Category: Urban News

Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

NAACP Urgently Calls on Missouri Governor to Halt Execution of Marcellus Williams

The NAACP has issued an emergency call to Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson to stop the execution of Marcellus Williams, a Black man on death row who has consistently maintained his innocence. In an open letter, NAACP President Derrick Johnson and Missouri State Conference President Nimrod Chapel Jr. warned that executing Williams would be a “horrible miscarriage of justice” and a reflection of Missouri’s troubled racial history.

Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

Oklahoma Supreme Court Dismisses Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors’ Lawsuit

The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a case filed by the last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on Wednesday, June 12, casting doubt on racial equality campaigners’ aspirations for justice and reparations for one of the most heinous acts of racial violence in American history.

African Americans
James Luckey

Five Strategies to Grow Black Homeownership 

facebooktwitterinstagram Create down payment assistance and federal Housing programs for Black descendants of slavery. Currently there are initiatives and dedicated federal housing and mortgage lending programs and incentives

African Americans
Stefi Mar

America’s Ten ‘Blackest’ Cities Revealed

A recent report by the esteemed Brookings Institution revealed that the internal migration patterns of African Americans in the United States have contributed to “black-majority cities.”

Environment
News Observer

How Visiting Green Spaces May Help Improve Health Of Urban Residents

Green spaces were defined as forests, gardens, parks and zoos, among others & how visiting green spaces may help improve health.
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