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44th US President from 2009 - 2017, winning two terms against John McCain and Mitt Romney. The backlash against his presidency spawned the Tea Party and later the presidency of Donald Trump.
Who is Barack Hussein Obama?
US Vice President and President of the Senate since 2021, casting 33 tie-breaking votes, the most of any VP in history. She has visited 19 different countries and met with over 100 leaders around the world.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Killed by a police officer in 2020 in Minneapolis, MN, who stepped on his neck for over 9 minutes with other officers watching and assisting, even after he said he couldn't breathe. His death triggered protests across the US and put Black Lives Matter on the map.
Who was George Floyd?
The following individuals joined Oprah Winfrey in this financial tier of wealth: Robert Smith, Michael Jordan, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Tiger Woods, LeBron James, Tyler Perry.
Who are the black billionaires?
According to this theory, U.S. social institutions (e.g., the criminal justice system, education system, labor market, housing market, and healthcare system) are laced with racism embedded in laws, regulations, rules, and procedures that lead to differential outcomes by race.
What is Critical Race Theory?
US Secretary of State under George W. Bush from 2001 - 2005. A 4-star general, he was also a National Security Advisor and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; died of COVID-19 in 2021.
Who was Colin Powell?
First black woman in the US Supreme Court and only Court Justice with Public Defender experience. Nominated in 2022 and confirmed with only 53 Senate votes - almost every Republican voted against her.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
He was murdered by three white men while jogging in a white suburb. They said they thought he was a burglar. One of the men recorded the murder; only after the video was released were the murderers charged - 2 months after the crime.
Who was Ahmaud Arbery ?
Joshua Green and Samuel Adetunji have cofounded Veriheal, a company set up to take advantage of the market for this well-known plant which is becoming legal to smoke in most of America.
What is Marijuana?
This concept is intended to promote justice by redressing gross violations of international human rights law or serious violations of international humanitarian law. It should be proportional to the gravity of the violations and the harm suffered. There are 5 key components: Cessation/Assurance of Non-Repetition, Restitution and Repatriation, Compensation, Satisfaction, and Rehabilitation.
What are Reparations?
Elected in 2021, he is Georgia's first black US Senator and the first black US Senator from the South since Reconstruction, he is a Morehouse College graduate, was a protege of John Lewis and was a former pastor at MLK's Ebenezer Baptist church.
Who is Raphael Warnock?
US Secretary of State from 2005 - 2009, the first black woman to ever hold this position. Formerly Bush's National Security Advisor from 2001-2005.
Who is Condaleeza Rice?
In this South Carolina city in 2015, white supremacist Dylann Roof shot and killed 9 people including a pastor and a State Senator after a Bible Study he attended in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. He left a 10th man alive to describe the incident. Roof is currently on Death Row.
What happened in Charleston?
These individuals have held this most powerful title in their Fortune listed companies: Kenneth Chenault (American Express), Ursula Burns (Xerox), Kenneth Frazier (Merck), Clarence Otis Jr. (Darden Restaurants), Stanley O'Neal (Alcoa), Richard Parsons (Time Warner), Rene Jones (M&T Bank), Rosalind Brewer (Walgreens), Marvin Ellison (Lowe's).
Who are the black CEOs?
This issue concerns the fact that the harm that comes with rising seas and contaminated water systems isn’t evenly distributed. To the contrary: Those who are already disadvantaged by race, wealth, and income are usually the most affected by environmental disasters. Examples include the lead in Flint, Michigan's water, the toxic petrochemical plants in Louisiana's “Cancer Alley,” and the raw sewage backing up into homes in Centreville, Illinois.
What is Environmental Racism?
Doug Wilder of Virginia (1990), Deval Patrick of Massachusetts (2007) and Wes Moore of Maryland (2022) are the only three black men to have ever been elected to this position in their respective states.
What black men have been governors?
This woman ran for the Governor seat in Georgia twice, losing by less than 2% of the vote in 2018. She created an political activism organization called Fair Fight Action in 2018; her efforts secured the win for Joe Biden in 2020 and the US Senate seat for Warnock in 2022.
Who is Stacey Abrams?
This 17-year-old youth was shot and killed in 2012 by George Zimmerman, a member of the local community neighborhood watch, after buying some Skittles from the local 7-Eleven. Zimmerman defended the killing based on Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law and was acquitted.
Who was Trayvon Martin?
Alicia Boler Davis, former VP at GM now works at this company as VP of Global Customer Fulfillment and participates in the S-team, advising Jeff Bezos.
Who works for Amazon?
Based on this concept, in 2022, for every $100 in total assets owned (housing, business equity) minus debts held (student loans, mortgages, credit cards) by white households, Black households held only $15.
What is the Wealth Gap?
As of 2023, he is the Minority Leader in the US House of Representatives.
Who is Hakeem Jeffries?
Black Lives Matter activist, she is the first black woman to serve the US House of Representatives from Missouri. She became politically active following the 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer and unseated African-American incumbent William Lacey Clay Jr. in 2021.
Who is Cori Bush?
In this Missouri town in 2014, 14-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed after struggling with a police officer and then fleeing. When he turned around, he was shot 6 times.
What happened in Ferguson?
Beatrice Dixon became a symbol for Black Girl Magic and Black entrepreneurship when this business - manufacturing plant-based feminine products - was targeted by racist reviewers online; she ended up earning a wave of support from thousands of new customers.
What is The Honey Pot?
The definition of this concept is the acknowledgement that everyone has their own unique experiences of discrimination and oppression and we must consider everything and anything that can marginalize people – gender, race, class, sexual orientation, physical ability, etc. Two common examples are gender/race and orientation/race.
What is Intersectionality?