60 h. ago Rosa Parks’ vacant former home is an emblem of racist housing policies | Bernadette Atuahene

Seventy years after the Montgomery bus boycott, policies hiding in plain sight continue to ravage the Black communityFriday is the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, which began because Rosa Parks refused to relinquish her seat to a white person, as required by law. While her brave act brought national attention to the civil rights movement and triggered student sit-ins to end segregation across the south, it also subjected her and her husband, Raymond, to constant death threats. Consequently, like many other Black families fleeing Jim Crow south’s racial violence, in August 1957, Rosa and Raymond moved up north to Detroit.When the Parks arrived in Detroit, they and other Black people did not have to sit at the back of the bus. Nonetheless, the city was permeated by a quieter but no less pernicious type of racism: racist policies, which are any written or unwritten laws and processes that produce or sustain racial inequity. In my book Plundered: How Racist Policies Unde...

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64 h. ago Major Thomas Markle health update as Meghan's dad has 'life or death amputation'

Thomas Markle has reportedly undergone life-saving surgery to remove his leg below the knee after a blood clot made it turn black - his son said it was a case of life or death

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64 h. ago Megan Markle's dad has leg amputated as family reveal grim health update

Thomas Markle has reportedly undergone life-saving surgery to remove his leg below the knee after a blood clot made it turn black - his son said it was a case of life or death

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3 d. ago Volcanic eruption may have caused Europe's Black Death plague, scientists say

Clues contained in tree rings have identified 14th Century volcanic activity as the 'first domino to fall' in a sequence that led to the devastating spread of bubonic plague.

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3 d. ago Europe's deadly Black Death plague may have been triggered by volcanic eruptions

The precise sequence of events that brought the deadly disease to Europe from Central Asia has been debated by boffins for years, now researchers think they have filled in the blanks

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3 d. ago Kelly Osbourne breaks down in tears during first TV interview since dad Ozzy's death on BBC Breakfast

Kelly Osbourne broke down in tears during her first TV interview since the passing of her Black Sabbath legend dad Ozzy, as she opened up about the tributes to him across Birmingham.

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3 d. ago Supermarket worker's horror death as he's trampled to death in Black Friday sale

As many geared up for the biggest day on the shopping calendar, others remembered the tragedy that saw an innocent supermarket employee lose his life to greedy shoppers

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3 d. ago Horror death of supermarket worker trampled by Black Friday shoppers

He was 34 and working at Walmart when he was trampled to death by a crowd of over 2,000 people who stormed the store

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3 d. ago Man dies after being trampled to death in Black Friday supermarket stampede

As some prepared for the biggest day on the shopping calendar, others remembered the tragedy that saw a man lose his life to greedy shoppers

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4 d. ago Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack reveals Royal rule scuppered plans for dad's death certificate

Ozzy Osbourne's death certificate was released following the Black Sabbath frontman's untimely passing in July this year, but his son Jack has now revealed a detail that was omitted from the document

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4 d. ago Man United's first black goalscorer in 'death' hoax: Remi Moses's wife 'tells his former club he has died' aged 65 as they announce his funeral

Former Manchester United midfielder Remi Moses is alive, contrary to reports that the Red Devils' first black goalscorer has died.

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4 d. ago Ozzy Osbourne's 'sneaky' obsession with unexpected product leaves fans in awe

Before his death, Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne made a surprising revelation about his "sneaky" obsession - and fans were in awe over the Prince of Darkness's revelation

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7 d. ago Cilla Black wardrobe raises big money for children's charity 10 years after her death

TV icon and singer Cilla Black's clothes have been kept pristine since her death and they've now raised a big sum for charity

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8 d. ago Why the rejection of a national prostate cancer screening programme could mean a death sentence for men like me: KEITH MORGAN

One in four black men will get prostate cancer. For the rest of the population, it's one in eight. These are shocking statistics but, as a black man in my forties, these aren't just numbers to me.

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9 d. ago 'Devastating' reason why Jack Osbourne could exit I'm A Celeb alone as he faces vote

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star Jack Osbourne entered the jungle, following the sad death of his father, Black Sabbath frontman, Ozzy Osbourne

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9 d. ago I'm A Celeb's Jack Osbourne won't have any family in Australia for 'devastating' reason

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star Jack Osbourne signed up to the show, following the sad death of his father, Black Sabbath frontman, Ozzy Osbourne

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9 d. ago Sharon Osbourne's heartbreaking last promise to Ozzy: As she appears on red carpet four months after his death, friends tell how she's 'absolutely determined to keep his wish'

At her first public appearance since the Black Sabbath legend's death four months ago, widow Sharon attempted to put on a brave face, standing beside her beloved daughter Kelly.

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2 w. ago Four guards sentenced in beating death of handcuffed Black man at New York prison

Brooks had been serving a 12-year sentence for first-degree assault

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2 w. ago 4 guards sentenced in brutal beating death of an incarcerated Black man at New York prison

Four prison guards involved in the death of an incarcerated Black man whose brutal beating at an upstate New York prison last year was captured on bodycam videos were each Friday to prison

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2 w. ago Officer acquitted in death of Ta'Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother accused of shoplifting

An Ohio officer who fatally shot a pregnant Black mother in a supermarket parking lot after she was accused of shoplifting has been acquitted/convicted of murder

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