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Outgoing Mississippi governor says state faces ‘1,000 years of darkness’ if Black man elected

by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire senior correspondent • February 28, 2020

Fifty-two years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and 55 years after Jim Crow, Mississippi is burning again. Phil Bryant, the now-former governor of Mississippi (a state that was one of the flashpoints of the civil rights…

by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire correspondent • July 28, 2019

The First Step Act, which replaced a federal ‘three strikes’ rule that imposed a life sentence for three or more convictions with a 25-year sentence, is benefiting thousands of incarcerated Black men, according to a new report. More than 1,000…

by Deborah A. Culp • July 21, 2016

Bounce TV, the first and only over-the-air broadcast television network for African Americans, has called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make de-escalation training a requirement of all local law enforcement personnel. Bounce TV is teaming with ‘The Root,’…

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Tag Archive for The Root

Outgoing Mississippi governor says state faces ‘1,000 years of darkness’ if Black man elected

by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire senior correspondent • February 28, 2020

Black men are biggest beneficiaries of First Step Act

by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire correspondent • July 28, 2019

Bounce TV, ‘The Root’ join forces promoting police de-escalation training

by Deborah A. Culp • July 21, 2016