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‘They Just Wanted to Record’: Dramatic Video Captures Chicago Man Risking His Life to Save Commuter from Electrocution. Then Gets Surprise of His Life from a Local Entrepreneur.

June 12, 2022
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A Chicago man is being heralded as a hero after saving a man from being electrocuted after he fell into subway tracks and landing on the third rail. The real-life Superman, who secured the victim and risked being harmed himself, administered CPR in an effort to resuscitate him after the horrific accident. Anthony Perry shocked…

New film tells tale of former football player Wilbur Jackson

June 12, 2022
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Wilbur Jackson was the first Black scholarship football player at the University of Alabama in 1969 before having an eight-year career in the NFL Less than an hour before the premiere of the documentary Quiet Pioneer: The Wilbur Jackson Story, co-producers Jon Nelson and Phil Cantor didn’t try to hide their emotions. “I am a…

March For Our Lives: The Blackest Moments From America Rallying Against Gun Violence

June 12, 2022
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Source: Leigh Vogel / Getty Still unnerved by the deadly mass shootings in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and at a school in Uvalde, Texas, in particular, what seemed like millions of people this weekend took to America’s streets as part of the March For Our Lives protests that sprinkled the country in an…

Lupe Fiasco, 6lack highlight Apple Music Juneteenth playlist

June 12, 2022
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The second annual ‘Juneteenth 2022: Freedom Songs’ playlist launched Friday Several artists including Bun B, Lupe Fiasco, 6LACK and Brittney Spencer have recorded songs honoring Juneteenth for Apple Music. Performers from different genres composed new tracks, while others recorded cover songs for the second annual “Juneteenth 2022: Freedom Songs” playlist, which launched Friday, June 10…

Chicago man who saved man on train tracks gets free car

June 12, 2022
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Anthony Perry says the car will make his life ‘way easier’ A Chicago man who jumped onto train tracks to rescue someone who had fallen onto an electrified rail during a fight at an L station earned more than praise for his heroic act: He’s also been gifted with a car. Anthony Perry, 20, was…

Los Angeles mayor proclaims Juneteenth official city holiday

June 12, 2022
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Mayor Eric Garcetti says new holiday a small step toward undoing systemic racism Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday signed a proclamation making Juneteenth an official city holiday to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. Garcetti said during a signing ceremony at City Hall that the commemoration was overdue and a…

’10/10 Joke’: Jackée Harris Shares Hilarious Reaction to News of Nick Cannon Fathering a Ninth Child

June 12, 2022
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Jackée Harry poked fun at “Wild n Out” creator Nick Cannon in a tweet she wrote that compared the actor to the Netflix documentary “Our Father.” “Our Father” is a true documentary that unraveled the life of a small-town doctor who impregnated many women using his own sperm, unbeknownst to the women. Pictured (left) @jackeeharry/Instagram…

For many low-income families, getting formula has always been a strain

June 12, 2022
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The shortage of baby formula has only exacerbated an ongoing struggle for families on WIC to find the best formula for their infants. Miracle Abbott became pregnant during her junior year at the University of South Carolina Upstate. She worked a low-wage job and had mounting student debt, so the then-19-year-old turned to the Special…

Juneteenth marked as state holiday in Alabama this year

June 12, 2022
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In addition to recognizing the end of slavery in the U.S., Alabama continues to observe three state Confederate-related holidays Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has authorized Juneteenth Day — the federal holiday marking the end of slavery — as a holiday for state workers this year in Alabama. Ivey issued a memo earlier this month authorizing…

Prosecutor who charged Michigan cop in Patrick Lyoya killing praised by his critics

June 12, 2022
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Republican Kent County prosecutor Chris Becker charged Christopher Schurr with second-degree murder Black civil rights activists in April demanded that a Michigan prosecutor stand aside in the investigation of the police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya with a shot to the back of the head, claiming he was too cozy with local law enforcement. Chris Becker’s…