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The Florida NAACP wants its national board to issue a travel advisory for the state, urging Black people to avoid visiting Florida in response to anti-Black legislation put forth by Republican Gov ...
Florida 4 1 5 Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs held office as Secretary of State and State Superintendent. Georgia 3 1 4 Illinois 4 3 6 Roland Burris held office as Comptroller, Attorney General and U.S. Senator Indiana 4 4 Kansas 1 1 Kentucky 2 2 Louisiana 5 5 Maryland 4 4 Massachusetts 3 2 4 Edward Brooke held office as Attorney General and U.S. Senator
Post-reconstruction policies allowed civil rights for blacks to lapse. Black voters and black politicians vanished under threats from reactionary whites. [9] Per capita lynching was highest in Florida than any other state from 1900 to 1930. Offenders were often known but no legal proceedings ensued.
Police in North Carolina and Georgia and local NAACP leaders are investigating a social media threat that Ku Klux Klan white supremacists plan to attack Black Americans “from now until the ...
Abortion rights are on the ballot in Florida. Advocates fear DeSantis is laying the groundwork to nullify the results, Alex Woodward reports
The term first received media attention in October 2017 when Foreign Policy published a leaked copy of the report in October 2017. [4] [5] [6] According to Foreign Policy, the report is the first reference to "black identity extremists", while also noting the report claims "[t]he FBI assesses it is very likely Black Identity Extremist perceptions of police brutality against African Americans ...
Like Miami Beach now, elected government officials of “Ft. Liquordale” attempted to tame the chaos after more than 350,000 students packed the beach in 1985.
Resilience: Black Heritage in St. Augustine is a yearlong community project celebrated in 2021 by local archives, libraries, and museums in recognition of the many contributions the Black community has made and continues to make in building St. Augustine's cultural heritage through more than 455 years of its history.