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Nike’s Value Up $26 Billion Since Colin Kaepernick Endorsement | Black Enterprise
Colin Kaepernick is helping Nike rake in big bucks. According to Yahoo, ever since the athlete-turned-activist endorsed the corporate sneaker giant, their company value has skyrocketed. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Nike’s stock reportedly rose over 18% since the announcement of the Kaepernick deal, adding a spectacular $26.2 billion to the Nike coffers and increasing its value at […]
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In the 2010s, White America Was Finally Shown Itself Ta-Nehisi Coates on “Obama’s decade,” reparations, and Kaepernick. | The Intelligencer
If the racial politics of the 2010s has a definitive chronicler, it is Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose magisterial 2014 Atlantic essay “The Case for Reparations” forced Americans to reckon with slavery, Jim Crow, and redlining in ways that many of them never had. Since the essay’s publication — which eventually prompted a congressional hearing on the […]
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Ayanna Pressley Introduces Sweeping Criminal Justice Reform Resolution | Essence
The United States, a nation addicted to punishment and cages, is the number one jailer in the world, something that Pressley is seeking to change.
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Hue Jackson to lead Colin Kaepernick workout; 13 NFL teams have committed to attend | ESPN
Former NFL head coach Hue Jackson will lead the drills during quarterback Colin Kaepernick‘s scheduled workout in Atlanta on Saturday, and former NFL head coach Joe Philbin will be in attendance to assist, the league announced Thursday. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The NFL said 11 teams have committed to attend: the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, […]
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Ta-Nehisi Coates pulls few punches at Raleigh “Color of Education” summit | NC Policy Watch
Acclaimed author draws parallels between slavery and sexual violence
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Rep. Elijah Cummings, Democratic leader and regular Trump target, dies at 68 | The Washington Post
Elijah E. Cummings, a Democratic congressman from Maryland who gained national attention for his principled stands on politically charged issues in the House, his calming effect on anti-police riots in Baltimore, and his forceful opposition to the presidency of Donald Trump, died early Thursday morning at Gilchrist Hospice Care, a Johns Hopkins affiliate in Baltimore. […]
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Backpacks honoring slain Baton Rouge activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph will be donated to 200 students | The Advocate
Staff, The Advocate This still image taken from WVLA/WGMB file video shows Sadie Roberts-Joseph. Featured Image [dropcap]East[/dropcap] Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux and the Professional Athletes Supporting Students organization will donate 200 backpacks to students in memory of slain civil rights activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The body of Roberts-Joseph, 75, a longtime community leader, […]
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Baton Rouge activist was killed by a tenant behind on his rent, police say | The Washington Post
Hannah Knowles, The Washington Post Law enforcement officials including Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul, at lectern, announce the arrest of Ronn Jermaine Bell on Tuesday. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate/AP). Featured Image [dropcap]A[/dropcap] man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, the Baton Rouge activist whose body was found in a […]
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Beloved Baton Rouge Activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph Suffocated To Death And Was Found In A Car’s Trunk | Buzzfeed News
The death of Roberts-Joseph, founder of the city’s African American history museum, has been ruled a homicide.
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