The study determined that while blacks left the city at a much faster
rate than whites, New Orleans was still 58 percent black during 2006. Read more from Associated Press
Two civil rights leaders urged Jena residents to demand equal justice,
and one called for an investigation of the district attorney who is
prosecuting six black teenagers charged with serious crimes in the
beating of a white classmate. Read more from the Associated Press
A woman was sexually abused, beaten and humiliated while being held captive in a home for at least a week, sheriff's officials said Monday after making six arrests....The victim, a Charleston woman who was being treated at a hospital Monday, is black. Read more at ABC.com
A noose was left hanging from a tree limb near a black cultural studies center on an American college campus. That's the scenario that University of Maryland police, with help from
the FBI, are investigating... Read more at ABC.com
Former District first lady Effi Barry died Sept. 6 from complications of leukemia at Anne Arundel Medical Center at the age of 63. Barry was married to now D.C. City Councilman Marion Barry during his first, second and third terms as mayor. Read more at Afro.com
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