News from communities around Los Angeles
March 13, 2020
Breonna Taylor is killed when Louisville, Kentucky, police officers issuing a no-knock search warrant enter her home looking for her ex-boyfriend. Her death sparked extensive protests against police brutality.
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Led by Rube Foster, owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, the Negro National League was established by a coalition of team owners at a […]
Maggie L. Walker, a crusading businesswoman, activist and newspaper editor, founds the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank and Trust Company in Richmond, Virginia, becoming the […]
June 24, 1936 Bethune-Cookman College President Mary McLeod Bethune, the 15th child of former slaves, is named director of negro affairs for the National Youth […]