Mob
One of the U.S. Capitol police officers who defended the federal building and Congress members inside it during the Jan. 6 insurrection is running for office. Harry Dunn announced his candidacy nearly three years to the day when he had to face violent rioters who stormed the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., in a deadly […]
The lynching of Samuel J. Bush in Decatur, Illinois, 130 years ago, is being remembered by family members and local activists who want to continue telling his story. Vernon Wimbley, the great-great nephew of Bush, and Decatur activist groups Affordable Activism and Walk It Like We Talk It, said they pushed the city for years […]
Good afternoon. Here’s the latest news you need to know in Chicago. It’s about an eight-minute read that will brief you on today’s biggest stories. — Matt Moore (@MattKenMoore) Weather 🌧️ This afternoon will be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a high near 62 degrees. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a […]
The unanimous nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court picked yesterday, a bit later than usual Tax Day, to reimpose a new mob tax on the users of New York Harbor, the busiest in the country*, by acceding to New Jersey’s demand to shut down the bistate crime-fighting Waterfront Commission. So the . . .
100 years ago, a Black community was destroyed by a White mob In the years after World War I, Black people were thriving in the central Florida town of Rosewood when a White mob driven by racial animosity decimated the entire community within days. CNN’s Nadia Romero looks back 100 years later. Source link
Shoppers wait in line for stores to open as Black Friday sales begin at The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass in Simpsonville, Kentucky, U.S., November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Cherry Register now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.com Register LOS ANGELES, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Black Friday shoppers weren’t the only ones out hunting for bargains […]
Joshua Halsey, a Black laborer and father of four girls, was asleep in bed on Nov. 10, 1898, when one of his daughters shook him awake. He was deaf and hadn’t heard the gunshots fired by a white mob advancing through the streets of Wilmington, N.C., then a predominantly Black city where residents owned businesses […]
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