A local group is calling for reparations to descendants of victims in the 1917 massacre, commonly called the East St. Louis race riot. Here’s a summary of what happened.
In January 1923, a white mob slaughtered Black residents of Rosewood, Fla., and burned down most of the predominantly Black town in the Rosewood Massacre.
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A crowd gathers at People s Park on Sunday, February 28, 2021, following a silent march ahead of the one-year mark of the Tacoma police killing of 33-year-old Manuel Ellis who said, I can t breathe, sir, before he died, on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Tacoma. Credit: KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
One year ago, Tacoma police killed Manuel Ellis. A silent march honored him By
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A silent march led by religious leaders took place on Sunday in Tacomaâs Hilltop neighborhood, to honor Manuel Ellis ahead of the one-year anniversary of his killing by Tacoma police on March 3, 2020.
Ellis, 33, was a Black man, musician, and father of two.
The Incredible True Story Of The Man Who Created America s First Chain Restaurant George Rose/Getty Images
By Noemi Arellano-Summer/Feb. 22, 2021 3:26 pm EDT
Frederick Henry Harvey was a born entrepreneur. However, unlike McDonalds Ray Kroc, most people don t know his name or his company s mission. The Fred Harvey Company predominantly set out to sell people good food.
When traveling by train for work in Missouri and Kansas during the 1860s, Harvey noticed just how
bad train food was. Having had experience both in food service and on trains, he set out to create a hospitality company that essentially became America s first chain restaurant and the epitome of service, according to Stephen Fried s