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Black News Oct 19, 2026Xavier Ochsner College Of Medicine To Become The Next Historically Black Med School
October 19, 2026 Xavier Ochsner College Of Medicine To Become The Next Historically Black Med School
Black News Oct 19, 2026Muscogee Chief Says Court Can’t Grant Freedmen Citizenship
Law360 (October 15, 2026, 4:45 PM EDT) — Muscogee (Creek) Nation Principal Chief David Hill is asking an Oklahoma federal court to dismiss a challenge that looks to block the tribe from denying citizenship to descendants of people once enslaved by the Indigenous nation, arguing that it can be achieved only through a constitutional amendment and legislative process.
Black News Oct 18, 2026Jamaica says slavery reparations petition to be heard by UK privy council in March 2027
A high-level United Kingdom appeals court has set a date to hear Jamaica’s petition for legal advice on its claim for slavery reparations from the UK, the Jamaican government has said.
Black News Oct 18, 2026Nolan Wells Case Update: 4 Key Developments on Witness Accounts, Video Evidence, and the Ongoing Investigation
‘That’s my voice’: Friend of late Mississippi teen Nolan Wells speaks out on what he saw that day Nolan Wells vanished after going on a boat trip with friends on the 4th of July.
Black News Oct 17, 2026‘Rising Black Men’ Hosts 1st Black Prom At Michigan State University
October 17, 2026 ‘Rising Black Men’ Hosts 1st
Black News Oct 17, 2026Historic bricks hand-laid by formerly enslaved people return to Freedmen’s Town
After years of legal wrangling, people in Freedmen’s Town are celebrating what they call a victory.
Black News Oct 16, 2026Reparations activists celebrate ‘important victory’ after Newsom signs first-ever corpo…
California advocacy groups are celebrating a “big, important victory” in their push for state-level reparations after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation bill requiring large corporations to investigate and disclose historical ties to chattel slavery.