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Administering the Oath of Allegiance to Confederate soldiers Library of Congress Image Reconstruction (1865-1877), the period that followed the American Civil War, is perhaps the most controversial era in American history. Traditionally portrayed by historians as a sordid time when vindictive Radical Republicans fastened black supremacy upon the defeated Confederacy, Reconstruction has lately been viewed […]
US judges reject Louisiana congressional maps with new majority-Black district, fueling uncertainty for fall elections | WBAL Baltimore News 2917653835 Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/107.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 9959b389152a4ff7f2edb4d26ad45e2432a20fb6 1 […]
Arizona rock ‘n’ rollers, The Black Moods, have announced a run of headline shows across the American Midwest this summer, from May 10 to June 22. They will also make festival appearances at Colorado City Music Fest (Hilldale, UT) and Brat Fest (Madison, WI), and headline Roger Clyne & The Peacemaker’s annual Circus Mexicus festival […]
By KEVIN McGILL – Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Voting rights advocates said Wednesday they will go to the Supreme Court in hopes of preserving a new majority Black congressional district in Louisiana for the fall elections, the latest step in a complicated legal fight that could determine the fate of political careers and […]
One of two paramedics who injected a young Black man with ketamine as he was put in a chokehold by US police was sentenced Friday to 14 months in jail with work release and probation, in the final chapter of a case that became a clarion call in the Black Lives Matter movement. Jeremy Cooper […]
By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw ATLANTA (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris started a multistate tour on Monday in Atlanta, to tout economic opportunities for Black Americans, as Democrats try to mobilize a critical voting base ahead of November’s election. A major focus of the tour is energizing and engaging Black men, a key […]
US payrolls rose in March by the most in nearly a year and the unemployment rate dropped, pointing to a strong labor market that’s powering the economy. But the Black jobless rate climbed sharply in March, with Black women seeing the biggest losses. “We’re keeping a very, very close eye on that and we’ll continue […]
Former Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper is retiring after 42 years of service in the military. Roper, who became the first Black person to achieve the rank of U.S Army Reserve lieutenant general, served simultaneously in the military and in civil law enforcement for more than three decades.
Former Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper is retiring after 42 years of service in the military. Roper, who became the first Black person to achieve the rank of U.S Army Reserve lieutenant general, served simultaneously in the military and in civil law enforcement for more than three decades.
Three years after pandemic-era funding led to a boom in Black-owned businesses in the US, the cohort of entrepreneurs seeking to expand is facing the same barriers to capital that hampered generations of owners before them. In 2023, just 32% of Black owners were fully approved for a loan or line of credit, compared to […]