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Video: Last 2 survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre appear before State Supreme Court to make case for reparations

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Last remaining Tulsa Race Massacre survivors argue for appeal in reparations lawsuit dismissal

Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Ford Fletcher, both 109 years old, went to the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon to appeal the dismissal of their lawsuit against the City of Tulsa for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. “We are gratefu...

Partisan Controversy Over Easter and Transgender Day of Visibility

Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Both Easter and the Transgender Day of Visibility happened to fall on March 31 this year. President Joe Biden recognized both& occasions,& as he has done every y...

Oklahoma Supreme Court hears appeal in Tulsa Race Massacre reparations case

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Justice for victims, survivors, and descendants of one of the worst racial incidents in US history. The latest in a lawsuit against the institutions that were directly involved with the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. On Tuesday the...

Oklahoma Supreme Court Gives Last Living Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors

Bossip Video Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Ford Fletcher, the late Hughes Van Ellis/ Source: Brandon Bell / Getty Imagine looking the only survivors of one of the worst and most notorious race massacres in America’s history right in th...

Remaining Tulsa Race Massacre survivors to speak before Oklahoma Supreme Court, fighting for reparations

The Oklahoma Supreme Court granted the survivors a chance to have their case heard, allowing Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher, both 109, an opportunity to present their cases. In a public nuisance lawsuit, the survivors seek reparations...

State Supreme Court to decide reparations

The Oklahoma State Supreme Court is set to hear arguments April 2 relating to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and could issue a decision on reparations to the victims. KOCO-TV in Oklahoma reported that the state’s Supreme Court announced that it w...

Inspiration, Achievement, and Excellence Mark Greater Sacramento NAACP’s 42 Annual Prayer Breakfast Event

By Norman Williams | Special to The OBSERVER Celebrating its 42nd Annual Prayer breakfast, the Sacramento chapter of the NAACP gathered on Good Friday to recognize and honor the community work of outstanding local leaders, and continue building o...

BlackBizFest aims to make Black-owned businesses top of mind for all KC consumers

Anticipation is growing for this spring’s debut BlackBizFest, said Marsha Willis, teasing a week-long celebration that puts Black excellence and entrepreneurship on full display. Among the standout elements of the May 13-19 festival: the Kansas City...

Boston activists pushing ‘White churches’ to pay reparations is ‘absurd,’ says South Side Chicago pastor

Activist leaders in Boston demanding “White churches” pay reparations to the city’s Black community “is really absurd,” said a pastor from the South Side of Chicago. “They’re playing on people’s guilt...

WATCH: Groundbreaking exhibit traces unique friendship between photographer Griffith Davis and poet Langston Hughes

NEW YORK — Much can be said about Langston Hughes. The Harlem Renaissance poet, novelist, playwright, journalist and social activist was also an influencer, inspiring and encouraging some of the most creative minds of the century. Among them w...

Redrawing the Lines of Power: Metro Detroit’s New Era of Political Representation

Fourteen state representatives from metro Detroit are navigating the shifting sands of political representation, faced with the prospect of appealing to a dramatically altered electorate come this fall’s elections. This change, stemming...

Comcast Appoints Shannon Dulin as Senior Director of Community Impact to Enhance Philanthropic Efforts Across 13 States

Comcast has elevated Shannon Dulin to the position of Senior Director of Community Impact for the company’s Central Division, entrusting her with the leadership of philanthropic strategies and initiatives within 13 U.S. states, incl...

Black Americans and Reproductive Rights: Attitudes Are Changing

This post was originally published on Word In Black. By: Sylvester Brown Jr. In 2022, Dr. Love Holt, at the time a reproductive freedom organizer with Pro Choice Missouri, shared a courageous commentary with the Riverfront Times, titled: “My Abortion...

Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn

Photography, Yumi Matsuo Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn on Black Maternal Health, entering Politics and Raising her Toddler On a cozy cover shoot day at The Soft Space by Mama Glow in Brooklyn, the New York Family team and our cover mom r...