Idalia became a hurricane on Tuesday as it intensified on a path toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, with the National Hurricane Center warning of an increasing risk of life-threatening storm surge and dangerous hurricane-force winds in Florida in the next two days. At 5 a.m. the center of Hurricane Idalia wasContinue Reading
The family of a 52-year-old woman who was fatally shot during the hate-filled attack in Jacksonville has retained renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump. Angela Carr was one of the first victims to be killed by the shooter’s racially motivated attack at Dollar General on Saturday, where two other peopleContinue Reading
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters is holding another news conference Monday to provide an update on the deadly shooting that killed three people. Press play above to watch livestream. Waters said the shooting at a Dollar General on Kings Road — that prompted heavy police and SWAT response in Northwest JacksonvilleContinue Reading
The racially motivated murders in Jacksonville’s New Town community created grief and additional strain in an urban neighborhood that was already experiencing challenges. There are no grocery stores in New Town, no restaurants, or access to shopping. Residents who live in this predominantly African American community say on top notContinue Reading
Minutes before the man described as a “white supremacist” shot and killed three Black Jacksonville residents inside a Dollar General store in New Town on Saturday, students at Edward Waters University first spotted the man on their campus putting on what they described as gloves and some type of tacticalContinue Reading
By Essence Wiley Howard University News Service Thousands crowded at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday in honor of the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his legendary “I Have a Dream” speech. The honorary march was put together byContinue Reading
Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen to a hurricane as it bears down on Florida this week. The first major storm of the could become a major Category 3 hurricane by Tuesday night. Landfall is currently forecast for Wednesday morning in Florida’s Big Bend area, north of Tampa. TheContinue Reading
A young mother recalls the moment she thought was going to be her last when she was trapped in the Dollar General with her 2-year-old daughter and a 21-year-old shooter, who killed three people in a racially-motivated attack. Mercedez Jones was shopping for art supplies on Saturday with her daughterContinue Reading
As Idalia heads towards Florida, Clay County Emergency Management officials hold a news conference. The county is currently at a level 2 and will move to a level 1 in the morning. School will be closed in Clay County on Wednesday, but will be open Tuesday. Three Clay County highContinue Reading
By Zebulon Vance Miletsky – In many histories of Boston, African Americans have remained almost invisible. Partly as a result, when the 1972 crisis over school desegregation and busing erupted, many observers professed shock at the overt racism on display in the “cradle of liberty.” Yet the city has long been dividedContinue Reading
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