Family of Black woman killed by Illinois police to get $10 million in settlement
The family of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who was fatally shot by police in Illinois in July 2024, will receive $10 million ...
Family of Sonya Massey, Black woman shot in home by sheriff’s deputy, accepts $10M settlement
County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black ...
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Memory Crafters Preserve Black Women’s History
The legacies of Black women continue to be celebrated in named and traditional memorials, by generations of memorializers and ...
Atlanta Black Star News on MSN5d
Jury Convicts L.A. Deputy Who Bodyslammed Black Woman, Pinned Knee on Her Neck, and Pepper-Sprayed Her Twice for Filming Arrest
A Los Angeles deputy has been found guilty of excessive force after violently body slamming a woman and pepper-spraying her ...
19 Black trailblazers that may not have been in your history book
While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...
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Ways to celebrate Black History Month at Duke
The Chronicle has compiled a list of events on campus for Duke community members to commemorate this Black History Month.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Colgate Women’s Games shares B’klyn coach’s goals with thousands of girls
Open to students in elementary school through seniors in college and beyond, the long-running amateur track and field series ...
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Black Disability Activism: The Revolution We Don’t Talk About Enough
We cannot talk about Black liberation without talking about Black disabled liberation. We cannot afford to separate these ...
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Black History Month: 19 Black trailblazers that may not have been in your history book
While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators (and their students) are eager to learn more about underrepresented ...
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14 Black women who proved they were the real architects of the Civil Rights Movement
As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...
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19 Black trailblazers that may not have been in your history book
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was the first Black woman lawyer in Pennsylvania. Alexander studied at the University of Pennsylvania, earning her Ph.D. in economics in 1921, becoming the first ...