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Abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman was set to make history again in 2020 as the first woman highlighted prominently on U.S. paper currency. But the Trump Administration’s Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that Tubman’s image on the front of a new $20 bill won’t be happening anytime soon, maybe in about seven…
White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly will exit his post by the end of the year. During his tenure, Kelly has contributed to the administration’s perpetual disrespect of Black women, including Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.). He made up a lie about her. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) tweeted Kelly…
President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night State of the Union (SOTU) address comes just weeks after he reportedly called Haiti and African nations “shithole countries” during a meeting on immigration in the Oval Office. Several Democratic lawmakers of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are boycotting the SOTU because of Trump’s rhetoric…
Media mogul Tyler Perry was present on MLK Day in Miami, Fla., to honor 58 young men,ages 9-19,graduating from the5000 Role Models of Excellence Project.Perry, who experienced a tumultuous, abusive childhood, was so moved he took out his checkbook while on stage to make a donation to the same organization…
The behavior of President Donald Trump and his administration illustrates an ongoing disregard for Black women. “We are sick and tired of women being undermined, being dismissed,” Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said Monday on MSNBC’s “The Beat.” She added, “And, Black women, in particular, being called names.” The women of…
Sgt. La David T. Johnson was one of four U.S. Army soldiers killed on Oct. 4 in an attack in Niger. In an interview Monday morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America,”his widow, Myeshia Johnson, addressed the controversy surrounding President Donald Trump’s condolence phone call. Johnson explained that she was in…
U.S. Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson, 25, was one of the four American soldiers killed on Oct. 4 in an ambush in Niger. Johnson, a native of Miami Gardens, Fla., died while providing training and security assistance to the Niger Armed Forces. U.S. Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson…