The College Board on Wednesday released an updated framework for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course, months after the non-profit testing company came […]
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Vegas man tied to extremist group gets life sentence for terrorism plot targeting 2020 protests #Vegas #man #tied #extremist #group #life #sentence #terrorism #plot #targeting #protests
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man with ties to a far-right extremist group advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government has been sentenced to life […]
US police release footage showing fatal shooting of pregnant Black woman | Police News #police #release #footage #showing #fatal #shooting #pregnant #Black #woman #Police #News
Ta’Kiya Young and her unborn child were killed by police in Ohio in incident family says could have been avoided. Police in the US state […]
Jury awards $3.75M to protester hit by hard-foam projectiles fired by Los Angeles police in 2020 #Jury #awards #3.75M #protester #hit #hardfoam #projectiles #fired #Los #Angeles #police
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury awarded $3.75 million in damages this week to a protester shot twice with hard-foam projectiles fired by Los Angeles […]
Ex-law officers plead guilty to charges of torturing two Black men in US | Crime News #Exlaw #officers #plead #guilty #charges #torturing #Black #men #Crime #News
Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers, all of whom are white, have pleaded guilty to state charges for torturing two Black men in a racist […]
Former US police officer sentenced for role in George Floyd’s killing | Courts News #police #officer #sentenced #role #George #Floyds #killing #Courts #News
US judge sentences Tou Thao, convicted in state court for involvement in 2020 killing, to nearly five years in prison. A former Minneapolis police officer […]
US Justice Department opens civil rights probe into Memphis policing | Civil Rights News #Justice #Department #opens #civil #rights #probe #Memphis #policing #Civil #Rights #News
The US Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the city of Memphis and its police department, months after the beating death […]
Photos: Monument cements Emmett Till case as ‘an American story’ | Civil Rights News #Photos #Monument #cements #Emmett #case #American #story #Civil #Rights #News
US President Joe Biden’s establishment of a national monument honouring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, marks the fulfilment of a promise Till’s relatives […]
Biden honours Emmett Till, his mother with US national monument | Civil Rights News #Biden #honours #Emmett #mother #national #monument #Civil #Rights #News
Washington, DC – US President Joe Biden has established a national monument to honour Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 lynching galvanised the civil rights […]
Charges dismissed against white woman who spat on Black woman during protests in Connecticut #Charges #dismissed #white #woman #spat #Black #woman #protests #Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A judge Friday dismissed hate crime and other charges against a white woman who spat on a Black woman during competing […]