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Lone Black worker at Texas outreach clinic sues employer, alleging discrimination, harassment 

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A Pan-African flag flies from Black Lives Matter Plaza overlooking the White House

Juneteenth federal holiday is a start, but Black America isn’t free

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Kelly Price accuses Texas promoter of not paying her

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Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt announces he’s running for Texas attorney general

Lee Merritt said Texas deserves an attorney general that will fight for the constitutional rights of all citizens.
/ March 23, 2021

Black man led via rope by Texas police on horseback files $1M suit

Donald Neely, who was led on foot by mounted Galveston police officers, has filed a lawsuit in the hopes it doesn’t happen to anyone else.
/ October 13, 2020

Morehouse grads create PSA calling for Juneteenth to be a national holiday

Morehouse College grads and filmmakers Julius Pryor and Marttise Hill launched a PSA to push Americans to learn about Juneteenth and to vote in November.
/ June 19, 2020
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Tiffany Boone, Simone Missick and other Black women in Hollywood perform ‘A Black Woman Speaks’

Watch Tiffany Boone, Simone Missick, Pauletta Washington, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Kimberly Hebert, and more perform ‘A Black Woman Speaks’ by Bhea Richards.
/ June 19, 2020
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What is Juneteenth?

A quick breakdown of the history behind the holiday Juneteenth.
/ June 12, 2020

Family of man arrested and handcuffed with rope led by officers on horseback demand to see body camera video

The family of Donald Neely wants the Galveston Police Department to release the body camera video of the two white mounted police officers arresting him.
/ August 13, 2019

Galveston activist demands the firing of two police officers who led a Black man on a leash

A Galveston activist wants the police to be held accountable for the inhumane way a mentally ill man by two officers by leash on horseback.
/ August 8, 2019