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This royal baby is nothing less than a revolution
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How Strong Is Our Economy?
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How race impacts doctor-patient relationships
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New Dad Prince Harry Announced His Son's Birth Wearing a Very 'Dad' Sweater
The Duke of Sussex is already leaning into his new role—and he actually looks great.
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Game of Thrones Fans Noticed a Subtle, Clever Tactic In Tyrion's Speech to Cersei
Listen again to how he phrased his comments about her baby.
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Meghan Markle gives birth to a ‘very healthy’ boy
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While the World Welcomes Meghan’s Royal Baby: Here Are 6 More Royal Black Women Around the World
It’s a boy! Meghan Markle has delivered a baby boy, according to several news reports. Markle, whose official title is Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex since her marriage to Prince Harry, has been a daily topic in media and among royal family watchers.
According to CNN “the baby will be seventh in line to the British throne behind Prince Charles, Prince William, and his three children and Prince Harry.”
Markle is the product of a white father and black mother—a social worker who lives in the mostly African American L.A. suburb of View Park-Windsor Hills (incidentally, one of the wealthiest black suburbs in the country).
It’s been a constant source of buzz—the first woman of color to become part of the British royal family. Yet, there are other black women royalnistas around the globe:
Princess Angela of Liechtenstein
Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein and Princess Angela of Liechtenstein (Pinterest)
Princess Angela (born Angela Gisela Brown) was a standout graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York and worked as a fashion director for Adrienne Vittadini, before marrying Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein in January 2000. This Afro-Panamanian beauty also started her own line, A. Brown, which she headed for three years. The couple wed at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York, after reportedly meeting a few years earlier at a reception in the city. The princess wore a white dress which she designed and the same Kinsky royal-jeweled tiara that Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein wore when she married Philipp von Lattorff in June 1999.
Baroness Cecile de Massy of Monaco
Baroness Cecile de Massy of Monaco and Christian Louis Baron de Massy (Facebook)
de Massy is married to Christian Louis Baron de Massy who is Prince Rainier of Monaco’s nephew. The fashionable beauty of Caribbean descent is a prominent fixture among the who’s who of Monaco’s social scene and is also involved in philanthropy, serving as president of Ladies Lunch Monte-Carlo, a charitable organization in Monaco.
Princess Sikhanyiso of Swaziland
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The first of 30 children of King Mswati III of Swaziland, this princess is more than a pretty face, speaking out to raise awareness on issues such as AIDS and poverty that affect her country. With interests in the arts, this 30-year-old studied drama at the University of Biola in California and was featured in publications as one of the top hottest young royals.
Princess Keisha Omilana of Nigeria
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A former model, spokesperson, and actress, Omilana adds brains to beauty as a businesswoman. The Inglewood, California, native started Wonderful Brand, a multifaceted business incorporating fashion, television, and web, with her husband, Kunle, a Nigerian prince. Known as the “Pantene Girl,” Omilana is cited as the first African American woman to be featured in three consecutive commercials.
Countess Mary Von Habsburg of Austria
Ferdinand Leopold Joseph Count von Habsburg and Countess Mary Von Habsburg (Pinterest)
Habsburg, a native of Sudan, is the wife of Ferdinand Leopold Joseph Count von Habsburg of Austria. The couple wed in August 1999, hosting their ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya, and have three children, all born in Nairobi. Their marriage was seen as controversial among the public and in royal circles, because of her class as a commoner and her ethnic background; but the head of the Habsburg royal family, Dr. Otto von Habsburg, reportedly declared all Habsburg marriages “equal.”
Queen Sylvia Nagginda of Buganda (Uganda)
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Born in the United Kingdom and raised in Uganda, this regal woman married King Kabaka Mutebi II in 1999, after a career working in various U.S. sectors including public relations, international nonprofits, and healthcare and human services. A graduate of New York University and New York Institute of Technology, the queen also advocates for public service, having worked as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund, and has worked as a consultant to bring resources to Uganda’s entrepreneurs and the business community.
—Editors’ Note: This article has been updated from its original publish date of April 28, 2011
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City Leaders Attend African American Museum of Philadelphia Annual Gala
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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle welcome baby boy into the world
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Don't turn Prince Harry and Meghan's baby into the next 'Great Mixed-Race Hope'
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Northwestern grad Meghan Markle has given birth to a baby boy who is 7th in line for the British throne
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Game of Thrones Simply Gave Up in Season Eight Episode Four
A lazy, awkward table setting episode for the war to come is a disservice to George R.R. Martin's characters.
