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African American Culture

Black Women Veterans’ Home That Was Featured on “Extreme Makeover” Has Allegedly Been Stolen

They Allege Property Seizure and Unfair Treatment Nationwide — The famed Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project known as the “Jubilee House,” completed in July 2011 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is at the center of a growing controversy. The home, originally purchased for $25,000 by Barbara Summey Marshall and Maya V. Louise Marshall, two African American women veterans, was part of a ministry and housing outreach launched in 2005 to support homeless veterans. Now, over a decade later, those same veterans […]

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News

Racial discrimination lawsuit against VA could be watershed moment for Black veterans

A first-of-its-kind racial discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has the potential to set the course of justice for generations of Black veterans.  Last month, a federal judge in Connecticut ruled against the federal government in its attempt to dismiss the suit filed by Marine Corps veteran Conley Monk Jr., who accused the VA of denying him and his deceased father, Conley Monk Sr., benefits based on their race after they served in the Vietnam War and […]

todayApril 25, 2024 5