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Their ancestors were enslaved workers. Now they’re getting $2,100 a year in reparations

By Faith Karimi Linda Johnson-Thomas’ grandfather worked at the Virginia Theological Seminary for more than a decade, first as a farm laborer before moving up to head janitor. Her grandparents lived in a little white house on campus with their four children, including her mother. But until two years ago, she had no idea that her grandfather, John Samuel Thomas Jr., had been forced to work at the school in Alexandria, just outside of Washington, D.C. “All I knew was that he grew up on the seminary,” said Johnson-Thomas, 65, who lives in Mitchellville, Maryland. “We knew there were slaves in

Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in death of George Floyd

By Ray Sanchez and Eric Levenson Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year, was sentenced Friday to 22 and half years in prison. Chauvin, in a light gray suit and tie and white shirt, spoke briefly before the sentence was imposed, offering his “condolences to the Floyd family.” Under Minnesota law, Chauvin will have to serve two-thirds of his sentence, or 15 years — and he will be eligible for supervised release for the remaining seven and a half years. The sentence exceeds the Minnesota sentencing guideline range of 10 years

The Theodore Roosevelt statue in front of New York’s Museum of Natural History will finally be removed

By Ganesh Setty and Leah Asmelash A controversial statue of Theodore Roosevelt will finally be moved from its current location after years of debate — and one year after a formal request for its removal. The statue debuted in 1940 and stands in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. It features the 26th president on horseback flanked by a Native American man on one side and an African man on the other — conveying a “racial hierarchy that the museum and members of the public have long found disturbing,” wrote the museum in its initial removal request

This CNN Hero is fighting to save lives in Philadelphia’s communities of color through Covid-19 vaccination and testing

by Kathleen Toner Earlier this week, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced that 70% of the city’s adults had received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine — reaching President Biden’s goal for the nation ahead of schedule. Yet that doesn’t tell the whole story. Only one-quarter of those vaccinations have gone to Black residents even though they make up more than 40% of the city’s population. Throughout the pandemic, people of color have been devastated by Covid-19 in the US — dying at a much greater rate than white Americans. Now, as deaths have fallen with increased vaccinations, those dying

Turmoil erupts in school district after claims that critical race theory and transgender policy are being pushed

By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Boris Sanchez A Virginia school district is under fire after chaos erupted during public comment at a school board meeting earlier this week over a proposed transgender policy and claims that critical race theory is being taught in the classroom. The turmoil ended with one person being arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and another was cited for trespassing. The Loudoun County Public Schools meeting, which included an agenda item to discuss a new transgender policy, attracted a large crowd of parents and community members who chanted “shame on you” and protested throughout the

NYPD investigating vandalism of the George Floyd statue in Brooklyn as a hate crime

By Mark Morales A statue of George Floyd that was unveiled in New York on Juneteenth by Floyd’s brother was vandalized early Thursday morning and police are investigating the incident as a hate crime, a law enforcement official told CNN. Black spray paint was daubed on the face of the statue and over the inscription on the base. “PATRIOTFRONT.US,” was stenciled with white spray paint on the pedestal, the New York Police Department said. Patriot Front is a “white nationalist hate group,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The six-foot statue is on display on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn for several weeks before it

Former police officer Derek Chauvin set to be sentenced for the murder of George Floyd

By Eric Levenson Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year, is set to be sentenced Friday to a potentially lengthy prison stay. Chauvin, 45, was convicted in April on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for his role in Floyd’s death. Prosecutors for the state of Minnesota requested a 30-year prison sentence, saying it “would properly account for the profound impact of Defendant’s conduct on the victim, the victim’s family, and the community,” according to a sentencing memo. Chauvin’s defense attorney, Eric Nelson, argued that the former officer should instead receive probation

Search continues into the night with almost 100 people unaccounted for in deadly Florida building collapse

By Jason Hanna and Leyla Santiago An intense search and rescue effort will continue through the night after part of a 12-story residential building collapsed early Thursday in the South Florida town of Surfside, killing at least one and leaving almost 100 people unaccounted for. About 55 of the 136 units at Champlain Towers South collapsed around 1:30 a.m., officials said, leaving huge piles of rubble on the ground and materials dangling from what remained of the structure in the beachfront community a few miles north of Miami Beach. At least 99 people were unaccounted for as of Thursday afternoon, according to Miami-Dade

Two college students pulled from car by police during last summer’s protests in Atlanta file lawsuit

By Mallika Kallingal, Devon Sayers and Jade Gordon Two college students who were forcibly removed from their car and tased by police during a civil rights protest in Atlanta last summer filed a federal lawsuit against the city Thursday, according to their attorneys. Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young were in their vehicle in downtown Atlanta on May 30, 2020, when they were caught in traffic during the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd five days earlier. The lawsuit claims that while the students’ car was stopped due to heavy traffic, they were approached by six Atlanta Police Department officers and

A multistory residential building in Surfside, Florida, partially collapsed, killing at least 1, mayor says

By Jason Hanna, Leyla Santiago and Paul P. Murphy A multistory residential building partially collapsed early Thursday in the South Florida community of Surfside, killing at least one person and raising fears that others may be trapped under the rubble. The collapse happened around 2 a.m. ET. Video from the scene shows a side of the building — more than 10 stories tall — having fallen, with huge piles of rubble underneath and a large number of first responders. Rescuers assisted at least one person from the debris field, and helped others leave the standing portions of the building, sometimes

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