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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April 2, 1855 Longtime activist John Mercer Langston, an abolitionist, attorney and diplomat, is elected clerk of an Ohio township, becoming the nation’s first African-American […]
September 12, 1992 Chicago physician Dr. Mae Jemison becomes the first African-American woman in space when the space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Kennedy Space […]
February 8, 1986 Medical student Debi Thomas becomes the first black skater to win the women’s singles of the U.S. National Figure Skating Championship. She […]