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'It's a boy': Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce arrival of first child
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The Best Memes That Came Out of That Game of Thrones Coffee Cup Mistake
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• The coffee cup can be seen at 17:38 in episode 4 of season 8.
• The mistake spawned some seriously hilarious memes.
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Los Angeles renames street after former President Obama
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In a first for US pageants, black women hold all 3 major titles at the same time
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Pornhub Wants to Buy Tumblr and Un-Ban Its Sex Content. Should It?
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Goes Into Labor
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Remy Ma's Publicist Releases Statement On 'Baseless' Assault Case, Calls Brittney Taylor's Allegations a 'Money Grab'
A few days after Reminisce “Remy Ma” Mackie turned herself into New York City police, her publicist, Ernest Dukes has released a statement regarding the alleged incident involving the 38-year-old rapper and Love & Hip-Hop co-star Brittney Taylor in April.
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Tiger Woods completes legendary golf foursome with Presidential Medal of Freedom
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How My Parents Taught Me About Money
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Brazil's long, strange love affair with the Confederacy ignites racial tension
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Mississippi Manhunt For Killer Of Officer Outside Station
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Police in Mississippi are looking for a gunman who approached a uniformed officer outside a Biloxi police station and shot him dead.
Authorities say the man walked up to the Biloxi officer in the station’s parking lot Sunday night, shot him multiple times and then ran off.
Firefighters rushed the officer to a hospital emergency room down the street, where he was pronounced dead.
Chief Leonard Papania of the Gulfport Police Department is leading the investigation, along with the Harrison County sheriff and prosecutors’ offices.
Authorities released images showing the suspect wearing navy blue shorts, a black T-shirt, a red beanie cap and dark high top sneakers with red caps.
The slain officer has not been publicly identified.
A law enforcement helicopter has been flying over Biloxi as officers search the area.
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First African American surgeon on faculty at Duke remembered for his kindness and leadership
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Biden talks about 'my buddy Barack' as he courts black voters in South Carolina
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This Date in Sports History - May 6
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Former SF Supe’s House Egged After Using Racial Slur In Front Of Black City Workers
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Cory Booker’s Gun Control Plan Calls for National Licensing Program
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John Singleton won't be replaced on Snowfall
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Sunday Puzzle: Familiar 2 Words
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Buttigieg Hopes To Reach More Black Voters
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Stretch Of Road In Los Angeles Renamed Obama Boulevard
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A stretch of road in Los Angeles has been renamed after former President Barack Obama.
A concert and ceremony Saturday unveiled Obama Boulevard. The street replaced Rodeo Road, a 3 ½-mile street that runs across the city’s historic black neighborhood. It also intersects with Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and further establishes a “presidential row” that includes Washington, Adams and Jefferson boulevards.
“I get to live in a lifetime where we elected our first black president,” The Rev. Russell Thornhill of South Los Angeles told KABC TV. “I get to share that with my mother, who’s 92 years old who voted and actually went to the inauguration. I called her before I came here to let her know what I was doing, and she was just in tears because she was seeing in her lifetime … the naming of a street of the first black president in this community.”
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti noted at Saturday’s ceremony that Obama Boulevard is in a section of the city that has a number of other streets named after presidents, the Los Angeles Times reported.
“As we drive through this city and we see past presidents on Adams, on Washington, on Jefferson, now we’ll have one that was in our lifetime, who was a president for everybody: Barack Hussein Obama,” Garcetti said.
A couple who proposed the name change told the Times they wanted to raise the profile of the road, attract more funding for the Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw neighborhood and honor the 44th president.
“With this change, we are publicly documenting what Obama’s legacy as our nation’s first black President means to our city and our South Los Angeles community,” City Council President Herb Wesson said in a statement.
“For every child who will drive down this street and see the President’s name, this will serve as a physical reminder that no goal is out of reach and that no dream is too big.”
While residents were receptive to having a street named after Obama, some believed organizers should have chosen a more prominent street. Wesson argued Rodeo Road was symbolically important: The road is home to Rancho Cienega Sports Complex, where Obama held a campaign rally when he was running for president in 2007.
For decades, discriminatory practices, including the use of racially restrictive covenants on deeds to keep people of color from buying homes, kept the area off-limits to non-whites.
