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Verdict in George Floyd Murder Trial: GUILTY on All Three Charges
CNN: Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all charges by a jury in the Hennepin County court. The 12 jurors found him guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd’s death…
Read MoreSelections to Read, Watch, Listen, Learn about Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism from February – March, 2021
The Way Out of America’s Zero-Sum Thinking on Race and Wealth (New York Times, February 14, 2021) After reviewing the increasing resentment of the White majority and lack of support for government programs they perceive as racially inequitable, Heather McGhee…
Read MoreMOURNING John Lewis, February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020
“Good trouble, necessary trouble.” We must fight on.
Read MoreHouse Passes Anti-Lynching Bill After 120 Years of Failure
New York Times: “A measure to add lynching to the United States Criminal Code passed in the House. The Senate passed a version of the bill last year. Once the bills are formally reconciled, the legislation can be sent to…
Read MoreKatherine Johnson, Hidden Figures Mathematician, Dies at 101.
Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, one of the African American women mathematicians whose work at NASA was critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights and was highlighted in the book and movie “Hidden Figures” died on…
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