Lawyers for Breonna Taylor’s family sue police over existence of body camera footage
Written by Kiara Brantley-Jones and Sabina Ghebremedhin Published on 10th July 2021 Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old certified emergency medical technician, was killed in March when police executed multiple search …
Two-thirds of South Sudanese children in desperate need of aid: Unicef
Published by Xinhua News Agency on 7th July 2021 Three children walk through a spontaneous camp for internally displaced persons at the United Nations Mission to South Sudan (UNMISS) base …
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Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated: interim PM
Published by Agence France-Presse on 7th July 2021 Haitian President Jovenel Moise at the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, October 22, 2019. He was assassinated on July 7, 2021. PHOTO | …
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Black Civil War Veterans’ Burial Ground Is Restored By Church To Honor Their Legacy
Published on The Tennessee Tribune on 8th July 2021 Edited by Alex Willemyns and Hugh Dougherty Volunteers at the cemetery clean-up in Freehold, N.J. on June 26. (Courtesy of Bethel …
Report: Till slaying still being investigated 65 years later
Written by Jay Reeves Published on 11th July 2021 This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old black Chicago teen, who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1955 after …
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African American spelling bee champ makes history with flair
Written by Ben Nuckols Published on 11th July 2021 Zaila Avant-garde, 14, from Harvey, Louisiana celebrates after winning the finals of the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee at Disney World …
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For The 1st Time, A Black Woman Will Lead A NASA Center
Written by Lauren Terrazas Published on 7th July 2021 Space Shuttle replica “Explorer” arrives at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston after the journey from the Kennedy Space …
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All Girls Brooklyn High School First Graduating Class Receives 100% College Acceptance Rate
Written by Ashlee Banks Published on 2nd July 2021 Photo Credit: ATU Images The Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy’s (BELA) 2021 graduating class is the school’s first graduating class …
Olympic Committee Bans Headgear Designed For Black Swimmers
Written by Tomas Kassahun Published on 2nd July 2021 Photo Credit: FangXiaNuo Olympic swimmers will now be barred from using swimming caps made by Soul Cap, a Black-owned …
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