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From the oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre to the youngest of the Freedom Riders, the world said goodbye in 2025 to people who changed our world. Watch Allison J. Davis's video tribute: https://bit.ly/3KLjBof

When a Black real estate developer bought a sprawling property in Georgia, he had no idea it would lead to multiple citations and bench warrants. And as Greg Morrison reports, the situation is not unique. https://bit.ly/4q1aZcn

Puerto Rican musical sensation Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show in February, and as contributor Eugene Holley Jr. reports, the roots of Afro-Puerto Rican music run deep. https://bit.ly/4azaDVu

From the oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre to the youngest of the Freedom Riders, the world said goodbye in 2025 to people who changed our world. Watch our video tribute: https://bit.ly/3KLjBof

From Angie Stone to Sly Stone, and from the oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre to the youngest of the Freedom Riders, the world said goodbye in 2025 to people who changed our world. Watch: https://bit.ly/3KLjBof

Five years ago, a community in Alabama's rural Black Belt got a badly needed brand new hospital. But three years later, lack of money forced it to shut down. As Greg Morrison reports, this is becoming a trend in rural America. https://bit.ly/4ovF420

When 111-year-old Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Ford Fletcher died on Nov. 24, her fans were trying to raise enough money to buy her something she'd never had -- her own home. Now, they've come up with a good use for the money. https://bit.ly/48HDxAf

Imagine you are Dorothy Jackson. You have a brain tumor. But the new, state-of-the-art hospital in your Alabama community is closed from lack of funds. Watch Greg Morrison's piece on a crisis afflicting rural America. https://bit.ly/4ovF420

A special council in Haiti has cleared the way for an electoral calendar for the country's first elections since 2016. https://bit.ly/3KaenSF #Haiti

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The music of saxophonist Mark Turner has been praised. The work of late Harlem Renaissance writer and civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson has drawn praise. Audiences can find both in Turner's latest album, writes contributor Eugene Holley Jr. https://bit.ly/3M7mfVq

As climate experts from around the globe met recently in Brazil, representatives for communities made mostly of descendents of escaped enslaved Africans pressed for recognition of their environmental work with the environment. https://bit.ly/48eNN2E

The music of saxophonist Mark Turner has drawn praise. The work of late Harlem Renaissance writer and civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson has been praised. Audiences can find both in Turner's latest album, writes contributor Eugene Holley Jr. https://bit.ly/3M7mfVq

As climate leaders from around the globe met recently in Brazil, representatives for communities made mostly of descendents of escaped enslaved Africans pressed for recognition of their environmental work with the environment. https://bit.ly/48eNN2E

Viola Ford Fletcher, oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at the age of 111. Mayor Monroe Nichols said she "endured more than anyone should, yet she spent her life lighting a path forward." https://bit.ly/BNV-National-News

A judge has dismissed the criminal indictments against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey, ruling that the Trump-supported prosecutor was illegally appointed. https://bit.ly/3LW56hv

Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, singer and also star of the classic movie "The Harder They Come," has died at the age of 81. Cliff came up in the emergencing music scene in Kingston, Jamaica, along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. https://bit.ly/4irBZik #JimmyCliff

A port in downtown Rio received an estimated 1 million captured Africans in the Transatlantic Slave Trade — the most in the world. That is one piece of the history visitors are learning as Brazil explores afrotourism. https://bit.ly/48a6tAG

Jurors in Ohio are hearing closing arguments in the case of an officer who killed a pregnant Black woman in a supermarket parking lot. Ta'Kiya Young, 21, was suspected of shoplifting when Connor Grubb shot her in 2023. https://bit.ly/4o0xZ9H