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Elevating America's conversation about Black identity, politics, & culture. Telling stories by, for, and about the Black community.
- Dozens of books written by Black authors are being pulled from school libraries under the pretext that they’re teaching critical race theory. Most of the books don’t teach critical race theory but are written by and about people of color.
- Race is one of the strongest predictors of how long a person waits in line to vote, research shows.
- In 1939, a Chinese American family was unable to rent a house until a Black couple allowed them to rent and eventually buy their property. Now, the family is donating $5 million to Black college students using proceeds from the sale of the house.
- Tennis great Serena Williams and civil rights icon Ruby Bridges will be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame next year, the hall announced Thursday.
- Cherelle Parker wins the Philadelphia mayor’s race, NBC News projects, making the Democrat the first female chief executive in the city’s history. nbcnews.app.link/fKdGvs3WxEb
- “Black Lives Matter. That’s why we’re here … I’m a mom, and I heard George when he called out ‘mama.’ That’s why I’m here.” A Portland mother explains why she continues to protest.
- Rep. Cori Bush in her first speech on the US House floor: “We have a mandate to legislate in defense of Black lives. The first step in that process is to root out white supremacy starting with impeaching the white supremacist in chief.”
- A Black woman and four minors who were removed from their car at gunpoint and then handcuffed by Aurora police in 2020 receive a $1.9 million settlement.
- A 114-year-old Houston woman has become the oldest living person in the U.S. and the fifth-oldest person on Earth, according to LongeviQuest.
- Anti-Racism educator Jane Elliott on why Kapernick's knee is about taking a stand nbcnews.to/2yde2rF
- Dr. Edith Irby Jones, the first black student to enroll at an all-white medical school in the South and later the first female president of the National Medical Association, has died. She was 91. trib.al/PQgZ7v7
- Attorneys for George Floyd's daughter and her mother have sent rapper Kanye West a cease-and-desist letter, demanding that he refrain from commenting publicly about Floyd's death as he did recently. nbcnews.to/3VFkejy
- Black Lives Matter has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