After the U.S. Supreme Court banned housing discrimination, and segregation was scaled back, black residents moved into the formerly white enclave of Baldwin Hills and established the first of L.A.’s black middle- and upper-class neighborhoods.
Black-owned businesses and cultural activities once thrived on Crenshaw Boulevard. But over the years, they struggled and there are ongoing efforts to revitalize the commercial corridor.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a political analyst and author who has lived in the area for 50 years, said he hopes the name change will lead to more investments in the neighborhood.
“The area needs not just street name change, but also fresh programs, initiatives and spending on jobs, education, and housing programs for the mostly black and Hispanic low-income residents that live on or near Obama Boulevard,” Hutchinson said. “This will truly be the greatest way to pay tribute to Obama.”
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Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade & Other Celebs Donate To Funeral For Black Gay Teen Who Committed Suicide
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Cory Booker’s Gun Control Plan Calls for National Licensing Program
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First slavery, then a chemical plant and cancer deaths: one town's brutal history
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Sunday Puzzle: Familiar 2 Words
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'Almost every household has someone that has died from cancer'
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'Surprise All Are Females': Twitter Chew Over Black Women Grabbing Miss US Titles
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Cook County jail reforms shouldn't put domestic violence victims at risk
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Don't bank on Warren's student loan forgiveness
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Media Lament Tiger Woods Getting Medal of Freedom from 'White Nationalist' President
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Trump's 'Blue Collar Boom' continues
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Private Funeral Set for 'Boyz n the Hood' Director John Singleton
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Olivia Laing: ‘I was hooked and my drug was Twitter’
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Incoming Stetson Law Dean Michèle Alexandre Welcomed in Tallahassee as the College's First African-American Dean
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Some African-Americans look past Louis Farrakhan’s bigoted words and hear a message of love
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Sanders faces big problem with Biden and black voters
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Politics-shy Woods to be honoured at White House
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Pilots Made Runway Change Before Jet Hit Florida River
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Pilots of a chartered jet that ran into a river at a Florida military base made a last-minute change to the runway where they would make a landing, a federal investigator said Sunday.
The pilots on the Miami Air International plane requested the change to air traffic controllers shortly before landing at Naval Air Station Jacksonville Friday night.
The 9,000-foot-long runway where the Boeing 737 landed was essentially limited to 7,800 feet since there was a wire barrier set up to recover Navy aircraft in instances they couldn’t land on a carrier during training, said Bruce Landsberg, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.
“We don’t know what they were thinking or why they made that choice,” Landsberg said at a news conference. “That will be one of the things we look to find out.”
Landsberg didn’t elaborate on the significance of the runway change, but said it would be a focus of investigation.
NTSB investigators said they hope a cockpit voice recorder helps them answer that question, but they have been unable to recover it yet since the part of the plane where it’s located is still underwater in the St. Johns River. Investigators also plan to interview the pilots, Landsberg said.
Investigators have retrieved the flight data recorder.
Landsberg said the plane recently had been in maintenance, and logs showed a left-hand thrust reverser that was inoperative.
Thrust reversers are used to divert thrust from the engine, but they typically aren’t used in calculating a plane’s performance, Landsberg said.
According to a Purdue University College of Engineering description , reverse thrust can be used to help an aircraft come to a stop.
“We will be looking very carefully at the maintenance of the aircraft in the several weeks prior,” Landsberg said.
There were no serious injuries on the flight from a military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, although almost two dozen of the 143 passengers and crew members sought medical attention for minor injuries.
Capt. Michael Connor, the base’s commanding officer, said all passengers had left the base Sunday on their way to their scheduled destinations.
Some aircraft will be allowed to depart the base and be relocated so that pilots can continue with their training, but Naval Air Station Jacksonville will essentially be closed until the plane is removed from the river, Connor said.
The NTSB investigators are still deciding whether to relocate the plane off the base, which would require the use of a barge.
“How the aircraft is positioned now certainly gives you limitations on a good thorough assessment,” said NTSB investigator John Lovell. “We are not aware of the extent of the damage under the waterline because it can’t be seen.”
All fuel needs to be removed before the plane can be moved, and that effort was complicated by the aircraft being partially submerged in the river, as well as stormy weather on Sunday, Landsberg said.
Officials said they didn’t know how many gallons of fuel have spilled into the river, but engineers were using booms to contain the fuel and skimmers to vacuum up contaminants.
