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New Louisiana program gives $1000 monthly ‘reparation’ payments to Black residents thanks to $1 million donation from descendants of slave owners
A dozen Black residents of Louisiana are receiving a guaranteed monthly sum of $1,000, funded by a $1 million donation from Deacon Leroy “Buck” Close and Gracie Close of South Carolina. The Closes are descendants of a family that built much of its generational wealth on the labor of enslaved people. This unique program, launched…
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How Apple reportedly used Will Smith to block app store bill that may have hurt its profits
Apple thwarted proposed legislation in Louisiana that would have mandated the use of alternative...
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Louisiana mom allegedly threw her 6-month-old baby in trash during tussle at Walmart
Brionka Benjamin was arrested last week on suspicion of throwing her 6-month-old son into a...
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Hero cop delivers baby on the side of the road: ‘I’m just blessed that I was there’
What appeared to be a typical day immediately changed for Officer Cpl. Jason Lee when he was...
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9-year-old’s decision to give his only dollar to tycoon he assumed was homeless earns him free shopping spree
It was an act of goodwill with no intended expectation in mind. Donating his only dollar to a man he thought was homeless earned 9-year-old Kelvin Ellis Jr, a native of Louisiana, a free shopping spree....
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50 Cent now owns the second biggest Black-owned production studio in the world: report
Curtis Jackson, also known as 50 Cent, has officially opened his G-Unit Film & TV Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana. At a ceremony that was attended by hundreds of Shreveport residents and supporters...
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First grader who overcame trouble hearing accepted into Mensa
Taurian Collins is making waves with his intelligence. The first-grader has already been accepted into the elite Mensa Society, which acknowledges those who score in the 98th percentile on standardized...
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These high school seniors may have found a new proof for a 2,000-year-old math theorem
The Annual Southeastern Conference of the American Mathematical Society featured a presentation by teenagers, Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson; who succeeded in proving the Pythagorean Theorem...
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Gumbo, the South Louisianian dish that traces its roots to West African cuisine
Gumbo, a historical dish with an origin that extends as far back as the transatlantic slave trade, and runs as deep as the roots of black history. From cookouts to private family dinners to large vibrant...
