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‘This Must Stop’: Tyler Perry and Black Hollywood Heavy-Hitters Back Comedians’ Lawsuit Against Police After Being Racially Profiled at Atlanta Airport

June 13, 2024
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Tyler Perry and notable Black actors are taking a stance against law enforcement’s practice of racial profiling at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. The Clayton County Police Department is named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by comedians Eric André and Clayton English in October 2022. The encounters that André and English, both Black men,…

‘They’re Not People, They Are Monsters’: Hateful Arizona Man Wanted to Incite Race War with Mass Shooting of Black People at Atlanta Concert Until the FBI Foiled His Plan

June 13, 2024
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Mark Adams Prieto believed he had the perfect plan to commit a mass shooting of Black people at an Atlanta rap concert in order to start a race war before the 2020 presidential election, authorities say. Believing that martial law would be implemented after the election, the 58-year-old gun dealer from Arizona had recruited two…

Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. Was Among The Most Important Figures Of The Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

June 13, 2024
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Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr., speaks from the balcony outside room 306 at the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated 50 years ago, on April 4, 2018, in Memphis, Tennessee. | Source: Joe Raedle / Getty Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr., who died on June 9, 2024, at the age of…

‘Being Sick While Black’: Four Tops Singer Alleges He was Offered a $25 Gift Card After Being Racially Profiled and Placed In Straitjacket During ER Visit

June 13, 2024
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Alexander Morris, the lead singer of Motown Records’ The Four Tops, has filed a federal lawsuit against Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Warren, Michigan. He claims doctors wrongfully placed him in restraints and ordered a psychological evaluation, alleging his institutionalization was racially motivated. Morris, 53, represented by attorneys Maurice Davis and Jasmine Rand, filed the complaint…

A Historic Evening: Inside the White House’s 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration Concert

June 13, 2024
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President Joe Biden speaks during a Juneteenth Concert on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2024. | Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Black culture and history took center stage at the White House this past Monday as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spearheaded a vibrant…

‘I Was Horrified’: Shocking Video Shows Middle School Coach Choking 14-Year-Old Boy With T-Shirt, Parents Demand Assault Charges

June 13, 2024
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The parents of a 14-year-old boy are demanding that a Michigan middle school coach be charged with assault after he was caught on surveillance video choking their son with a shirt. “I need this man to pay for what he did to my son, and if that means being fired, losing his job, sitting in…

Is He Fired Yet? Jonathan Kaye’s Employment Status Unclear After Punching Woman In Viral Video

June 13, 2024
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Jonathan Kaye is shown moments after punching an unidentified woman in Brooklyn, New York City, on June 8, 2024. | Source: X screenshot More than three days after Jonathan Kaye was shown on video brutally punching a woman in New York City last weekend, the wealthy banker seemingly remains on the payroll of an investment…

‘Oh They Mad Mad He’s Killing the Box Office’: ‘Deuce Bigalow’ Actor Rob Schneider Blasts the Oscars for Letting ‘Liar, Fraud, A—hole’ Will Smith Get Away with Slapping Chris Rock to Avoid Coming Off Racist

June 13, 2024
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Comedian Rob Schneider has stepped into what some call uncharted territory after calling Will Smith a “liar,” “fraud,” and a few other choice words for slapping his fellow SNL alumnus Chris Rock. At the 2022 Oscars, he made a joke about the Oscar winner’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, prompting “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” to…

Lakers’ LeBron James and Others Pay Tribute to Jerry West, Whose Legacy Lives on as the NBA Logo, But His Story Also Includes a Troubled Past

June 12, 2024
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Lakers’ LeBron James pays Tribute to nba legend Jerry West, Whose Legacy Lives on as the NBA Logo, But His Story Also Includes a Troubled Past Tributes poured in on June 12 after news of Basketball Hall of Famer Jerry West’s death surfaced. A cause of death was not immediately released. He was 86. West,…

Cosplaying As Black: Notable Times White Writers Went Undercover And Failed To Address Systemic Racism

June 12, 2024
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Black Like Me, lobbycard, James Whitmore, 1964. | Source: LMPC / Getty A peculiar desire seems to still haunt some white people: “I wish I knew what it was like to be Black.” This wish is different from wanting to cosplay the coolness of Blackness – mimicking style, aping music and parroting vernacular. MORE: The…