Divers on Sunday were sent into the plane’s cargo area to search and remove a few pets that they had been unable to be rescued because of safety concerns. The investigators didn’t say outright whether the animals were dead, but the pets would have been submerged for almost two days.
Cell phone video from passenger Darwing Silva captured the immediate, uncertain moments after the chartered jet landed.
A passenger shouted “Watch out! Watch out!” as other passengers and crew members cautiously walked out on a wing of the plane. Another passenger shouted, “Baby coming through!” and a man can be seen holding an infant in his arms as he walks along the other passengers in yellow life jackets getting drenched by rain.
Silva shared the video with Jacksonville television station News4Jax.
Silva told the Tampa Bay Times that passengers initially were told Friday the aircraft might not be fit for takeoff. Then the flight was cleared to leave Cuba, but with the warning there would be no air conditioning.
Even though the plane was hot, there were no other problems during the flight from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Silva said.
The landing at Naval Air Station Jacksonville seemed normal at first, but then the plane didn’t stop on the runway. There was a loud bang, he hit his head on the ceiling, and the jet ended up in the water, Silva said.
He looked down and his ankles were in water, he said, and he heard someone yell, “Fuel!”
Silva said he helped usher people out an emergency door onto a wing.
On Sunday, Miami Air International, which operated the aircraft, notified passengers that their overhead luggage from the plane was available for pickup. The airline said passengers would be contacted directly once their checked bags were retrieved.
Also Sunday, a small, one-propeller airplane crashed into the St. Johns River in Jacksonville. The pilot, who was the only person on board and wasn’t injured, was rescued by a kayaker, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.
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Donald Trump gets little jobs credit from blacks, Hispanics
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Los Angeles renames street after President Obama
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Joe Biden’s presidential bid draws in supporters and rivals
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Little Known Black History Fact: Richard Austin
Richard Austin was Michigan’s first African-American certified public accountant, and also the first African-American to be elected to statewide office in the state. Austin was born May 6, 1913, in Stouts Mountain, Ala.
As a student at the Detroit Institute of Technology, Austin sold and shined shoes while attending night classes. He became a CPA in 1941, making his first historic mark. Austin opened an accounting firm in the Detroit area, assisting other rising Black business owners.
Active in civil rights and local politics, Austin narrowly lost a primary election for Detroit mayor in 1969. In 1971, he was elected as Secretary of State, and reelected for several terms before losing a final bid, leaving office in 1994. During his time in the role, Austin contributed to changes in state laws, including instituting a vehicle belt safety law and crafting the state’s child passenger safety law.
Austin was also responsible for overseeing elections and license renewals of all sorts and brought innovative ideas to the forefront such as combining voter registration and driver’s license renewal. Austin was also the first African-American auditor in Wayne County, along with his other notable firsts.
Richard Austin passed in 2001 at the age of 87.
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Gayle King Doubles Her Salary At CBS
Gayle King said she was shooting for George Stephanopoulos money and she got it! Well, not exactly the same about the Good Morning America host/anchor is making, but she more than doubled what she’s currently making.
At this point, King will be the featured host of CBS This Morning now that the network has made big changes to its morning and evening news shows.
Her new deal. according to Page Six, is a huge boost from her current $5 million a year. Her compensation is now in the $11-12 million range. The outlet also quoted one network insider saying King could be making even more, but didn’t give any specifics.
As we reported, King — who toyed with leaving the network — went into the negotiations for her new salary looking for “Stephanopoulos money,” a reference to George Stephanopoulos’ recent ABC deal worth between $15 million and $18 million.
King’s BFF Oprah Winfrey this week revealed she had told King to go for broke.
“I said, ‘Get what you want. Get exactly what you want, because now’s the time. And if you don’t get what you want, then make the next right move,’ ” the media mogul told The Hollywood Reporter — saying she had even pushed King’s attorney for her pal.
King will stay on “This Morning,” while her co-host Norah O’Donnell will leave the show and is poised to take over as anchor of “CBS Evening News,” pushing Jeff Glor out of the gig, as we first reported.
The Post has reported that King — riding high off her big interview with R. Kelly and her inclusion on the Time 100 Most Influential People list — allegedly demanded that O’Donnell be sent somewhere else.
All the remaining lineup changes are set to be announced on air Monday morning, a source confirmed to us.
O’Donnell, who was described as “toxic” by sources close to the show, said all rumors would be addressed on the Monday morning (5/6) show.
