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It Took Them 130 Years, but Pasadena Police Have Appointed Their First Female Deputy Chief. And She Black!
California is thought by many to be the be-all-end-all of progressive states. Apparently, though, there are even pockets of the Golden State that come tardy to the party of breaking down gender and racial barriers. But hey, better late than never, as they say. According to ABC7, the Pasadena Police Department has just appointed its…
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Rutgers University Gets Its First Black President
Itâs been a good week for black history. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, last week it was announced that World War II hero Doris Miller would be honored by the U.S. Navy with an aircraft carrier named for him and on Sunday, school officials said that Dr. Jonathan Holloway, the provost of Northwestern…
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Boy, That Joe Sure Knows How to Pander: Joe Biden Lumps Trump in With KKK in Speech at Black Church
Former Vice President and Democratic candidate Joe Biden paid a visit to Sunday services at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C., to pander to black peoâ I mean, to speak about his run for the presidency and to urge the largely black congregation to fight back against the environment of hatred and bigotry brought on…
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So We Doing This on MLK Day, Huh? Antique Store Sells âMammyâ Dolls and âWhites Onlyâ Signs
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, everyone! That is, everyone except Cheryl Dean in Cortez, Colo. Dean owns an antique store in Cortez and has recently come under fire for selling racist merchandise. And Iâm not talking Confederate flags, MAGA paraphernalia or dolls that ambiguously look like they may be swinging from nooses. This isnât…
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University Professor Makes It Rain in the Strip Club. Wouldâve Been Fine If He Hadnât Used Grant Money to Do It
Man, I hate it when black people disappoint me. Especially black educators. I wouldnât say I get embarrassed when they end up in headlines behind stupid shit; I donât give credence to the idea that individual black people can represent all that we are as a whole. And I think the notion is racist as…
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We Still Kneeling in 2020: Former Teacher of the Year Takes a Knee at Game Attended by Trump
Iâve always thought that if, on the fateful day when Colin Kaepernick chose to remain seated during the National Anthem in protest of police violence against black people, the media, zealous patriots, and angry white people, in general, wouldâve just ignored him and not made such a big to-do about it, the NFL wouldnât be…
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Itâs MLK Day Everywhere but Virginia. Theyâre Doing a Gun Rally Complete With Neo-Nazis Instead
This Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Itâs a day of remembrance when we honor one of the most renowned civil rights leaders in U.S. history. A man who certainly stood for peace, but, most of all, equality and justice. A man who is often made out to be synonymous with non-violent protest. In…
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If the National Archives Blurs Anti-Trump Speech From Its Exhibits, Is It Really an Archive?
Thereâs a large 49-by-69-inch photograph in the National Archives Museum in Washington D.C. which celebrates the centennial of womenâs suffrage by depicting the massive crowd that filled Pennsylvania Avenue NW for the Womenâs March on Jan. 21, 2017, the day after President Donald Trumpâs inauguration. Viewed from another angle, it shifts to show a 1913…
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A Pilot and a Racist Trump Supporter All Wrapped in One: #MAGA Pilot Arrested for Racist Airport Graffiti
I mean…not that we needed yet another story tying Trump support to good-old-fashioned American racism, but we got one via a 53-year-old pilot for Endeavor Air, a regional subsidiary of Delta, in todayâs âYep, Water is Still Wet as Hellâ news. James E. Dees, whose name was probably not intentionally made to sound eerily similar…
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Doris âDorieâ Miller to be Honored by Navy With Aircraft Carrier in His Name
Black History Month is kicking off early this year as one of our lesser mentioned black American heroes gets honored by the U.S. Navy. World War II hero and Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller will have a new aircraft carrier named for him according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The announcement is expected to be…
