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NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t a shock to many Black New Yorkers that Mayor Eric Adams has surrounded himself with African American civil rights leaders, clergy and grassroots activists [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — A few dozen New Yorkers boarded a bus in Harlem on Friday with civil rights leader https://apnews.com/hub/al-sharpton and members of the group formerly known as https://apnews.com/article/travel-28af227c826fc4f73a69d37f168c579c, [...]

For the first time since she became the Democratic nominee for president, https://apnews.com/hub/kamala-harris addressed head-on the false claims made by Donald Trump about her racial identity, as well as the [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Prominent civil rights lawyer https://apnews.com/article/death-of-george-floyd-race-and-ethnicity-5d55136da447c4231870f1400cd47e13 is advertising on players' outfits at the https://apnews.com/hub/tennis this week, placing his firm's name on sponsor patches worn during matches. “Ben [...]

CHICAGO (AP) — https://apnews.com/article/democratic-national-convention-kamala-harris-807cf9d4a609a18ceaa9eee9c9422af5, on the night she became the first woman of Black and South Asian heritage to be a major party’s presidential nominee, didn't explicitly mention the racial [...]

Kayla Reed was born in a predominantly African American section of St. Louis where, like her own kin, many Black families had been transplanted out of the Deep South. After [...]

Kamala Harris has range. She can grill nominees for the Supreme Court or meet with foreign dignitaries, then pivot to hosting a Diwali celebration or dancing enthusiastically alongside an HBCU-styled [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — President https://apnews.com/hub/joe-biden virtually addressed https://apnews.com/hub/al-sharpton racial justice conference on Friday, telling a sympathetic crowd “we’ve kept our promises” as he ramps up efforts to energize Black [...]

For many people old enough to remember O.J. Simpson’s murder trial, https://apnews.com/article/oj-simpson-acquittal-a62a6c79869955b546691f9dc4b7a882 was a defining moment in https://apnews.com/article/oj-simpson-dead-cancer-football-murder-trial-782a2c38373a695a9b12e4371ece9cf8 Nearly three decades later, it still reflects the different realities of white [...]

Cydney Wallace, a Black Jewish community activist, never felt compelled to travel to Israel, though “Next year in Jerusalem” was a constant refrain at her Chicago synagogue. The 39-year-old said [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, ADRIAN SAINZ; ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMPHIS, TENN. -- Tyre Nichols' family and friends gathered Wednesday for a funeral that blended a celebration of his life with outrage over [...]

The Black Lives Matter movement hits a milestone on Thursday, marking 10 years since its 2013 founding in response to https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-shootings-racial-profiling-george-zimmerman-trayvon-martin-1eea693f8427418888ed09a3a7921a2c. Gunned down in a Florida gated community where his [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Being a centenarian hasn’t slowed down Viola Ford Fletcher’s pursuit of justice. In the last couple of years, Fletcher has https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-africa-health-coronavirus-pandemic-tulsa-abde31e8272349fdb97dddf753be7c2b, https://www.c-span.org/video/?511795-1/hearing-centennial-1921-tulsa-race-massacre and supported a lawsuit [...]

A California judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit that grassroots racial justice activists from around the U.S. brought last summer against a foundation with stewardship of the Black Lives Matter [...]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — When the International African American Museum opens to the public Tuesday in South Carolina, it becomes a new site of homecoming and pilgrimage for descendants of [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a Black student who was raised by a single mother, Makia Green believes she benefited from a program that gave preference to students of color from [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tirzah Patterson will dedicate this Mother’s Day to the hardest part of a mother’s job, trying to help her child make sense of tragedy. Patterson and [...]

In suburban Detroit, it was a lost 14-year-old looking for directions. In Kansas City, it was a 16-year-old who went to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers. [...]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-profile-memphis-3104f3cdbaf568daf6647eca080d4001 family and friends remembered him with songs of faith and heartfelt tributes Wednesday, blending a celebration of his life with outraged calls for police reform [...]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — On the eve of the funeral for https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-profile-memphis-3104f3cdbaf568daf6647eca080d4001, who died days after a brutal beating by Memphis police officers just minutes from his home, his family [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON FILE -- President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Aug. 24, 2022, in Washington. Education Secretary Miguel [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, TIM SULLIVAN, TAMMY WEBBER, ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS -- Lead Daunte Wright, the young Black man shot by police during a traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis, was not [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Lead An influential group behind the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement has established a fund worth more than US$12-million to [...]

