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FACE Hosts Press Conference Announcing 2023 Black Homeownership Fair with Council Member Alex Monteiro, African Consular Corps Members, LACAAEA, Sponsors & Other Partners
On Thursday, March 16th FACE hosted a press conference to announce our 2023 Black Homeownership Fair to take place this Saturday, March 25th in Hawthorne (see details below) in collaboration with the LA County African American Employees Association (LACAAEA) and the African Consular Corps. The press conference convened officers from LACAAEA and the African Consular Corps as well our corporate…
Read MoreLADWP Women’s Expo Information
We are pleased to invite you to Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s 1st Inaugural Women’s Career and Wellness Expo on March 11, 2023, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at LADWP’s Truesdale Facility located at 11760 Truesdale Street, Sun Valley, CA 91352. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is committed to advancing gender equity and…
Read MoreWhite Rankin Deputies ‘Tortured’ Handcuffed Black Men, Shot One, Lawyers Allege
Michael Jenkins (pictured right) left the University of Mississippi Medical Center on Feb. 14, 2023. He was at the facility for weeks of treatment for a gunshot wound to the mouth. A Rankin County deputy sheriff shot him in the early morning hours of Jan. 25, 2023, his attorneys alleged at a Feb. 15, 2023,…
Read MoreMayor Bass Statement Following Release of Memphis Police Tape Showing the Killing of Tyre Nichols
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass today issued the following statement: Tonight, we saw ferocious violence from an out of control herd. We saw a sickening disregard for humanity as they left Tyre just lying there. No words can express the chilling familiarity of a Black man crying out for his mother as he is…
Read MoreNichols Video Expected Soon, TBI Director Says ‘It’s Absolutely Appalling’ The video is expected to be released after 6 p.m. Friday.
Posted to Facebook by Hunter Demster. Toby Sells Video of the Tyre Nichols incident will be made public sometime after 6 p.m. Friday, Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said during a Thursday press conference. The video belongs to the city of Memphis, Mulroy said. It is a mix of body-worn police camera footage…
Read MoreMemphis Mayor Strickland: Nichols Video Will Publish After 6 p.m.
“No one, including law enforcement, is above the law.” (Credit: City of Memphis/Twitter) By Toby Sells Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland issued a statement Thursday evening saying the police video of Tyre Nichols’ death will be issued Friday after 6 p.m. Here’s what he said: “Since learning of this tragic event, transparency and swift methodical action…
Read MoreMemphis Bracing for Release of Tyre Nichols Arrest Video
Tyre Nichols’ Death: All 5 Former Officers Charged With Murder, Bond Out Of Jail Story by FOX13 Memphis News Staff • 1h ago All five former Memphis Police officers who were fired following the death of Tyre Nichols were charged Thursday with second-degree murder. On Jan. 7, 2023, Nichols had two different confrontations with Memphis Police officers…
Read MoreCalifornia’s First African American Controller Malia M. Cohen Takes Office
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Last week Malia M. Cohen was sworn-in as the first Black woman – and first African American — to serve as California’s State Controller. On Monday, Jan. 2, the oath of office was administered by Gov. Gavin Newsom. “I am proud and honored to serve as California’s…
Read MoreAnti-Black Hate On Display at Firebaugh High School in Lynwood
Editor’s Note: The message below is from Dr. Linda George, a former educator at Firebaugh High School, in Lynwood, California. who spoke them on December 8, 2022 at a Lynwood school board meeting after receiving racist anti-Black photos about Black people from a whistleblower who sent them to her to report it without retaliation from…
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