African-American

FEATURED Justice 

Jemel Roberson – The Dehumanization of Blacks and Police Pulling the Trigger Too Fast

November 15, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments 2900 block of South Claire Boulevard, African-American, black Americans, blacks, bouncer, chicago, dehumanization, Flomo Yarkpawolo, gun, Jemel, Jemel Roberson, killed, Mannys Blue Room, Midlothian police, New Spiritual Light Baptist Church, night club, organist, police brutality, police killed Jemel Roberson, police shot, pulling the trigger, Roberson, security guard

By: Flomo Yarkpawolo At 26-year-old, Jemel Roberson was a great father, an organist at New Spiritual Light Baptist Church in

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Education FEATURED 

Seth Frotman, student loan watchdog resigned, accuses Trump of serving financial companies

August 27, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments acting director, African-American, CFPB, Congress, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Protection Act, debt collectors, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, Donald Trump, financial companies, Frotman, loan servicers, Mick Mulvaney, predatory lending practices, private lenders, protecting student borrowers, quit, resigned, Seth, Seth Frotman, student loan, udent loan watchdog, watchdog

Seth Frotman, student loan watchdog resigned, accuses Trump Administration of serving powerful financial companies.  Seth Frotman, who oversaw protecting student

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FEATURED Politics 

Voter Suppression Alert – Georgia To Close Black Populated Voting Precincts

August 17, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments African-American, black precincts, Brian Kemp, close, closing, cyberdefenses, Cybersecurity, Department of Homeland Security, exposures, Georgia, Georgia precincts, Kemp rejected, mostly black, predominately black, Randolph County, Republican candidate, Secretary of State, Stacey Abrams, Trump-style Republican, voter registration systems, voter suppression alert, voting precincts

By: Flomo Yarkpowolo Randolph County, a predominately black county in Georgia is closing 7 of its 9 voting precincts before

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FEATURED Politics 

Jahana Hayes could be the first Black woman to represent Connecticut in Congress

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments 5th Congressional District, African-American, Congress, Connecticut, Danbury, Democratic primary, Democratic Race, first, Hayes, Jahana, Jahana Hayes, Mary Glassman, MoveOn, National Teacher of the Year, New Britain, Our Revolution, Representative Elizabeth Esty, Republican-aligned, Simsbury First Selectwoman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Waterbury, Western Connecticut, woman

By: Flomo Yarkpawolo Jahana Hayes could be the first African-American woman to represent Connecticut in Congress if she wins in

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FEATURED Politics 

Florida’s process of restoring voting rights disenfranchise African-American voters

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments 14th amendments, 15th amendments, 1965, African-American, black Americans, Charlie Crist, civil rights, clemency, Discriminatory, Felon Disenfranchisement, felons, Florida, Lyndon B. Johnson, parole, president, Reconstruction era, Republican governor, unconstitutional, vote-restoration, voting rights, Voting Rights Act

Despite the 14th and 15th amendments guaranteeing the civil rights of black Americans, their right to vote and the Voting

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FEATURED Politics 

African American US Senators Introduced Anti-Lynching Bill

July 3, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments African-American, African-Americans, Anti-Lynching, bill, Bobby L. Rush, Bobby rush, California, Congress, Democrat, Justice, Kamala Harris, lynch, lynching, Lynching Act of 2018, New Jersey, Republican, senator, Senator Cory Booker, South Carolina, Tim Scott, United States senate, US Senators, victims

The only three African-Americans in the United States senate have put aside their partisan differences to introduce a bill that

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FEATURED Justice 

Study shows that Police killings effects the mental health of Black Americans

June 29, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments African-American, Americans, black Americans, blacks, kill, mental health, police, police brutality, Police killings, police profile, population-based, quasi-experimental, quasi-experimental study

In a quasi-experimental study published in a British journal, The Lancet: Police killings of unarmed black Americans have adverse effects

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FEATURED Justice 

Antwon Rose, 17, Unarmed, Murdered by Allegheny County Police Officer Michael Rosfeld

June 22, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments African-American, Allegheny County, Antwon, Antwon Rose, black man, East Pittsburgh, executed, fleeing police, killed, Michael Rosfeld, murdered, PA, Pennsylvania Police, Pittsburgh, Police Department, policer office, Rose, School District, shot, unarmed, Woodland Hills

Antwon Rose, an unarmed 17-year-old African American student at Woodland Hills School District was shot three times in the back

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FEATURED Politics 

London Breed, First African-American Female Mayor of San Francisco

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 Flomo 0 Comments African-American, Breed, female African-American, female mayor, Galileo High Schoolm, London, London Breed, mayor, Plaza East, public housing, San Francisco, University of California, University of San Francisco

London Breed, 43-year-old, has become San Francisco's first female African-American mayor of that city. Prior to her new role, she

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Stacey Abrams, African-American, Wins Georgia Democratic Primary for Governor

May 22, 2018May 26, 2018 charles 0 Comments Abrams, African-American, black female governor, campaign, Democratic, election, Georgia, Georgia Democratic Primary, Georgia General Assembly, Georgia gubernatorial, Governor, House minority leader, primary, Stacey, Stacey Abrams, Stacey Evans, wins

Stacey Abrams, 44-year-old, wins the Democratic primary in Georgia. She could become America's first black female governor if she wins

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