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Elijah Cummings Loved Black Folks

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Elijah Cummings loved black folks before you could be verified on Twitter for loving black folks or get love likes on Facebook because you wrote a post about loving black folks. Elijah Cummings loved black folks in in 1950’s and 60’s segregated Baltimore, Maryland, where he was born and raised. He was raised to love black folks because Baltimore showed Elijah Cummings first hand that black folks needed to be loved. In elementary school, Cummings was part of a group of black folks who helped to integrate swimming pools in…

Cyntoia Brown Sits Down with Lester Holt and New Book in Stores Today

Angela Dennis

Cyntoia Brown’s new book, Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System is available in all stores today. Purchase here Brown has released a series of television interviews including a sit down with NBC’s Lester Holt which aired last night on NBC Nightly News.  “I’m so much more than the worst thing that I’ve done.” , said Brown. She will also be making her first public appearance at a sold out event on Oct. 23rd at Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville to talk about her new memoir,…

Video: Atatiana Jefferson, Killed By Police, was a Pre-Med Major from HBCU Xavier University

CJ Lawrence

More updates on the tragic murder of Atatiana Jefferson, killed by a North Texas Police officer this past week. In the below video you can see Atatiana Jefferson as she studies the human anatomy and describes the way the body works. On the night of the incident she was playing video games with her nephew. Some news outlets continue to bring up the VERY IRRELEVANT “fact” that there was a gun in her home- That isn’t illegal and it has NOTHING to do with an officer firing a shot through…

Cyntoia Brown to Host First Public Appearance in Nashville Since Release

Angela Dennis

Cyntoia Brown will be making her first public appearance at a sold out event on Oct. 23rd at Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville to talk about her new memoir, “Free Cyntoia.” Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System will be released on October 15 Purchase here She will also make a public appearance in New York at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Cyntoia Brown spent 15 years behind bars and was released from prison in August after former Mayor Bill Haslam granted her clemency of…

We Need More Mamie Till’s and Less White Forgiveness

Angela Dennis

In the case of Botham Jean a court judge not only gave hugs to a convicted murderer, Amber Guyger, she set a precedent and issued a license to kill our people within the justice system. Some may see her act and the brother of Botham’s Jeans willingness to forgive as an act of mercy rooted in Christ centered love, but to use God in the name of oppression of our people is dangerous and irresponsible. Not even God loved like that. If you are a believer you know he vehemently…