Ebony Austin (Photo provided) Nouveau Bar & Grill owner Ebony Austin takes pride in celebrating her one-year anniversary in Atlanta on Oct. 24, 2020. Austin shared three techniques she implements in her daily regimen that have allowed her to “weather…
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Black man serving life sentence for stealing hedge clippers granted parole
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Black man whose life sentence for making off with hedge clippers in a 1997 burglary drew scathing criticism from the chief justice of Louisiana’s Supreme Court was granted parole Thursday. The 3-0 vote during an…
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White Florida Teacher Reassigned After Telling Her Students She Has a ‘Right to Dislike Blacks’
A Florida teacher has been temporarily removed from her teaching position after an investigation by the Osceola School District. The investigation comes after the teacher was recorded using racially charged language. The Poinciana High School social studies teacher has been…
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Bodycam video shows Ohio police officer holding woman at gunpoint during traffic stop
Footage was recently released from the South Euclid Police Department of a traffic stop in the Ohio town in where an officer held a Black woman at gunpoint as her child was in the car. The release of the body…
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Black man sues Oregon gas station for racial discrimination
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Black man who said he was prohibited from buying gas by a white gas station attendant has filed a $350,000 racial discrimination lawsuit against the station. Dominique DeWeese said in the lawsuit filed Wednesday that…
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