Gayle King was missing from CBS This Morning today. Norah O’Donnell deemed the reports of infighting (which you can read here https://t.co/DqPsDlLx3Q) “interesting” and promised an explanation on Monday. pic.twitter.com/2w7cTxbZnr
— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) May 3, 2019
Joining King in the new morning lineup is CBS This Morning: Saturday co-anchor Anthony Mason and CBS News correspondent Tony Dokoupil. Dickerson will move to “60 Minutes” in a political role.
Meanwhile, CBS News announced last month that King will host the May 17 special Meghan and Harry Plus One. The special will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the royal marriage and the birth of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s first child, who will be the first British-American child to be in line for the throne.
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Judge In Nation’s Longest Running Housing Discrimination Case Dies Before Final Victory
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge who worked until his recent death at age 96 left a historic trail of groundbreaking legal opinions. But one case outlived Damon Keith: the longest-running housing discrimination lawsuit in the United States.
Keith declared in 1971 that Hamtramck, a tiny Detroit-area city long known for Polish culture, had intentionally forced out blacks or cut them off from the community to make room for Interstate 75 and so-called urban renewal projects in the 1950s and ’60s.
Hamtramck finally agreed to offer 200 family housing units, as well as housing for senior citizens, for violating the constitutional rights of black residents. Yet even today — decades later — there still are three houses left to build. Keith, who died on April 28, won’t see the keys change hands, an unfortunate postscript for a judge whose steadfast enforcement of civil rights was the emblem of his career.
“The finish line will probably be this summer,” said Michael Barnhart, an attorney who has represented generations of black families in the litigation. “I know his health was declining, but I wanted him to be there after all these years.”
Hamtramck Mayor Karen Majewski said: “It’s bittersweet. The end really is around the corner.”
Keith, the grandson of slaves, was a judge for 52 years, first at the U.S. District Court in Detroit, followed by 42 years on a federal appeals court. He made history on the bench, ruling against the Nixon administration’s use of warrantless phone taps and ordering George W. Bush’s administration to open deportation hearings.
In the Hamtramck lawsuit, filed in 1968, Keith noted that blacks made up less than 15% of the city’s population but represented more than 70% of residents whose neighborhoods were broken up because of the path of I-75. He also cited other examples.
“The judge referred to it as the ‘black removal case,'” Barnhart said. “It was an extreme example of racial discrimination.”
After nearly a decade, Hamtramck agreed to offer housing at below-market rates to families that wanted to return. But that solution languished for many more years, due to political opposition and the city’s poor finances. By 2010, half of the 200 units were complete, and Keith proudly attended a ribbon-cutting at a new home on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Then work stalled again.
“The problem always was the city was broke,” Barnhart said. “Through the whole case we’ve tried to identify federal programs or county programs or state programs to help us put together the housing that was needed. That has been the fundamental problem.”
Keith had the case for virtually his entire career, keeping it until 2018 despite his promotion to the appeals court. In his 2014 biography, “Crusader for Justice,” the judge scoffed at critics who accused him of “social engineering.”
“If I see inequities … as it relates to discrimination and violation of the law, then I have broad authority to fashion a remedy,” Keith said.
Lemuel Sawyer, 61, and his sisters are among those who have benefited from Keith’s decision. His family was forced out when he was a boy, but he returned to Hamtramck in 2014 to live in a new two-story home. His parents are dead.
“To me, this is my mother’s home. This is my family’s home,” Sawyer said, speaking in his doorway on Goodson Street. “Judge Damon Keith — he saved the day. He gave us optimism.”
Hamtramck, a 2-square-mile (5.1-square-kilometer) city surrounded by Detroit, was a haven for Polish immigrants who worked in area factories. A park features a towering statue of St. John Paul II, who visited as a cardinal and as pope. But the city now is culturally diverse: Someone looking for a meal can find a pierogi on one side of Hamtramck and a kebab at the other. Most City Council members are Muslim. A mosque sits across the street from a Roman Catholic church.
“The greatest monument in Hamtramck to Judge Keith is the fact that most of the residents have learned to live together in peace,” city attorney James Allen said.
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Amber Alert Issued In Houston For 5-Year Old Abducted By Three Men
In Texas, an Amber Alert has been set in place due to a 5-year-old girl being reportedly abducted by three men.
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The reported kidnapping of Maleah Davis took place around 9pm Saturday night. She was last seen near the 16500 block of the Southwest Freeway and Highway 6 in Sugar Land, TX near Houston.
