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Minnesota State Patrol Banned From Attacking Journalists in Court Settlement
Minnesota will have to pay a group of journalists $825,000 over Minnesota State Patrol mistreatment during the George Floyd and Duante Wright protests.
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Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Joins CNN as Commentator
Bottoms shared that she applied for an internship at CNN while in college but didn’t get in.
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Where It All Began: A Black History Month 101
Carter G. Woodson launched the first Negro History Week on Feb. 7-14, 1926. This would later become Black History Month.
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White Chicago High School Teacher Fired for Using the N-Word in Class
Mary DeVoto was trying to prove a point to her world history class at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School and she just had to use the N-word to do it.
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Two White Men Arrested for Shooting at Black FedEx Driver
“It seems to be a copycat duo copying off the Ahmaud Arbery case,” said Carlos Moore, a lawyer for Black FedEx driver D’Monterrio Gibson.
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Father & Son McMichael Go to Trial for Federal Hate Crime Charges in Ahmaud Arbery Killing
Gregory and Travis McMichael will now go to trial for federal hate crime charges along with their neighbor William Roddie Bryan after a failed plea agreement.
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Black Woman Owned Fashion Line, Jolie Noire, Lands at Target
Kim and Keyondra Lockett’s fashion line along with several other Black designers are part of Target’s Black History Month campaign, “Black Beyond Measure.”
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Former Louisville Officer Sentenced for Hitting Kneeling Protester in the Head With a Baton
Former officer Cory Evans struck Marty Chester on the back of the head while he was kneeling on the ground in surrender on the night of May 31, 2020.
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Louisiana Governor Denies Delaying Probe Into Ronald Greene’s Death
49 year-old Ronald Greene was tased, punched, and dragged by Louisiana state troopers during a traffic stop turned deadly arrest in 2019.
