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Dollar General Pledges $2.5M to Aid Jacksonville Community Following Tragic Shooting
Dollar General will donate more than $2.5 million to nonprofit organizations and other efforts to heal the traumatized community where a white supremacist fatally...
Missouri Judge Orders Trial for 84-Year-Old Who Shot Honor Student After Mistaken Doorbell Ring
A Missouri judge ruled Thursday that an elderly white man must stand trial for shooting and seriously injuring unarmed Black teenager Ralph Yarl in...
On this day in 1900, Booker T. Washington founded the National Negro Business League
On this day in 1900, Booker T. Washington made history by founding the National Negro Business League in Boston. The pioneering organization emerged as...
On this day in 1989, Huey P. Newton was shot and killed
On this day in 1989, the world lost a prominent figure in the civil rights and Black Panther movements, Huey P. Newton.
Huey Newton was...
On this day in 1904, William “Count” Basie was born
Legendary bandleader, composer and jazz pianist William “Count” Basie was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, on Aug. 21, 1904.
As a young man, Basie...