S.C. Antebellum Slave Cabin to Be Restored, Taken to Smithsonian
A slave cabin measuring 16 by 20 feet in Edisto Island, S.C. tells a unique story about slavery and freedom. The cabin was stationed on a cotton plantation that was abandoned during the Civil War, and many of the slaves liberated themselves after the Union Army occupied the island. Although remains from slave cabins are not [...]
There have been a number of shocking revelations regarding the medical industry and the African-American community, in which African-Americans have often been revered as guinea pigs to undergo testing for medical research without their knowledge and consent. These studies have led to an astonishing number of deaths and a permanent stamp of the mistrust African-Americans [...]
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The African-American targeted TV network Bounce TV will premiere its first original non-scripted series,”Forever Jones” presented by Walmart in June. The new reality series will delve deeper into the daily lives and challenges of the close-knit, faith-based family and gospel group foreverJONES. The series, set in the family’s hometown of Shreveport, LA, will run original [...]
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) settled on $1.33 billion to a certain group of African-American farmers who claimed discrimination by the federal agency during a specific period. The New York Times investigated the administration of the settlement and concluded it had become “a runaway train, driven by racial politics, pressure from influential members of [...]
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Cook County Commissioner William Beavers was convicted of tax evasion earlier this year for failing to report campaign donations that he squandered at casinos. Beavers’ attorneys are asking that the verdict be overturned because there were not enough African-American male jurors. His lawyers say a jury of his peers should have included at least a [...]
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Fewer African-American males were enrolled in the first year of medical schools in 2012 than 32 years ago, according to a top officer in the Association of American Medical Colleges. Marc Nivet, chief diversity officer at the AAMC, made that startling disclosure at the recent Howard University Symposium on Unites States Healthcare. Nivet claims the drop, if [...]
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Jason Collins and his family sat down with Oprah for her “Oprah’s Next Chapter” series to discuss the revelation he made in Sports Illustrated about his sεxuality. Collins explained to Oprah that revealing his sεxuality as an African-American man added “another dimension” to his revelation. Oprah asked Collins if he had considered the “stigma” attached to being [...]
Continue reading …Clinical Psychologist Says Racism Attributes to African-American’s Shortened Life Expectancy
May 6, 2013 40 Comments
In an op-ed titled “Healing the wounded psyches of black Americans,” African-American clinical psychologist Dr. Earl Bracy addresses a number of psychological and physical abuse African-Americans endure from racism and discrimination. Recollecting his own experience with matters regarding racial discrimination he writes: “Growing up in Alabama, I recall roughly 50% of the black men in the [...]
Continue reading …Advocacy Group Sues Brooklyn Apartment Owners for Refusing to Rent to African-Americans
May 6, 2013 11 Comments
New York is one of a number of states in the United States that is revered as “liberal” and less prejudice than states below the Mason Dixon line; however, recent months have proven otherwise, as the NYPD has been accused of aggressively stopping-and-frisking African-American men and being hit with wrongful death and violation of civil [...]
Continue reading …During the 18th and 19th Centuries, African-Americans Sent 1000s of Anti-Slavery Petitions
May 4, 2013 21 Comments
Although Massachusetts abolished slavery in 1783, throughout the 18th and 19th century, the state’s legislator filed thousands of petitions calling for an end of lingering slavery, segregation, and the uncertainty caused by the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and by the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision in 1857. Among the documents were “some of the first [...]
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