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• Naomi Barber King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Sister-In-Law, Dead At 92

  11-03-2024 17:54
  
  Photo: A.D. King Foundation
  Naomi Barber King, the longtime civil rights activist married to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s younger brother, passed away on Thursday (March 7) at age 92, according to The Associated Press.
  Her family confirmed she died in Atlanta in a statement issued through the A.D. King Foundation, an organization she founded in 2008 to empower women and youth as well as advance nonviolent social change.
  “She was a woman of quiet dignity, overcoming strength, and ste
  
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• Triumph and Drama: Black Highlights and More From the 96th Academy Awards

  11-03-2024 17:42
  
  By Rashad Alexander
  The 96th Academy Awards took place Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with Jimmy Kimmel serving as the host for the fourth time since 2017. The late-night host and comedian had a rough start to the night, receiving heavy criticism for his opening monologue and his jokes throughout.Making fun of the drug issues of Robert Downey Jr. is actually pretty lame. I’m not surprised though, because Jimmy Kimmel has always sucked.#Oscars pic.twitter.com/LwsEhKwFr6
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• Inside the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Brady lists

  11-03-2024 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  For more than two decades, Cook County has boasted the infamous reputation of the being wrongful conviction capital of the U.S.—both a statistical fact, according to the National Registry of Exonerations, and the result of ongoing public revelations since the 1990s, when the Reader’s John Conroy first exposed Jon Burge and his crew torturing suspects […]
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• Review: One Life

  11-03-2024 15:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  It sometimes seems like there’s at least one biopic for every righteous soul who rescued Jewish people in the Holocaust.  To be fair, James Hawes’s One Life does have some welcome variations on the theme—British stockbroker Nicholas Winton was himself of Jewish heritage, so for once you get to see Jewish people being heroes rather […]
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• Review: 3 Body Problem (Season one)

  11-03-2024 15:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Liu Cixin’s novel 3 Body Problem is a throwback to golden age science fiction—which means that it’s an endless, tediously smug exposition dump occasionally interrupted by cardboard characters and a nonsensical plot that’s half-cliche and half-errant, paranoid crankery. It’s a list of cool nerdy gimmicks masquerading as deep thought, except that the nerdy gimmicks mostly […]
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• Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings Score First-Ever State Championship

  11-03-2024 15:00
  
  On Saturday, the Homewood-Flossmoor Varsity Boys’ Basketball team made history by winning their first-ever State Championship.
  The Vikings defeated Normal Community High School 60-48 in the Class 4-A State Finals.
  Vikings junior point guard Jayden Tayler has had a big shift since Friday’s game, notching 15 points and seven rebounds in the championship game. Immediately in the first quarter, Tyler put up two 3-pointers to set the tone.
  But the Ironmen were able to answer back with a 3
  
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• Da’Vinchi Talks New Season Of ‘BMF,’ Lessons From 50 Cent, And Mental Health Awareness: Exclusive Video

  11-03-2024 14:12
  Da’Vinchi understands the complexity of portraying one of the most notorious figures of this generation. Tasked with the role of Terry “Southwest T” Flenory in the Starz hit series “BMF,” Da’Vinchi brings depth to the drama which sheds light on the real-life story of the Black Mafia Family. 
  During a recent visit to Atlanta, Da’Vinchi sat down with ADW/Real Times Media at iHeart Studios to discuss the new season of the series and how the role has im
  
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• Highway Robbery in Alabama

  11-03-2024 14:00
  
  By Ben Jealous
  Imagine the neighborhood your family has lived in for more than 150 years being turned into a deteriorating flood zone. Now imagine the flooding was caused by the state. That is what is happening to the people of Elba, Alabama’s historic Black Shiloh community.
  Thanks to the construction of an elevated highway through the community in 2018, residents are watching their homes be destroyed by flooding caused by the highway project.  
  “My house has already sunk
  
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• Chicago Transit Union Leader Calls for National Guard Amid Crime Concerns

  11-03-2024 13:00
  
  Two days after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the deployment of National Guard troops to enhance security on the New York City subway system, the leader of Chicago’s largest transit worker union called for a similar action in Chicago.
  On Wednesday, Governor Hochul disclosed plans to deploy 750 National Guard troops and 250 New York State and MTA police officers in the subway system. This move aims to assist the NYPD in conducting bag checks and preventing weapons from entering trains
  
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• Obama Presidential Center: New Details Revealed, Including Museum Preview

  11-03-2024 01:06
  The Obama Foundation shared two big updates on the progress of the Obama Presidential Center. They revealed more about the Programs & Athletic Center and announced a visit from President Obama. During his visit, the former president viewed the digital media exhibit for the Center’s Museum.President Obama, known as our “First Digital president,” aims to use technology to tell his presidency’s story vividly and involve visitors in living history. During the visit, he ex
  
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