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Maleah’s stepfather claims that he, his two-year-old son and Maleah were abducted by three Hispanic men in their 30s driving a 2010 blue Chevrolet Crew Cab pick-up truck, according to ABC13.
At this point, authorities don’t know the motive behind the kidnapping. They also do not know the license plate of the kidnapping car used in the incident which is believed to have originated in north Houston.
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Buttigieg Hopes To Reach More Black Voters
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Continuing his outreach to African American voters, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg acknowledged Sunday that he needs to do more work to connect with the community, particularly in the early-voting state of South Carolina.
“It shows we’ve got a lot of work to do,” Buttigieg said after a town hall with 600 mostly white voters in North Charleston, where nearly half the population is black.
Buttigieg is planning to do just that during his two-day swing in South Carolina, the first state where black votes play a major role in the presidential primaries. On Monday, he’s holding a meet and greet in Orangeburg before sitting down with community leaders in Columbia.
Some of Buttigieg’s comments touched on issues African American voters have said they see as crucial in the 2020 presidential election, including criminal justice reform. On that front, Buttigieg said he wanted to do away with structures “that perpetuate racial inequality in this country,” including mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses.
In what he has characterized as a conscious effort to focus on issues important to black voters, Buttigieg this past week met in New York with the Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights leader, at the Harlem soul food restaurant Sylvia’s. Buttigieg said Sharpton encouraged him “to engage with people who may not find their way to me, who I need to go out and find my way in front of.”
Earlier Sunday, Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, joined the large crowd at former President Jimmy Carter’s Sunday school class in rural South Georgia. At Carter’s invitation Buttigieg stood and read from the Bible as part of the lesson at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains. Talking with reporters Sunday, Buttigieg called his meeting with Carter “very humbling,” saying they discussed, among other topics, “the rigors of campaigning for president.”
Elsewhere in campaigning Sunday by Democratic presidential candidates:
MICHAEL BENNET
The latest Democrat pursuing the presidential nomination is trying to distinguish himself as someone “who’s going to level with the American people about why our system doesn’t seem to work for them.”
Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that his time in Washington has helped him know how to get things done and what needs fixing.
He said it’s “a disgrace that we lost” to Donald Trump in 2016, adding that Democrats must find an approach to deny him a second term.
Bennet said it seems “fairly clear” from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report that Trump “committed impeachable offenses,” but for now the senator favored continued congressional investigations.
He said he thinks Attorney General William Barr should resign and that Barr “has behaved like Trump’s criminal defense lawyer” rather than the nation’s attorney general.
JOE BIDEN
Democrat Joe Biden wrapped up his first presidential campaign trip to South Carolina by worshipping at a prominent African American church in West Columbia.
Sitting on a front-center pew, the former vice president and his wife, Jill, received a standing ovation when the Rev. Charles B. Jackson of Brookland Baptist Church introduced them as “Dr. Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden.”
The 76-year-old Catholic candidate smiled and waved.
“Dr. Joe, that was some major applause, my brother,” Jackson said.
Jackson praised his congregation as already approaching 100 percent voter registration and participation. He encouraged parishioners to “take somebody else to the polls with you.”
South Carolina hosts the South’s first presidential primary and is the first state in the Democratic nominating process where black voters wield considerable influence.
BETO O’ROURKE
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke repeated his calls to impeach President Donald Trump and drew a distinction between himself and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has declined any rush to proceedings.
The former Texas congressman spoke with reporters on Sunday after a town hall at a former livestock auction space in rural Shenandoah, Iowa.
O’Rourke said special counsel Robert Mueller’s report makes impeachment more necessary than ever. “Proceedings in the House ensure that more of these facts come to light, ensure that the Senate can make a very informed decision about this president,” he said.
Asked about Pelosi cautioning against doing so, O’Rourke answered: “That’s fine. We’re two different people.”
O’Rourke said he really respects “the speaker and what she’s been able to do, but when asked my opinion I’ve got to give my opinion, not anyone else’s.”
BERNIE SANDERS
Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed a sweeping agriculture and rural investment plan that would change farm subsidies and break up major agriculture monopolies.
Sanders unveiled the plan in Osage, Iowa, a town of fewer than 4,000 residents.
The plan includes a number of antitrust proposals, including breaking up existing agriculture monopolies and placing a moratorium on future mergers between big agriculture companies.
