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Who Made the US Leave the UN & WHO? Black American Negroes Made the US Leave the UN.

AI Generated ImageIn February of 1926, Historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week to celebrate the accomplishments of Black American Negroes when no one else would acknowledge the heroic ingenuity of the ethnic group. This month, February 2026, marks the 100th anniversary of the celebration of Black American History Month in the United States. The 1920s, the Roaring Twenties, was an important decade in music, fashion, art, and literature in the United States, not to mention the Harlem […]

todayFebruary 20, 2026

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Civil Rights Icon Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. Passes Away at 84 – BlackPressUSA

By Karen Juanita Carrillo | NY Amsterdam News Civil Rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., whose career took him from his early collaboration with Martin Luther King to creating the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition to two runs for the presidency and ultimately passing the torch to a new generation died Tuesday according to his family. “Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” said the Jackson […]

todayFebruary 17, 2026

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Schwalb Targets Alleged Slumlord Network in First-of-Its-Kind Racketeering Lawsuit – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. Brown | The Washington Informer The District of Columbia filed a sweeping civil racketeering lawsuit Thursday seeking to dismantle what Attorney General Brian Schwalb described as a decade-long real estate fraud enterprise that left hundreds of tenants living in hazardous conditions while siphoning tens of millions of dollars from lenders and city housing programs. “Today, we’re dismantling the Razjooyan slumlord empire,” Schwalb said in announcing the lawsuit against Ali “Sam” Razjooyan, his brother Eimon “Ray” Razjooyan, and […]

todayFebruary 16, 2026

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Metro Surge Nears End After Community Resistance, Not State Cooperation – BlackPressUSA

Officials confirm ICE Metro Surge Minnesota will scale back after months of heightened enforcement and community resistance By Izzy Canizares | Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder For over three months, more than 2,000 Immigration and Customs officers have occupied Minnesota, terrifying residents and leading to fatal consequences. Now, an end appears to be in sight, at least on paper, a feat that would not have been possible without residents who refused to stay silent. Border czar Tom Homan announced on Feb. 12 that […]

todayFebruary 16, 2026

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Discrimination in City Contracts – BlackPressUSA

Disparity Study Exposes Oakland’s Lack of Race and Equity Inclusion Part 1 By Ken Epstein | Oakland Post/Post News Group A long-awaited disparity study funded by the City of Oakland shows dramatic evidence that city government is practicing a deeply embedded pattern of systemic discrimination in the spending of public money on outside contracts that excludes minority- and woman-owned businesses, especially African Americans. Instead, a majority of public money goes to a disproportionate handful of white male-owned companies that are […]

todayFebruary 15, 2026

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Ed. Dept. Dismissed 90% of Discrimination Cases, Report Says – BlackPressUSA

By Alvin Buyinza | Word In Black (WIB) – The Education Department office responsible for protecting the rights of marginalized and minority students in the nation’s K-12 public schools dismissed nearly every discrimination complaint it received last year, due to the Trump administration’s massive reduction in force, according to a new government watchdog report. At the same time, the Government Accountability Office found that the administration’s attempt to lay off about half of the department’s Office for Civil Rights — a […]

todayFebruary 15, 2026

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What Supermarket Civil Rights Teaches Us  – BlackPressUSA

By Bobby J. Smith II | Word In Black (WIB) – The recent release of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services poses a challenge for communities and individuals struggling with food insecurity. The new guidelines flip the traditional food pyramid on its head, recommending increased intake of costly red meat, whole dairy products, healthy fats, and whole grains. But these guidelines create several blind spots, overlooking the prevalence of poor-quality food and limited grocery […]

todayFebruary 14, 2026

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Vernon AME Church Absorbed the Terror of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Now It Will ‘Teach Truth.’ – BlackPressUSA

By Shaunicy Muhammad | The Oklahoma Eagle More than a century after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, members of Greenwood’s Vernon AME Church are determined to tell their own stories. Archivists, archeologists and elected officials lined the pews of the church Thursday for the unveiling of The Vernon Witness, a multi-year project to preserve the church’s basement and turn it into a museum and cultural center. Survivors found refuge by hiding in the basement as the upper floors of the church […]

todayFebruary 14, 2026

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The Resistance Needs Rent Money – BlackPressUSA

By Jasmyne A. Cannick | Our Weekly News “F— Trump” has become cultural currency. YG made it a hook. Timelines on fire.Group chats activated.Think pieces flying.Boycotts declared between brunch reservations. But here’s the part nobody wants to talk about: If you really want to hit back at Trump and his administration, you’re going to have to open your wallet. Yes. Your wallet. The right understands something the left keeps pretending not to: Power requires infrastructure, and infrastructure requires money. MAGA treats […]

todayFebruary 13, 2026