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How Kamala Harris has already changed the face of presidential power
US Senator Kamala Harris has become the first Black woman and first African-American to lead a major party’s presidential election campaign. She is the Democratic candidate in the US presidential election, which will be held on November 8. Harris is hoping to become the first woman and first African-American to serve as US President.
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This is about more than my mistakes, says the former Harvard President Claudine Gay
Harvard University’s first African-American President Shirley Gay resigned after being accused of plagiarising other people’s work for her PhD. A Harvard professor, Dave Tomar, accused Gay of plagiarising papers for about a decade. The professor claimed Gay used ghostwritten papers from students who attended Harvard in her PhD thesis. Gay became the first Black president…
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For the first time in 15 years liberals have control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Wisconsin state Senator Janet Protasiewicz has become the first woman and first African-American to be elected to the state’s Supreme Court. Protasiewicz won the seat held by former state Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly, who had called for an investigation into alleged election fraud during the 2020 presidential elections. Kelly lost to Protasiewicz in the…
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31 years later the Skeletal remains were identified using forensic genealogy
The DNA Doe Project has identified two people found in a shallow grave in Ohio as a Native American woman and an African-American man, the sheriff’s office said. They were buried in a shallow grave for no more than three years, it added. Ohio Attorney GeneralDave Yost said the only thing that was readily available…
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Memphis Police Department officers were negligent in their care, the EMT says
After American police officer Tyre Nichols was accused of killing a 26-year-old African-American man in Memphis, US, the city has become the first in the US to charge an officer in the death of a man. A video of the incident has surfaced online, which shows the officer kneeling on the man’s neck and dragging…
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Don’t sleep on Tim Scott is a word of advice for Republicans
An African-American Republican Senator from South Carolina, Mark Meadows, said that he would oppose President Donald Trump’s nomination for the US presidency if it’s nominated by the party. “I’m going to vote for the Democratic nominee,” he added. “I am not ready to support Barack Obama in any way, shape or form,” Meadows further said.
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The movie ‘Black on Black’ explores history and racial tension.
The second season of ‘The 1619 Project’, which was released on Wednesday, shows that New York City was a financial centre for African-Americans in the 1930s and 1940s. In an interview with Bloomberg, the show’s creator and director said that the show is about what it means to be an African-American today. The first season…
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Kevin McCarthy failed in his attempt to lock down votes on the third ballot.
US House Speaker-designate Hakeem Jeffries, who won over 200 votes in the election, has said, “I’m humbled by the confidence the House has placed in me.” He added that he’ll work to unify the House as a body with Democrats. Jeffries is the first African-American to lead a major party in the House of Representatives.