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Angela Davis: The Legacy of Crime and Punishment | The Collector
Amid her community’s perpetual outcry for humanity and dignity, African-American activist and scholar Angela Davis found her cause in the undoing of the American punitive system.
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Boxer Isiah Jones Reportedly Fatally Shot By A Family Member | BET
Isiah Jones, a 28-year-old professional boxer, was fatally shot on Sept. 19 in Detroit, Michigan. The father of two was reportedly shot by a family member.
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The Unintended Consequences of Brown v. Board of Education | Capital B
In Jim Crow’s Pink Slip, author Leslie T. Fenwick explains how integrated schooling displaced Black teachers and principals en masse.
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The media needs to treat Brett Favre like it did Michael Vick and Colin Kaepernick | DEADSPIN
If Favre had diverted money from a lily-white community, his face would be on TV 24/7
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New series puts a spotlight on girls’ basketball | New York Amsterdam News
— BY, LOIS ELFMAN A new series on Disney+, “Big Shot,” tells the story of Division I men’s basketball coach Marvyn Korn (played by John Stamos) who loses his job after throwing a chair at a referee. Trying to redeem his reputation, he takes the only job available to him, coach of a girls’ […]
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The WNBA Can’t Keep Kelly Loeffler Around | The Atlantic
The defeated senator and Atlanta Dream co-owner is too far out of sync with the league’s values. — JEMELE HILL, THE ATLANTIC Last week, soon after Georgia chose its first Black senator, an idea began to circulate on Twitter: Perhaps the Reverend Raphael Warnock, who will be the 11th Black senator in United States […]
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Jamaican-Canadian 18-Year-Old Hockey Player becomes the Highest Drafted Black Player in the NHL | Jamaicans com
— DELANO GEORGE BELL, JAMAICANS COM Quinton Byfield has been drafted No. 2 overall by the Los Angeles Kings, making him the highest-drafted Black player in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played the center position for the Ontario Hockey League’s Sudbury Wolves. Prior to Byfield’s pick, the highest selection for a Black player was […]
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‘Match made in heaven’: Deion Sanders to coach Jackson State | Madison 365
— Associated Press, Madison 365 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Deion Sanders wiped away tears of joy and passion before speaking. Jackson State’s new football coach then stated “I believe” many times about what he envisions happening on and off the field. “I have a commitment to excellence in each and everything I do,” the Hall […]
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‘I did something in my time, on my stage’ – Gwen Berry was punished for raising her fist on the Olympic podium | The St. Louis American
— Evie Hemphill Of St. Louis Public Radio, The St. Louis American As many athletes have returned to fields, courts and arenas during the coronavirus pandemic, so have sports protests. More and more professional athletes are kneeling during the national anthem, wearing Black Lives Matter messages on their game-time attire and speaking out publicly about […]
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