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Comment on this story Comment Former president Jimmy Carter, who recently entered home hospice care at age 98, called his mother “the most influential woman in my life.” Lillian Carter, who famously joined the Peace Corps at 68, taught him, he said, “to take on new challenges and do what is right even though sometimes […]
In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, Myriah Towner joins us to talk about her nonprofit, Black Farmer Stories. In 2019, Myriah started traveling around her home state of Texas with a team to document the stories of Black farmers and ranchers. Four years later, Black Farmer Stories is on its way to […]
The head of the London fire brigade has personally apologised to the mother of a black firefighter whose suicide triggered a review of the service and found it to be “institutionally misogynist and racist”. The review by Nazir Afzal, involving testimonies from 2,000 members of staff, found
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – The mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols, the Black man who was fatally beaten by Memphis police officers, have accepted an invitation to attend U.S. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address in February.
Don Lemon asks Nichols’ mom about the officers charged in son’s death being Black RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died following a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee, tells CNN’s Don Lemon the officers involved in her son’s death brought shame to the Black community. Source link
For more than four centuries, the Black church, America’s foremost institution epitomizing steadfastness, has played a prominent role in advancing critical democratic and societal change.“From one-room praise houses to unprecedented metropolitan mega churches, Black churches (since the time of enslavement) have been the heart and soul of the African American community,” Dr. […]
The mother of a Black teenager who was shot and killed in October is seeking justice for her son and is asking Ohio law enforcement officials to provide answers regarding why the alleged shooter, a white man, remains free. According to a police affidavit, a witness saw Krieg Butler, 36, shoot and kill Sinzae Reed, […]
After courts found two police officers guilty in connection with the death of her son, a Washington, D.C., mother found herself in handcuffs and arrested for disorderly conduct. Karen Hylton confronted the men as soon as the ruling was rendered and is now accused of assaulting a federal police officer. Karen Hylton, left, was arrested […]
US President Joe Biden Saturday offered his “deepest and heartfelt condolences” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the demise of his mother Hiraba, who passed away at the age of 99 in an Ahmedabad hospital on Friday. “Jill and I send our deepest and heartfelt condolences… Our prayers are with the Prime Minister and his […]
A harmless vice enjoyed by the Black community is forced underground by a coalition of moralists and racists eager to criminalize Blackness. Despite illegality, demand keeps it ubiquitous, providing opportunities for those barred from the traditional economy. Tough-on-crime mayoral candidates promise its elimination. Upon election, they unleash waves of police violence, disrupting lives but failing […]