Story of first U.S. black priest takes the stage in LA
Leonardo Defilippis, the president and founder of Saint Luke Productions in the state of Washington, remembers when he had a
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Doris Miller: US Navy aircraft carrier to honour black sailor
The US Navy is to name its new aircraft carrier after a black sailor who fought in World War II.
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The African American who moved to Ghana ‘to escape US racism’
Having vowed to quit the US after being the victim of what he believed was a racially motivated arrest by
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US police probe arrest of black man using IV machine outside hospital
US police are investigating the arrest of a black patient in Illinois who was detained near a hospital while attached
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How did six migrant children die on the US border?
The circumstances have been similar: they cross the southern US border without the proper documents, get detained by border patrol
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Could Harry and Meghan’s child pay US taxes?
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting their first child and along with the excitement and nerves of being
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US Church moving to confront ‘sin’ of racism
On the morning after his installation Mass in Memphis, Bishop David Talley joined a group of friends and family for
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Last survivor of US slave ships discovered
The last known survivor of the transatlantic slave ships, brought to the US in 1860, has been identified by an
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US imposes visa restrictions on Ghana over deportee row
The US has imposed visa restrictions on Ghana for refusing to accept the return of 7,000 Ghanaian nationals that it
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US comedian Kevin Barnett has died at the age of 32.
He was known for co-creating the Fox series Rel and as a writer on TV comedies including Broad City, as
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Outcry after police shoot African-American security guard ‘hero’
An armed security guard at a bar in suburban Chicago was killed by police as he detained a suspected gunman,
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Michelle Obama reveals daughters were conceived by IVF
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has released a memoir in which she reveals difficulties about her marriage and pregnancy with
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Ayanna Pressley was elected as Massachusetts’ first black congresswoman.
Democrat20 won her House race in Massachusetts’ 7th District on Tuesday, becoming the state’s first black woman elected to Congress. Pressley, 44,
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Should race count in university admissions?
Harvard University this year turned down more than 95% of those who applied. But what is a “fair” system for
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Pittsburgh shooting: Victims of synagogue attack named
The names of the 11 people killed in Saturday’s attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh have been released, with the
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