African Slaves Were the 1st to Celebrate Ramadan in America

This past weekend marked the beginning of Ramadan. Nearly one-fourth of the world will observe the annual fast and 8 million Muslims in America will abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset during the holy month. A grueling task at any time of the year, Ramadan this year will be especially daunting during the long and hot summer days.

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I’m From Philly. 30 Years Later, I’m Still Trying To Make Sense Of The MOVE Bombing : Code Switch : NPR

Philadelphia native Gene Demby was 4 years old when city police dropped a bomb on a house of black activists in his hometown. Thirty years later, he’s still trying to make sense of it all.

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Amazon Tribe Wins Lawsuit Against Big Oil, Saving Millions Of Acres Of Rainforest | Disclose.tv

The Amazon Rainforest is well known across the world for being the largest and most dense area of woodland in the world. Spanning across nine countries, the Amazon is home to millions of different animal and plant species, as well as harboring some for the world’s last remaining indigenous groups. The Waorani people of Pastaza are an indigenous tribe from the Ecuadorian Amazon and have lived in the Rainforest for many generations. However, there Home came under threat from a large oil company – they didn’t take it lightly.

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Black man who acted as his own attorney acquitted of murder – Rolling Out

A Black man decided to take matters into his own hands after being convicted of murder and serving 13 years in prison. Hassan Bennett was charged and convicted in the 2006 shooting death of 19-year-old Devon English and the wounding of 18-year-old Corey Ford, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Prosecutors initially claimed that Bennett shot…

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