The article highlights the irony of former U.S. president Donald Trump condemning the justice system after his felony conviction, given his past involvement in the wrongful conviction of the Central Park Five, a case that exemplified racial injustice.

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER PATERSON -- Police are investigating the stabbing of a man who arrived at a city hospital early Saturday. Police spokesman Heriberto Rodriguez said the man, [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER BOGOTA -- An audience of more than 75 people, including state Sen. Loretta Weinberg, gathered Saturday to witness Lisa Kohles and Thomas Napolitano take the [...]

Byline: PETER SAMPSON and AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITERS HACKENSACK -- A judge on Friday tossed out election challenges filed by former Bogota Mayor Tito Jackson and Borough Council candidate Ingrid [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER LODI -- A man arrested after a New Year's Eve dispute outside of a home in the borough attempted suicide while in custody, police said. [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER At birth, Teaneck's Alyssa Sims could fit snugly in her father's hand -- she was about the size of his snow glove. Born 2 1/2 [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER ***** An article on Page L-3 Wednesday about Teaneck's oil train emergency plan misstated numbers from a report by the New Jersey Work Environment Council. [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER BOGOTA -- Borough residents have received mailed fliers from an unidentified sender asking them to call a fraud hotline if they believed they were victims [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER In a joint statement, leaders of three NAACP chapters in North Jersey denounced on Tuesday the weekend killings of two New York City police officers. [...]

Byline: JEFF GREEN, AARON MORRISON and ABBOTT KOLOFF, STAFF WRITERS She was a partner in a powerful law firm, and is known for wearing diamonds and sapphires, with a preference [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON and JOAN VERDON, STAFF WRITERS Shoppers at North Jersey's big malls on Saturday experienced mild congestion on roadways, gridlock in some parking lots and lines at some [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER A Hackensack man pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge that he picked up a package from a post office in Bergen County last year [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER TEANECK -- The Township Council on Wednesday announced the permanent appointment of Robert Carney to chief of the Police Department, as well as the promotion [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER An international carjacking and theft ring that trafficked in high-end stolen vehicles in New Jersey and New York, then shipped them to West Africa, has [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER WASHINGTON -- The last time Carolyn Aird traveled to the nation's capital, she wasn't protesting inequality among the races -- the occasion was President Obama's [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON and ANDREW WYRICH, STAFF WRITERS At a building in Passaic where a carbon monoxide leak may have contributed to a pair of deaths and hospitalized a dozen [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER RIDGEFIELD PARK -- At the halfway point of the village's bird count on Saturday, Peter Garvey lifted a pair of extra-wide-angle binoculars to his brow [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER BOGOTA -- Former Mayor Tito Jackson and fellow Democrat Ingrid Brito, both of whom lost election bids in November, have mounted a challenge to the [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER BOGOTA -- The Borough Council has appointed election runner-up Daniele Fede to serve in the council seat vacated by newly elected Mayor Chris Kelemen. The [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER BOGOTA -- Councilman Evaristo Burdiez Jr. has been arrested again on charges of non-payment of child support. The arrest marked the second time since October [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER Miriam Moskowitz has been called a lot of things in her 98 years -- feisty, aggressive and possessing a violent temper, among them. But the [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON and ABBOTT KOLOFF, STAFF WRITERS From her hometown of Teaneck to the gritty streets of Ferguson, Mo., back to posh, holiday-lit Sixth Avenue in New York City, [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER TEANECK -- The township's property tax load is expected to shift toward commercial property and away from homes next year, based on an update of [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER TEANECK -- History has a way of repeating itself. Twenty-four years ago, when a black teen was shot and killed by a white police officer [...]

Byline: ABBOTT KOLOFF and AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITERS The state's three largest cities, including Paterson, are moving forward with the purchase of personal cameras for cops, a decision announced on [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER ENGLEWOOD -- A civil rights group in Bergen County hoping to foster better relationships between minority youth and law enforcement delivered a forceful message to [...]

Byline: AARON MORRISON, STAFF WRITER PATERSON -- Authorities on Saturday announced an arrest in connection with the homicide of a city man six months ago. Detectives from the city Police [...]