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Parents: Children will have it Harder than they Did

March 31, 2015

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent A majority of American parents believe their children will face a harsher coming-of-age than they did, according to a new survey – and no one feels this more acutely than Black parents. In a recent NBC News State of Parenting Poll, 63 percent of parents

Two Officers Shot in ‘Ambush’ Outside Ferguson PD

March 24, 2015

By Jim Salter Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Two officers were shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday while demonstrators were gathered across the street — an attack the county police chief described as “an ambush” that could easily have killed both men. The shots were

SAE Trustees: ‘Horrible Cancer’ Entered University of Oklahoma Chapter

March 24, 2015

Special to the Outlook NORMAN, Okla. (CBS News) – Leaders and alumni of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Oklahoma acknowledged on Wednesday the racist chant at the center of a firestorm was not new to the chapter. In a statement released Wednesday evening, the OU

Funeral Services for Another Unarmed Black Teen Killed by Police

March 24, 2015

More than 1,000 people attended the funeral on Saturday of Tony Terrell Robinson Jr. By Frederick H. Lowe Special to the Outlook from Trice Edney News Tony Terrell Robinson Jr., 19, was shot in the head, torso and right upper arm by Madison, Wis. police officer, Matt Kenny, who had

Mississippi Judge Delivers Epic Sentencing Speech to Three White Racist Killers

March 17, 2015

By Zenitha Prince Special to the Outlook from Trice Edney News Wire The stirring words of U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, read during the Feb. 10 sentencing of three men involved in the hate crime murder of James Craig Anderson, a 48-year-old Black man, in a Mississippi

Report: Incarceration Shows Little to No Effect on Crime

March 17, 2015

By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the last two decades mass incarceration, a system that has a disproportionate negative impact on the Black community, has had little to no effect on crime, according to a new report. The United States accounts for about

Selma Marchers Gave Courage to Millions, Inspired More Change

March 17, 2015

By Slma Shelbayah and Moni Basu CNN In a passionate speech about racial progress in America, President Barack Obama on Saturday told thousands of people who gathered here to commemorate the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” that “our march is not yet finished. But we

First Lady Michelle Obama Honor Women in Civil Rights

March 10, 2015

By David Hudson Special to the Outlook from Trice Edney News Wire /the White House In 1957, Carlotta Walls, a 14-year-old African-American girl living in Little Rock, Arkansas, elected to attend Little Rock Central High School. One of the nine students who desegregated the school, Carlotta was subjected

AP: Trayvon Martin’s Mother Says Killer Got Away with Murder

March 10, 2015

By Jennifer Kay Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The mother of Trayvon Martin says she’s disappointed that federal prosecutors decided not to charge a neighborhood watch volunteer with a hate crime for killing her son three years ago. Speaking with The Associated Press on Wednesday before the third anniversary

Malcolm X: A Look Back at the Charismatic Leader

March 3, 2015

Special to the Outlook (CBS News) – Malcolm X was a minister, an orator and a revolutionary, but for Attallah Shabazz, he was simply her father. She is the eldest of his six daughters, and was a child when he was assassinated. Saturday, Feb. 21 marks 50 years