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Philando Castile’s Legacy Of Helping His Students Pay For Lunch Lives On
Monique Judge, The Root Philando Castile was known as a caring man at the St. Paul, Minn., school where he worked as a cafeteria supervisor. He cared so much for the children he served that he often paid for their lunches out of his own pocket when they were unable to, and now, thanks to…
Read MoreUnder Trump, Justice Department Resumes Fight for White Privilege
Affirmative Action, which benefits the disenfranchised, is again the subject of debate about discrimination against whites.
Read MoreBlacks underrepresented at top colleges despite affirmative action
Affirmative Action laws haven’t been able to combat enrollment disparities between Black and white college students.
Read MoreWhy Black Women Are — And Should Be — Leading The Fight For $15
Black women have a high stake in the fight for fair wages; they make up a large portion of those working “unskilled” jobs for low wages.
Read MoreWhen Jack Daniel’s Failed to Honor a Slave, an Author Rewrote History
The annals of history are never dead and gone, only hidden effectively from the masses. Jack Daniel’s Whiskey Disterilly and its birth, is but one of those hidden facts uncovered for the World to learn of, to see of with one’s own eyes. Finally, the inclusion of the co- owner of the namesake “whiskey,” a man whom was a slave called Nearest Green, has his due in the revision of the history around the brew to include Green whom may also be the actual creator of the innocuous concoction called whiskey.
Read MoreHelp Me Find the Lie: DNC Leader Keith Ellison Calls GOP ‘The Party of Racism’
DNC Leader Kieth Ellison stands by his words. Boldly stating that the Repuplican party is the modern day racist party espousing and supporting racism, subjugation of people’s, lives, poverty, segregation, separation and more. DNC leader voiced these words of truth at the Netroots Nation Cinferance and begs to be contradicted, by asking people to please point out where he has misspoke.
Read MoreBLM: Charlottesville Is A Confirmation Of The Violence Black People Endure
White supremacists, neo-nazis, and members of the Ku Klux Klan rally together to display their unwavering hate for blacks in Charlottesville, VA and Black Lives Matter responds. Read the article to see how.
Read MoreBlack Unemployment Hits Historic Low. Should Trump Get Credit or Are We Getting Played?
In an economy that currently has the lowest African American unemployment rate since 2000, people are wondering who’s to blame. Most likely, not Trump read the article to find out why.
Read MoreWoman Who Is Disabled Shocked To Find No Prostheses In Her Skin Tone
By Elyse Wanshel, HuffPost Black Voices A woman in Canada who recently had her left leg amputated is having a difficult time accepting her new body. Rahab Wanjau, 30, was born with a deformity on her left tibia (or shinbone). She told HuffPost that after five painful surgeries, which left her relying on crutches most…
Read More‘Little Miss Flint’ Helps 1,000 Local Students Get New School Supplies
Amariyanna Copeney, also known as “Little Miss Flint”, has started a school supply drive, Pack Your Back, in order to help out kids and families in Michigan struggling to get back on their feet since the city’s lead-in-the-water crisis.
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