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14 hours ago · On June 9, 1971, a killing took place in Springfield that threw the city into turmoil for weeks to come. Michael Garrett Dunlap, a 21-year-old Black man, was shot four times by police officer John Dick Barnes in City Hall Drug Store. According to witnesses, Dunlap tried to take possession of Barnes’ gun, which resulted in a scuffle.
2 days ago · In 1859, when defending two black men, John Anthony Copeland and Shields Green, from the charge of treason following their participation in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, their attorney George Sennott cited the Dred Scott decision in arguing successfully that since they were not citizens according to that Supreme Court ruling ...
2 days ago · denzel washington. lethal weapon. danny glover. BlacKkKlansman. john david washington. Eddie Murphy's Axel Foley from Beverly Hills Cop is just one of many great Black detectives from pop culture.
5 days ago · John D. Rockefeller (born July 8, 1839, Richford, New York, U.S.—died May 23, 1937, Ormond Beach, Florida) was an American industrialist and philanthropist, founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust.
2 days ago · African American cinema is loosely classified as films made by, for, or about Black Americans. Historically, African American films have been made with African-American casts and marketed to African-American audiences. The production team and director were sometimes also African American.
23 hours ago · Featuring Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, Jordan Klepper, a team of news correspondents and guest hosts, The Daily Show delivers top headlines and newsworthy interviews. The source for The Daily Show fans, with episodes hosted by Jon Stewart, Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper, Dulcé Sloan and more, plus interviews, highlights and The Weekly Show podcast.
2 days ago · The artist was working up until the day before she died, aged 68, after a long illness. "A self-taught rule-breaker, who found beauty and horror in the everyday, she was a cultural phenomenon ...
