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Category: Black History

  • Black History November 7th

    Black History November 7th

    A Brief History

    On November 7, 1775, in an announcement known as “Dunmore’s Proclamation,” the first movement to free African-Americans from slavery (also known as “emancipation”) took place when the Royal Governor of Virginia offered freedom to any slave willing to fight for the British against the Colonies in the American Revolution.  Between 800 and 2,000 black slaves accepted the offer, inciting rage and fear among Virginia’s slave holders.  Over the course of the Revolution, an estimated 100,000 slaves tried to take advantage of similar British offers, and at least 3,000 of them were sent to Nova Scotia as freemen.

    Digging Deeper

    Significant political milestones in African-American history were also reached on November 7, with Douglas Wilder becoming the first black U.S. governor as he was voted into office in Virginia and David Dinkens becoming the first black mayor of New York City!  (Both in 1989.)  History and Headlines Facts: Dinkins had served in the U.S. Marine Corps after initially being denied entry because the Marines had already reached their “racial quota.”  His main accomplishment during his one term as mayor was drastically reducing crime in the Big Apple.

    Source: History and Headlines

  • A Lil Lesson Critical Race Theory

  • Can You Spot The Difference

    A Bridgeport man has been charged in a fatal shooting. 

    Police arrested Robert Sorrells for the deadly shooting of Jonathan DaSilva. 

    The shooting happened Oct. 2 on Arctic and Pembroke streets. 

    Sorrells was taken into custody last night and faces murder and gun-related charges. 

    Officials say he is being held on a $2 million bond.

    A Fairfield County man who is awaiting trial for an earlier DUI has been charged with driving drunk and killing an area woman. 

    Robert Oxer, age 26, of Darien, was charged on Thursday, Oct. 21 with a warrant for manslaughter with a motor vehicle, operating under the influence and motor vehicle charges, said the Connecticut State Police. 

    Oxer was charged in connection with a crash on Route 8 in Trumbull on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020.

    During the crash he was allegedly driving a motorcycle at more than 80 miles per hour when he hit the back of another vehicle, state police said. 

    His passenger, 36-year-old Shirley Regado-Rodriguez, of Stamford, was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple injuries. 

    Court records show Oxer is awaiting trial on several charges, including strangulation stemming from a 2019 arrest in Darien. 

    He is being held on a $250,000 bond.

  • #Humans

    How does one group of humans reject another group?

  • Texas Teacher Puts Foot On Students Neck

    Texas Teacher Puts Foot On Students Neck

    UPDATE: Greenville ISD Teacher Who Put Foot On Student’s Neck For Photo Resigns As Board Was To Consider Termination

    GREENVILLE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Greenville Independent School District has placed one of their teachers on administrative leave, and is conducting an investigation after a photo surfaced of one of their staff members with their foot on a student’s neck.

    Wednesday morning, April 21, Greenville ISD sent an apology letter to parents.

    GISD Superintendent Demetrus Liggins says the photo was very disturbing. “My initial reaction was first concern for the child, followed by immediate disgust by the image.”

    The Jackson family, however, has mixed opinions on the image. The 11-year-old in the photo, Zaelyn Jackson, says he thought it was all a joke.

  • American First Caucus

    WASHINGTON – A nascent effort by some conservative House of Representatives Republicans to form an “America First Caucus” to promote the policies of former President Donald Trump drew criticism on Friday for purported racial undertones in its founding document.

    The effort is tied to first-term Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and has a policy platform that promotes “a common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions” and advocates for infrastructure with esthetic value that “befits the progeny of European architecture,” Punchbowl News reported on Friday.

    https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/16/house-effort-to-form-america-first-caucus-sparks-blowback/amp/

  • #BHM April All Black Month


    April 1947
    On April 10, 1947 Jackie Robinson signed a contract with the Brooklyn, Dodgers baseball team. He played his first game with them on April 15th

    April 1963
    In April 1963 Dr. Martin Luther Jr was arrested for leading protests in Birmingham, Alabama. On April 16th, while still in jail, he wrote his applauded “Letter From a Birmingham Jail.” On April 3, 1968, Dr. King gave his final speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” The next day, April 4th, he was assassinated.

    Hank Aaron break Babe Ruth's home run record


    April 1974
    Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record when he hit his 715th home run.


    April 1974
    James Alan McPherson received the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for Elbow Room, a book of short stories that explore the borderline between black and white America. 

  • An NPR study from January revealed some unsurprising, yet troubling data on police violence against unarmed Black Americans.

    • 75% of the officers who shot and killed unarmed Black citizens were white.
    • 19 of the 135 officers (14%) were rookies with less than a year on their police force, including one that fatally shot an unarmed Black person within four hours of being on the force.
    • A quarter of victims were killed during traffic stops.
    • Roughly 18% of the victims suffered from a diagnosed mental illness.
    • 33 out of 135 officers were either fired or resigned; 3 officers successfully were reinstated into their position.
    • 5 of the officers went on to work for other police departments.
    • 13 out 135 were charged with murder, 2 were found guilty, 3 were acquitted and 7 have pending cases.
    • At least six officers had troubled pasts before being hired onto police departments, including drug use and domestic violence. One officer had been fired from another law enforcement agency, and at least two others were forced out.
    • Nearly 60% of the shootings occurred in the South, with more than a quarter in Texas, Georgia and Louisiana.
  • George Floyd We Have Not Forgotten You

    George Floyd We Have Not Forgotten You

    Eaves, 72, is one of the volunteers who regularly tend the area where George Floyd was killed by police. In this four-block radius, some residents and volunteers work together to keep things running as they hold the space while pressing the city to meet their demands. Eaves picks up trash and checks on plants. He shifts artwork and tributes around to make them more visible. He cleans to present what he calls an “aesthetic dignity” to the space.

  • Biden vs. Trump

    We’re not looking for Biden to #FixIt we’re looking to not have tRump phuck it up anymore.

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