Archive for the ‘African American’ Category
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Trayvon Martin’s fatal encounter with George Zimmerman was “avoidable,” and the teen was not doing anything criminal at the time of their confrontation on Feb. 26, a report by Sanford, Fla., police says.
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Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Reparations.
That single word has the power to bring forth memories of slave screams, blood-shed, lynching, raping and the unrepentant theft of generations of successful Black families by the United States of America.
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012
Marissa Alexander, the 31-year-old Florida woman who fired what her family calls a warning shot at her abusive husband, was sentenced Friday morning to 20 years in prison.
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Tags: Black Voices News, Domestic Violence, Florida-Standoff, Marissa Alexander, Rico Gray, Stand Your Ground Law
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
A University of Florida professor recently published an article in “Law and History Review” from Cambridge Journals, which asserts that the racist and oppressive history of police officers in New Orleans have many Blacks viewing cops as “killers behind the badge.”
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Monday, May 7th, 2012
Winslow Sherrill has two daughters who are lesbian. While he loves them and gets along with their partners, he’s going to vote in favor of banning gay marriage in North Carolina.
North Carolina’s African-American voters could be crucial in Tuesday’s vote over the proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions. Blacks make up a little more than 20 percent of the state’s population, and some polls show they strongly favor a ban.
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Tags: African Methodist Episcopal Zion church, African-American voters, civil unions, Clinton Tabernacle A.M.E. Zion Church, gay marriage, God, HIV, homophobic, homosexuality, Jesus, judgement, lesbians, love, N.C., North Carolina, same-sex marriage, Sylvia Shuford, T. Anthony Spearman, Winslow Sherrill
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Friday, May 4th, 2012
The family of the Florida A&M drum major who prosecutors say was the victim of fatal hazing activity said today the famed Marching 100 band should be disbanded.
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Tags: famu, famu hazing, Robert Champion
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Wave after wave of young men surged forward to take turns punching and kicking their victim.
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Tags: beating, black teens, Dave Forster, Marjon Rostami, white couple
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Sunday, April 29th, 2012
Ethnic labels and segregation at the Lord’s Supper table thwart Christian unity, Baptists’ international leader told participants at the T.B. Maston Lectures in Christian Ethics .
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Tags: Baptist World Alliance, Christian unity, Ethnic labels, Ethnicity, Hardin-Simmons University, Logsdon Seminary, Neville Callam
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Monday, April 23rd, 2012
Bill Lee Jr., the Sanford police chief at the time of the Trayvon Martin shooting, will step down permanently.
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
George Zimmerman is getting out of jail. Now his defense team has to worry about keeping the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of gunning down Trayvon Martin safe on the outside.
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Tags: Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester, George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon Martin death
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