African Americans

Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer who defied bus segregation, dies at 86

Although she remained a largely unsung figure in the civil rights movement for decades, Colvin's 1955 act of rebellion inspired Parks and others.

Claudette Colvin, who was attending Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in 1955 when she was arrested for not giving up her seat on a Montgomery city bus, visits the school in Montgomery, Alabama, US February 3, 2005.
 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers move in on demonstrators in front of LA City Hall during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles, California, US June 8, 2025.

Why do police mistake phones for guns? Racial bias in the brain, study finds

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US Black colleges and universities say they restricted campus activity after threats

 TWO JEWISH students hold up signs which read ‘Bring them home now’ and ‘Let us grieve,’ as they counter pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside Columbia University, in New York City, on the first day of the new semester, last Tuesday.

Crown Heights residents defy radical antisemitic, anti-Chabad rally in New York


New whiskey honors slave who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey

Nathan Green may have helped perfect the Lincoln County Process.

Nearest Green's son, George Green, seated next to Jack Daniel.

‘F*** Jews,’ white Alabama teens say in video that slurs black people, too

A video showing white high school students in Alabama using racist slurs about blacks and Jews and talking about the Holocaust was posted on social media.

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Bald black woman? Israeli scientists make the leap towards a cure

One in 20 black females suffers from hair-loss, after seven years of research, Israeli scientists find the gene responsible for it.

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Trump marks National African-American History Month

In his proclamation, US President Donald Trump mentions noted African-Americans like Aretha Franklin and Annie Turnbo Malone.

The marquee on the Fox Theater shows the word "Respect' in memory of singer Aretha Franklin in downtown Detroit, Michigan, U.S. August 16, 2018

MLK honored by American Zionist Movement

"I solemly pledge to do my utmost to uphold the fair name of the Jews- because bigotry in any form is an affront to us all" - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

Saying 'I've been used,' Kanye West distances himself from politics

"My eyes are now wide open and now realize I’ve been used to spread messages I don’t believe in," West said.

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African-American rabbi tackles racism in the Jewish community

One episode, in which Ariel confronted an Orthodox New York assemblyman over wearing a blackface costume,is a “verbatim” recollection of a conversation that Rishon had with a real politician.

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Doing due diligence on Israel

The ‘Magazine’ sits down with Keith Wofford, the first African-American Republican candidate for New York State attorney-general.

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Gay, African-American rabbi wants to shatter Jewish stereotypes

In her position as the newly installed rabbi of West End Synagogue, a Reconstructionist congregation on the Upper West Side, Kennebrae aims to challenge notions of what a Jew looks like.

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Commentary magazine sees a new split in the black-Jewish alliance

“Stoking black-Jewish antagonism harms black Jews, hinders multi-racial organizing and only serves those invested in bigotry on both sides."

People take part in a protest against police brutality and in support of Black Lives Matter during a march in New York