On this day, Aug. 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered while visiting relatives in Mississippi. The Black teenager was accused by
On Aug. 26, 1874, 16 Black men were dragged from the jail in Trenton, Tennessee, by a white mob of masked men. Five were killed
On Aug. 25, 2001, the world lost singer and actress Aaliyah in a tragic plane crash in the Bahamas. Just 22 years old, Aaliyah had
On Aug. 22, 1989, Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was shot and killed in West Oakland, California, at the
Republicans in the Texas House pushed through a controversial new congressional map this week after an intense fight with Democrats, according to The New York
President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that the White House is reviewing the Smithsonian museums, criticizing their focus on slavery, according to ABC News. On his
On Aug. 19, 1958, the NAACP Youth Council, led by teacher Clara Luper and her students, launched a sit-in at the Katz Drug Store lunch
President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would “lead a movement” to eliminate mail-in ballots, pledging to sign an executive order he claims will “bring
Former President Barack Obama recently spoke by phone with New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, fueling speculation of a possible endorsement, according to
Protesters confronted law enforcement officers, including Homeland Security agents, at a police checkpoint in D.C.’s U Street corridor Wednesday night, chanting “Go home fascists” and
Danielle Spencer, best known as Dee Thomas on the hit sitcom “What’s Happening!!,” died Aug. 11 at age 60 after a long battle with cancer.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reports that President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law will send the biggest benefits to the wealthiest Americans while cutting
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