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The rappers, along with other investors, helped raise over $22 million for the app. Earlier this year, 21 Savage visited the Ellen Show to announce his charity, a campaign that would help teach people financial literacy. He’s not the only rap figure with hopes that people learn better money manageme…

Source: Nas & Will Smith Invest In App That Will Help Teens Learn Financial Literacy

On Dec. 4, 1969, law enforcement officers raided a home at 2337 Monroe St. in Chicago. First they killed Mark Clark, who sat by the door with a shotgun. Then they trained their gunfire on the south bedroom and opened fire. When the cops stopped firing, they pulled the 21-year-old chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party out of the bullet-riddled room. After the officers noticed that he was still alive, they pumped two more bullets, at point-blank range, into the center of Fred Hampton’s forehead.

Source: The Caucasian Panthers: Meet the Rednecks Armed, Ready and ’Bout That Anti-Racist Life

Source: Four St. Louis police officers charged with beating undercover colleague – Washington Times

An Oklahoma lawyer details the attack by hundreds of whites on the thriving black neighborhood where hundreds died 95 years ago

Source: A Long-Lost Manuscript Contains a Searing Eyewitness Account of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 | At the Smithsonian | Smithsonian

Utah police are standing behind a cop who pulled a gun on a reportedly disabled 10-year-old boy, in an incident the boy’s mother insists was racially motivated. Authorities apologized to the family Monday, but maintain the officer didn’t do anything wrong.

Source: Utah police stand behind officer who aimed gun at disabled boy – New York Daily News