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June 20th, 2013
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HOUSTON (AP) – Major League Baseball (MLB) received an A rating in racial hiring practices in Richard Lapchick's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports 2013 report at the University of Central Florida. But the number of black major leaguers remained low at just 8.3 percent.
Commissioner Bud Selig touted the progress the league made in racial hiring practices while stressing his desire to...
June 19th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
A sobering new study found that at least one black person died every 28 hours at the hands of a police officer, security guard, or some other level of “self-appointed” vigilante in 2012 racial discrimination cases.
Perhaps even more alarmingly, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement study also found that number could ultimately prove to be much greater and that the use or concept of employing deadly...
June 19th, 2013
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Miami-Dade Police remain under fire after the mother of a 14-year-old boy produced a cell phone video showing officers choking and beating her son in what appears to be an unprovoked attack that illustrates how racial discrimination today remains high.
Though officers later reasoned they only accosted Tremaine McMillan after he gave them a “dehumanizing stare,” they apparently had little trouble...
June 18th, 2013
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take on another dispute involving race, deciding whether people must prove they were victims of intentional housing discrimination to win lawsuits under federal law.
With highly anticipated decisions on affirmative action and voting rights imminent, the justices added a case to their calendar for the fall that involves the Fair Housing Act. The...
June 17th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Black students from six urban district schools in the Atlanta area have been recognized for improved performance on AP (Advanced Placement) exams.
The dictum issued by “Come West 9" school coordinator Chantrise Sims-Holliman is simple and straightforward enough: We do not want mom and dad to have to pay for college. We want college to pay for you.”
And so it’s with that mindset and urging some 50...