First on CNN: Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court – CNN

Biden will deliver remarks on Friday afternoon announcing the selection, the White House said. CNN first reported Biden’s decision. She received and accepted Biden’s offer in a call Thursday night, a source familiar with the decision told CNN, but was

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Medical examiner determines a Black woman in Connecticut died of natural causes. Her family doubts that ruling, attorney says

Brenda Lee Rawls, 53, died December 12, 2021, of cardiovascular disease with diabetes as a contributing factor, the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said this week. Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim announced last month that two city police officers

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Photos: Kareena Kapoor Khan is the ultimate diva in black

Kareena Kapoor Khan looked like the ultimate diva in black as she casually posed for the paps outside her residence. Kareena looked effortlessly cool as always. The actress will be seen next in Laal Singh Chadha opposite Aamir Khan. Recently,

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Black Hawk helicopters crash in Utah, no injuries; skiers frightened

Two Black Hawk helicopters crashed near a Utah ski resort Tuesday morning, scaring nearby skiers but miraculously leaving no one injured. The crash involving Utah National Guard UH-60 helicopters was reported southeast of the Snowbird ski resort just outside of Salt Lake

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UK teachers warned not to push Black Lives Matter or other ‘partisan’ groups

British teachers have been barred from promoting Black Lives Matter as part of a crackdown on biased “partisan politics” in the classroom. The activist group was singled out in official government guidance Thursday on “schools’ legal duties on political impartiality.”

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This Black Gay Priest In New York Is Working To Change Catholicism From Within

Conversely, Catholic schools were among the first to desegregate and some government officials who opposed racial integration were excommunicated. In 2018, U.S. bishops issued a pastoral letter decrying “the persistence of the evil of racism,” but Massingale was disappointed. “The

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A Black School Principal Changed My Life. Here’s Why We Need Black People In Positions Of Power.

I arrived in my striped OshKosh overalls for my first day of my new Cambridge, Massachusetts, school holding my mother’s hand. Earlier that morning, she had brushed Alberta V05 into my shoulder-length hair until it shone and then fashioned it

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An Alabama Building Honors a Klan Leader. Officials Are Adding a Black Student’s Name.

His name has been stripped from structures at other schools in the state, including Troy University, Alabama State University and Jacksonville State University, according to The Montgomery Advertiser, which has re-examined his legacy as governor. “The argument has been made

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