NewsNational Guard Deployed To Atlanta After 31 People Shot Over WeekendDerek MajorJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020 by Derek MajorJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020010003 Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency on Monday, authorizing the deployment of 1,000 National Guard troops to Atlanta.
Education NewsArkansas Daycare Kicks Out 6-Year-Old Black Girl For Wearing Black Lives Matter ShirtDana GivensJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020 by Dana GivensJuly 7, 2020July 7, 202007547 In a daycare in Arkansas, a young Black girl wearing Black Lives Matter apparel was reason enough for her to be kicked out of the
TechnologyBlack Execs Launch Infrastructure Impact Fund to Erase Broadband Deserts in Rural and Urban AreasJeffrey McKinneyJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020 by Jeffrey McKinneyJuly 7, 2020July 7, 202008869 Two former top black executives are working to expand broadband access in underserved communities through the Epiphany Community Impact Fund.
NewsBlack Man Says He Was Standing His Ground When He Killed Alleged Racist White TeenCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020039344 A Black man in Georgia who has been arrested for shooting and killing a 17-year-old white girl was, in legal terms, standing his ground
NewsVideo Shows Black Man Against a Tree in What’s Described As ‘An Attempted Lynching’ in IndianaCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020015802 A Black man says he "was almost the victim of an attempted lynching" by a group of white men in Indiana.
COVID-19 PoliticsAtlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Tested Positive For CoronavirusDerek MajorJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020 by Derek MajorJuly 7, 2020July 7, 202005476 The Atlanta Mayor said Monday she tested positive for the coronavirus.
PoliticsRepublican Senator who Said Obama Showed ‘Failed Leadership’ During the Ebola Crisis Says Trump ‘Is Stepping Forward’ with the CoronavirusCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020010981 A Republican senator who criticized Obama's handling of the Ebola virus says President Trump is "stepping forward" with how he is handling coronavirus
NewsCalifornia Police Looking for White Couple who Vandalized Black Lives Matter Mural on July 4thCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020018378 Police in California are looking for a white couple who vandalized a newly painted Black Lives Matter mural
NewsAurora Police Officers Fired For Reenacting Chokehold Used in Elijah McClain’s DeathCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020037859 Three Aurora Police Officers were fired for taking photographs at a memorial set up for a young man who was placed in a fatal chokehold
NewsMississippi Election Commissioner States, ‘The Blacks are Having Lots of Events for Voter Registration’ Causing an UproarCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020059604 An election commissioner in Mississippi stated that she was having concerns because "The blacks are having lots (of) events for voter registration"