It also proposes major changes to the current farm subsidy system toward what the plan calls a “parity system.” That plan seeks to ensure farmers are “guaranteed the cost of production and family living expenses,” though the plan doesn’t include details on how.
Sanders would also classify food supply as a national security issue.
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Associated Press writer Bill Barrow in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.
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John Singleton Will Have Private Funeral On Monday
John Singleton funeral and interment details have been released. We now know the date and location of his services and where he’ll be buried.
Singleton’s service will be observed this Monday at 10 a.m. at the Angelus Funeral Home on Crenshaw Blvd. in the Crenshaw District of South Los Angeles. If the Angelus Funeral Home name sounds familiar, that’s because you might recognize it as the same place that handled Nipsey Hussle’s funeral arrangements.
After services for Singleton, he will be interred at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills. Yes, it’s the same place where Nipsey, along with numerous other celebrities, is buried.
Speaking of his interment, a family member told TMZ that Monday’s funeral will be closed off to the public. However, a larger event will be held on May 21, but at present the details haven’t been worked out.
In other news about Singleton’s death, TMZ is reporting that the late director’s will was filed in Los Angeles Friday. His oldest daughter, 26-year-old Justice, will get his estate which is valued at $3.8 million. The will was drafted in 1993, before his 6 other children were born. They could have a claim to split the assets 7 ways.
The report goes on to say that Singleton, who died of a stroke last month at 51, could also have a trust outside the will. His estate was reportedly valued at around $35 million, so the will may not be a full accounting of the assets he left behind.
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At Least 40 Dead In Russian Plane’s Emergency Landing
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian airliner burst into flames while making an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport Sunday evening, and at least at least 40 people died, officials said.
The Sukhoi SSJ100 operated by national airline Aeroflot had 73 passengers and five crew members on board when it touched down and sped down a runway spewing huge flames and black smoke.
Elena Markovskaya, a spokeswoman for Russia’s Investigative Committee, said early Monday that 41 people were killed. But Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said later that 38 survived, implying the death toll was 40.
The victims included one member of the crew and at least two teenagers, according to the Investigative Committee.
Video showed desperate passengers leaping out of the plane onto inflatable evacuation slides and staggering across the airport’s tarmac and grass, some holding luggage.
The airport said in a statement that the plane, which had taken off from Sheremetyevo Airport for the northern city of Murmansk, turned back for unspecified technical reasons and made a hard landing that started the fire.
Video broadcast later on Russian television showed flames bursting from the jetliner’s underside as it lands and then bounces. The plane apparently did not have time to jettison fuel before the emergency landing, news reports said.
The SSJ100, also known as the Superjet, is a two-engine regional jet put into service in 2011 with considerable fanfare as a signal that Russia’s troubled aerospace industry was on the rise.
However, the plane’s reputation was troubled after defects were found in some horizontal stabilizers.
The plane’s manufacturer, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, said the plane in Sunday’s accident had received maintenance at the beginning of April. Aeroflot said the pilot had some 1,400 hours of experience flying the plane.
The plane is largely used in Russia as a replacement for outdated Soviet-era aircraft, but also has been used by airlines in other countries, including Armenia and Mexico.
This is the second fatal accident involving a SSJ100. In 2012, a demonstration flight in Indonesia struck a mountain, killing all 45 aboard.
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The Kindle Paperwhite Is Finally Waterproof, And Back On Sale
Basically every device Amazon makes was on sale for Black Friday, with one glaring exception: The new, waterproof, Bluetooth-equipped Kindle Paperwhite. So if you were holding out on a deal for all your pool and bathtub reading needs, your patience has been rewarded today with a $30 discount.
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You Got the Wrong Black Girl on the Right Day, Baby: Montana Woman Kicks Police Out of Her House; Black Twitter Rejoices
Knowledge is power, and clearly, Angela Whitehead of Billings, Montana has plenty of both.
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Dressing an Unsung Hero: Costume Designer Colleen Morris Helps Tell the Story of Bolden, the Forgotten 'King of Jazz'
His ingenuity directly influenced America’s one true original art form, but Charles “Buddy” Bolden, acknowledged by music historians as the “king of jazz” (the moniker etched on his gravestone), is all but unknown to the general public—that is, until now.
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Shady Baby Swag: Kaavi James by Gabrielle Union Clothing Line Launches at NY & Company
Gabrielle Union‘s Shady Baby has made her big debut as a mogul in the making; their new NY & Company capsule collection is just in time for Mother’s Day.
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