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A Hug That Earned a Student Suspension
Thousands have signed a petition in support of a Black student who was suspendered after hugging a teacher.
Santa is White?
A teacher who told a Black student that Santa is white has been disciplined after a parent complaint.
Black Teens Arrested While Waiting For the Bus
The Rochester district attorney dropped charges against three Black teens who were wrongfully arrested while waiting for the bus.
In Honor of Nelson Mandela
The life of former South African president and activist Nelson Mandela has been celebrated around the world after his death.
Free Mandela (from the Prison of Fantasy)!
Journalists and activists pull back the curtain on Nelson Mandela’s activism, which has been elevated nearly to mythology.
Nelson Mandela, South African Icon of Peaceful Resistance, Is Dead
With the death of South Africa’s former president and activist, Nelson Mandela, the world wonders about the country’s moral future.
Black Men Arrested for Escorting White Teen
A young dancer’s dream to train under an expert turned to nightmare when her escort, a family friend, was arrested and she taken to CPS.
Can We Trust Each Other?
A Pew Research survey recently found that fewer than one-third of Americans trusted others in everyday interactions. What does this mean?
Alabama Pardons 3 ‘Scottsboro Boys’ After 80 Years
The names of three Black men who were falsely accused of raping a white woman have been cleared, although they’re not alive to witness it.
White Supremacist Serial Killer Executed
Franklin, who targeted interracial couples, Black children, and others, has been put to death by the state of Missouri.
Ted Wafer, Accused Renisha McBride Killer, Told 911 He Shot Someone On His Porch
The young woman was unarmed, impaired, and hurt after a car crash and may have been looking for help when Wafer shot her through the door.
George Zimmerman: Violent Past and Future
Zimmerman recently dealt with police after pointing a gun at his pregnant girlfriend, but it isn’t his only violent action.
Renisha McBride’s Family Seeks Justice For Daughter’s Shooting
The family’s attorney stated they didn’t want to make it a racial thing because no one should find themselves in McBride’s position.
Racist Comments Made to France’s Justice Minister, Again?
A far-right tabloid has resorted to racist insults against Christiane Taubira, the Justice Minister who championed gay marriage.
Genetic clue to high heart risk of black Americans
New information that explains why Black Americans face a higher risk of heart disease may help us close the health gap.
First MLK’s Kids, Now the Heirs Of Malcolm X Are Headed to Court
Trouble is stirring between Malcolm X’s children and a book publisher over the rights to a diary he wrote in his last year.
Ridiculed For Having a ‘Black Name’
A 19-Year-old Black woman changes her name from ‘Keisha’ to ‘Kylie’ to avoid bullying and racist stereotypes
Klansman Halloween Costume
A woman who allowed her child to wear a KKK costume for Halloween in a family tradition that supports white supremacy.
![[UNVERIFIED CONTENT] June 22, 1996. A dozen members of a self-anointed and unwelcome KKK group came to Ann Arbor to hold a thumb-in-your-eye rally at City Hall. A protest group, the National Women's Rights Organizations Coalition (NWROC) formed to oppose them. After the rage had been mounting for awhile, this simpleminded redneck wandered up, wearing a Confederate-flag T-shirt and drinking a bottle of Lipton tea. The crowd tore off after him, he fell, and the mob pounced, striking for blood. Keshia Thomas, horrified, threw herself over him to stave off the angry blows. Moments earlier, Thomas, 18, had been in the NWROC group, shouting at the KKK. It was a heroic and passionate moment in a crazy afternoon, well captured in these photographs.
In a story in People Magazine, Thomas was quoted as saying, "You don't beat a man up because he doesn't believe the same things you do. He's still somebody's child."
The guy never dropped his tea bottle . . . .
(He was later identified as one Albert McKeel, Jr.)](https://b2580698.smushcdn.com/2580698/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/695713-e0531146-4103-11e3-9370-fad865867213-500x375.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1 "kkk supporter running from mob, ann arbor")
A Reminder of Black Heroism
Despite some believe them to be lesser people, many Black people frequently and heroically risk themselves for others.
