African Americans
African Americans are incarcerated at more than 5x the rate of whites – report
African Americans are incarcerated at more than five times the rate of white Americans, according to a recent report. The report highlights how the criminal justice system is profoundly affected by police biases, outdated judicial precedents, and pervasive racial disparities that directly harm Black communities. It provides a compilation of facts and figures related to…
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How African Americans gained the rights to vote
The struggle for African Americans to secure voting rights was a turbulent process, marked...
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Racism and discrimination make black people age faster, according to a new study
The majority of Black people are aging faster due to stress-related stressors such as racism...
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‘They let him die because they want his organs’: parents accuse NC hospital after young black son dies under “strange” circumstances
The untimely death of Terrance “T” Howard, a young Black college football player,...
