NewsOne Featured Video Source: Xinhua News Agency / Getty There are lingering questions about the death of an unarmed Black teen who was killed last month when a Mississippi police officer’s department-issued cruiser drove over him while he was reportedly being chased for reasons that have still not been made clear. Kadarius Smith died March […]
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NewsOne Featured Video A white police officer in Louisiana was shown on video choking an unarmed Black man during an incident that attorneys say not only violates state law but also places a spotlight on the worsening issue of police brutality in the state. The unfortunate encounter happened last weekend in the city of Scott, […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Here’s one of the main reasons Black people’s tumultuous relationship with police officers is all but assured to continue: Cops don’t seem to learn from previous high-profile incidents. Nearly a decade after the shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, an officer in Akron, Ohio—the same city where officers of the same police department […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images / Getty An ex-San Jose police officer who resigned after his police chief released 10 pages of racist text messages, including one where he declared, “I hate Black people,” is facing a lawsuit that was filed after he shot one of the Black people […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Anadolu / Getty There’s a reason why I have always said that a police report is not a credible news source. Sure, a responsible news outlet will always report what investigating officers and police departments officially stated regarding an incident, but it’s not unbiased journalism if you’re treating a cop’s word […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Nicholas Klein / Getty In today’s episode of White People Don’t Actually Know What ‘Woke’ Means, the white woman behind the conservative social media account Libs of TikTok found herself getting laughed at by a room of college students as she struggled to define “wokeness” even as she was claiming it […]
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NewsOne Featured Video The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks after being released from prison for leading a boycott. Donald Uhrbrock/The Chronicle Collection via Getty Images On April 3, 1968, standing before a crowded church, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. painted his vision for justice. “I’ve seen the Promised Land,” he said. “I may […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: BSWC / BSWC The Black Southern Women’s Collaborative (BSWC) is a network and advocacy organization committed to empowering Black women serving as executive directors in the Southern United States. Established in 2021, BSWC assembles a team of dynamic Black women executives to address pressing issues like economic justice, political empowerment, healthcare […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: The Washington Post / Getty In an exclusive discussion with NewsOne, Black Voters Matter Fund co-founder, LaTosha Brown explains why the right-wingers have gone after TSU–and how that has larger consequences for us all. Responding to the right-wing attack that has disrupted leadership and funding at an HBCU, Tennessee State University […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Crystal Mason, center, with her legal team in 2018. | Source: Crystal Mason On Thursday, an appeals court in Texas overturned the conviction and the egregiously absurd five-year sentence handed to a Black woman for a crime she arguably should never have been charged with in the first place. According to the […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate Fanny Hamer speaks out for the meeting of her delegates at a credential meeting before the formal meeting of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22, 1964, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. | Source: Bettmann / Getty It wasn’t called voter suppression back then, but civil rights […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: da-kuk / Getty One thing about Black people: We are the absolute masters of laughing to keep from crying. There possibly isn’t another demographic in history that has perfected the fine art of finding humor in our oppression even as we fight it. It’s really something to behold. It’s obvious to […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: General / Radio One Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is leading calls for action after a Mississippi police officer killed a 17-year-old Black boy by driving over him in a police cruiser during an early morning chase last week. Kadarius Smith died last Thursday after an unidentified officer with the Leland […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Opal Lee speaks during a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2023. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty In today’s episode of If America Isn’t A Racist Country, How Did This Happen? a 97-year-old Black woman is getting a new home […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: African American Policy Forum / Instagram Since 2015, the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) has been organizing Her Dream Deferred to elevate the stories and perspectives of Black women and girls across the U.S. The annual event features a variety of activities including panels, artistic performances, workshops and lectures. iOne’s Vice […]
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