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Black Boy on Honor Roll Suspended for ‘Design’ in His Hair

What kind of world is it where an honor roll student is getting suspended because of a…design in his hair? A mother in Alabama is voicing her strong, adamant opinions because her 7-year-old student was...

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Alabama Teen May Have Been Killed By Police Officer While Holding Cell Phone

Conflicting reports from authorities and witnesses are leaving a community anxious and frustrated following the death of Michael Moore, 19, at the hands of a police officer in Mobile, AL. According to...

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Prison Guards Join Inmates In Strike Over Labor Practices

Prison inmates across the country have been going on strike against unfair labor practices that closely – or completely – resemble slavery. The movement has now reached a new level as guards at an...

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Black Transgender Woman Found Dead In Alabama Hotel

Jazz Alford, a transgender black woman, was found dead in a hotel in Birmingham, Alabama, according to Mic. Her body was first found on Sept. 23, but she was unfortunately misgendered by authorities....

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Justice Department To Investigate Alabama Prison Where Inmates Went On Strike

The prison strike that’s been occurring across the country still hasn’t been picked up by major news sources despite the major impact it could have on the justice system. Perhaps that will change now...

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Man Stages Proposal Featuring Police Pointing Weapons At Him

Proposals are meant to be memorable, joyous occasions. Most people think moonlit dinner, walks in the park or something really sentimental. But, to all of our surprise, there’s apparently someone out...

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Black voters ensure narrow margin of victory for Democratic Party in Alabama

Alabama Democrat Doug Jones escaped with a mere three percent margin of victory as much of the country watched with bated breath to see if the state would allow a racist, misogynist, sexual predator of...

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Black woman violently arrested at Waffle House draws calls for protests

25 year old Chikesia Clemons was violently arrested at an Alabama Waffle House after allegedly disputing being charged extra for plastic utensils. One of the Waffle House employees called the police on...

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Shooting at Alabama mall leaves two injured, one dead during Black Friday...

On Thursday night, a gunman opened fire in the Riverchase Galleria mall in Hoover, Alabama during the first of its Black Friday sales. According to several outlets, the shooting resulted in two injured...

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Alabama police kill Black army veteran after mall shooting, then say he may...

According to the Washington Post, police in Hoover, Alabama originally indicated Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. was the shooter in a mall after they killed the 21-year-old army veteran. The police...

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Exposing children to examples of protest plants the seeds for them to fight...

By Salaam Green Protest birthed out of the American south often sets the pace for revolutionary and radical campaigns for justice. While I was teaching creative drama with a group of fourth graders...

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SCOTUS refuses Muslim inmate’s request for imam instead of Christian chaplain...

On Thursday evening at 10:12 pm, Alabama executed death row inmate Domineque Ray by lethal injection, after the Supreme Court denied his request for his imam, a Muslim chaplain, to be present. Ray had...

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