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1896: The Tribune received a scoop on the Spanish-American War via telegram: Cmdr. George Dewey’s “complete victory” at Manila Bay in the Philippines. Without losing a man or a ship, Dewey’s squadron ...
someone put up a poster on the outside of a locker that read “I love all my white friends.” The lawsuit states on another occasion, Foy witnessed an officer ridiculing another Black officer ...
When Foy asked him if it’s “because I’m Black,” Alidon laughed and drove off. Griffin revealed he was a target of harassment when white SPD officers superimposed Griffin’s picture onto a ...
An appeals court allowed her to sue, despite legal protections ... tenants because they did not like the idea of a Black landlord renting to white people. Konan said she submitted more than ...
Now, two unions representing miners have sued the White House over its recent threat ... more toxic than coal dust and a major cause of black lung disease among coal miners — in half.
Two Black Madison County residents are suing the ... electing commissioners and historic block voting along racial lines, white residents control 6 out of 7 (or 84% of) seats on the Commission ...
an assistant principal took Ivory to a back office and told her that because she was a black woman, she needed to be “quiet, meek, passive and compliant with white counterparts,” the suit states.
Officially, street pigeons are not vermin, like rats, another species of barefoot city dweller, with which they are often ...
Later named “Sue,” it is to date the largest and most ... Phipps exclaims, a rare show of emotion from a guy who likes to wear his black cowboy hat low on his brow. “There may be last ...