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The HBCU Chronicles

·Just now

Was the University of South Carolina Once an HBCU?

What Happened After the Majority of Students Were Black — Most definitions of HBCUs insist that an HBCU was originally founded to educate Black students. The University of South Carolina (USC) doesn’t meet that criteria. However, at one time, it was majority Black and the first and only Southern state school to admit and confer degrees on Black students during…

History

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Was the University of South Carolina Once an HBCU?
Was the University of South Carolina Once an HBCU?
History

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The Polis

·23 hours ago

Hispanic Man Executed By Police Officer While Sitting in Car

Police Promote Lie Until Video Reveals Truth — On August 14, 2023, 27-year-old Eddie Jose Irizarry was driving erratically and found himself going down a narrow one-way street in north Philadelphia. Irizarry pulled into a parking spot and was approached by two Philadelphia police officers on each side of his car. Descriptions of what happened next vary depending…

Police

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Hispanic Man Executed By Police Officer While Sitting in Car
Hispanic Man Executed By Police Officer While Sitting in Car
Police

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The Polis

·1 day ago

Donald Trump Could Have Had a Jury Trial in New York

His Lawyers Didn’t Check The Box — Donald Trump’s civil trial began today in New York. He’s already down two strikes as a judge found him guilty on the most serious fraud charges. The trial, expected to last up to three months, will determine how much Trump owes related to the fraud counts and whether he’s guilty…

Politics

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Donald Trump Could Have Had a Jury Trial in New York
Donald Trump Could Have Had a Jury Trial in New York
Politics

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The Polis

·1 day ago

How John Roberts Put His Finger on Voting Rights Cases

Legislators Have to Demonstrate “Racist Intent” When They Do Racist Things — John Roberts was against the Voting Rights Act long before he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In his early twenties, Roberts clerked for the then-most conservative justice on the court, William Rehnquist. His next career move was as an aide to Attorney General William French Smith. In 1981…

Voter Suppression Laws

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How John Roberts Put His Finger on Voting Rights Cases
How John Roberts Put His Finger on Voting Rights Cases
Voter Suppression Laws

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The Polis

·2 days ago

Eating Too Slow While Black in Florida

Black Patrons Kicked Out While Owner’s Son Lies About the Reason — The DoveCote restaurant is located in the Bank of America Bldg, known as 390 North in Orlando, FL, at 390 N. Orange Ave. Suite #110 on the first floor. Until recently, I lived in Orlando for over thirty years and once banked in the same building as the DoveCote restaurant…

Politics

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Eating Too Slow While Black in Florida
Eating Too Slow While Black in Florida
Politics

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ZORA

·3 days ago

Why Celia Couldn’t Claim Self-Defense After Killing Her Rapist

No Such Thing as Self-Defense for the Enslaved — In either 1819 or 1820, Robert Newsome left Virginia with his wife and children, eventually settling in Callaway County, Missouri, where he purchased 800 acres of land. Newsome raised livestock, including horses, pigs, milk cows, sheep, and two oxen. Missouri had been admitted to the Union as a slave state…

History

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Why Celia Couldn’t Claim Self-Defense After Killing Her Rapist
Why Celia Couldn’t Claim Self-Defense After Killing Her Rapist
History

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The Polis

·3 days ago

McCarthyism Comes to Florida With the DeSantis Red (China) Scare

DeSantis Eliminates Vouchers For Private Schools With Alleged Ties to Communist China — In his bid to demonize group after group in his effort to hate his way to the presidency, Ron DeSantis sees a Chinese threat everywhere. He’d already signed legislation forbidding Chinese citizens from purchasing land in Florida. His newest move was to deny vouchers to four private schools in Florida…

China

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McCarthyism Comes to Florida With the DeSantis Red (China) Scare
McCarthyism Comes to Florida With the DeSantis Red (China) Scare
China

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Black History Month 365

·6 days ago

The First of the Slave Codes

Virginia’s Slave Code Act of 1705 and South Carolina’s Negro Slave Act of 1740 — When the cheap labor economy in America converted from indentured servitude to the enslavement of Black people. The law had to change to reflect the creation of a legalized bottom class in America. Black people didn’t willingly assent to their new status when they once they worked alongside their white…

History

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The First of the Slave Codes
The First of the Slave Codes
History

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The Polis

·Sep 27

Every Dog Has His Day

Michael Cohen Celebrates Trump Organization Loss in Court — Michael Cohen once said he’d take a bullet for Donald Trump. His view changed after the Trump justice department sent him to jail for his role in covering up Trump’s payments to hide sexual liaisons with Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. Cohen was sentenced to three years in federal prison…

Donald Trump

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Every Dog Has His Day
Every Dog Has His Day
Donald Trump

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Sep 26

Trump Organization is Potentially Out of Business in New York

Judge Will Review Receivers to Sell Off Some Operations — The trial hasn’t even begun, but Donald trump and The Trump Organization have already been found guilty of fraud. The only thing left for the jury to decide are the penalties, which could include the dissolution of Trump’s New York-based business operations. Judge Arthur Engoron dismissed Trump’s request for dismissal…

Donald Trump

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Trump Organization is Potentially Out of Business in New York
Trump Organization is Potentially Out of Business in New York
Donald Trump

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