert Goodman was taking part in a mission to destroy Syrian munitions in Lebanon when his plane was shot down. The pilot, Mark Lange, died, and Goodman, who was twenty-seven,...
by News Headlines | Dec 16, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines, Free Black Studies video lessons
RUSSIA AND BLACK PEOPLE: RELATIONSHIP STATUS (IT’S COMPLICATED) by Darius Spearman (African Elements) Brittney Griner, a WNBA superstar with numerous accolades, had been entering Russia to play in the Russian Premier League during the off-season since 2014....
by News Headlines | Dec 9, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Jotaka Eaddy was sitting at her home in Washington on Thursday morning when she got a text message from a friend: Brittney Griner was coming home, it said. Eaddy paused, then reread the message as a flood of emotions — relief, joy, pride— ran through...
by News Headlines | Dec 8, 2022 | Black New-US, Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
FILE – WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted from a courtroom after a hearing in Khimki just outside Moscow, on Aug. 4, 2022. Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange,...
by News Headlines | Nov 22, 2022 | Black New-US, Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Since Brittney Griner was sentenced was nine years in a Russian prison for possession of cannabis oil residue, many people have questioned why did she get such a tough sentence?A lot of people think her sentence is politically driven because of the U.S. government’s...
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