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What Year is This? See What Kentucky Wants to Do to Statewide College DEI Initiatives

Young African American student writing in classroomPhoto: Vladimir Vladimirov (Getty Images) Florida isn’t the only battleground in the war on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. In Kentucky, lawmakers just moved one giant step closer to destroying DEI efforts on college campuses throughout the Bluegrass State. Google’s Global Chief DEI Officer On The Importance Racial Equity […]

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NAACP Advises Black Student-Athletes to Keep Their Talents Away From Florida Universities

Look what you’ve done, Gov. Ron DeSantis. Nearly a week after the Florida governor got his wish and the entire diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program at the University of Florida (UF) was eliminated, the NAACP has had enough. Oscar-Winning ‘American Fiction’ Writer Cord Jefferson On The Challenge of Getting His Movie Made Off English […]

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NAACP Releases Its ‘Black Policy Agenda’ For Biden To Still Fulfill

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Shannon Finney / Getty On Wednesday, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) released its Black Policy Agenda: State of The Union Edition, outlining policies that they would like President Joe Biden to uphold this year and in 2024, if re-elected. The groundbreaking agenda, a first for the […]

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RIP Casey Goodson Jr.: Trial Begins For Ex-Cop Who Shot Black Man 6 Times In The Back

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Walton + Brown, LLP / Walton + Brown, LLP The trial of the former officer charged in the 2020 shooting death of an Ohio Black man began Wednesday, more than three years after Casey Goodson Jr. was killed. Former deputy Jason Meade was charged with murder and reckless homicide in December 2021 […]

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Is 50 Cent’s Long-Running Starz Beef Hurting the ‘Power’ Universe?

As the internet went crazy about “Barbie’s” perceived Oscars nomination snubs for star Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig, EGOT winner and Academy member, Whoopi Goldberg reminded the world that “Not everybody gets a prize.” Perhaps someone needs to send that message to Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, because he had a strong reaction to the […]

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IKYFL: A 2-Year-Old Black Girl “Arrested” in Lame Rosa Parks Demonstration

Screenshot: Bureau of Prisons You know, when we said Florida needs to teach the real version Black history, we didn’t mean putting a toddler in handcuffs and calling her Rosa Parks! Yes, this happened and according to the NAACP, the daycare in question ought to be placed under investigation. Small Town Horror Story: The Mississippi […]

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White Colorado Middle Schooler Accused of Going on Racist Tirade in Video

Racism has no age limit. It can come from a young student in middle school, or an elderly person living in a nursing home. Don’t believe me? Small Town Horror Story: The Mississippi Burning of Three Anti-Segregationists Off English Recently, the Rocky Mountain NAACP requested that local, state, and federal authorities launch a probe after […]

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A Black Powerhouse Is Coming for this Former San Jose Officer and his Racist Texts

Screenshot: KTVU The NAACP is demanding big changes following the dismissal of Mark McNamara, the former San Jose officer who was let go from his position last week for sending racist text messages. Small Town Horror Story: The Mississippi Burning of Three Anti-Segregationists Off English A coalition, which is being spearheaded by the NAACP’s South […]

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These Black Women Will Be Featured On U.S. Quarters In 2025

Illustration: Library of Congress (Shutterstock) Five women will be featured on the quarters scheduled to be minted for 2025. The U.S. Mint announced this list will include the legendary tennis and golf star Althea Gibson as well as NAACP co-founder Ida B. Wells. Free Money For College Is Out There & Waiting To Be Found, […]

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