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Biden to designate 1908 Springfield race riot site as national monument

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to sign a proclamation Friday to designate a national monument at the Springfield, Illinois, site of the 1908 race riot, which later fueled the formation of the NAACP. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a briefing with reporters on

Beyoncé, Shaboozey among People’s Choice Country Awards 2024 nominees

Beyoncé, Shaboozey and Kane Brown are making waves in the country music genre, nabbing several 2024 People’s Choice Country Awards nominations.  Queen Bey has been nominated for the People’s Artist of 2023, the Female Artist of 2023 and the Social Country Star of 2023, the PCCAs announced on Wednesday, according

Brave + Kind Bookshop: Amplifying inclusive stories

While some school systems are banning books and doing away with AP African-American History courses, Brave + Kind Bookshop owner Bunnie Hilliard is making sure Black children and young adults see themselves represented in the pages of the books that line her shelves. Her bookstore is one of several Black-owned

Wally Amos, 88, creator of Famous Amos Cookies, dies at 88

HONOLULU (AP) — Wallace “Wally” Amos, the creator of the cookie empire that took his name and made it famous and who went on to become a children’s literacy advocate, has died. He was 88. Amos created the Famous Amos cookie empire and eventually lost ownership of the company —

Why one Black man went from skepticism to supporting Kamala Harris

When you say the word “prosecutor” to Khari Noerdlinger, painful memories come to mind. At 19, Noerdlinger was attacked by three men armed with weapons. When he fought back in self-defense, fatally wounding one of the attackers with a knife, a New Jersey prosecutor charged him with manslaughter. Noerdlinger and his