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Democrats in Colorado have condemned a Republican lawmaker for joking about lynching before saying an 18th century policy designating a slave as three-fifths of a person “was not impugning anybody’s humanity.”
State Rep.
Ron Hanks was speaking on the House floor Thursday about legislation aimed at strengthening civics education. He was accidentally introduced as fellow Rep.
Mike Lynch.
“Being called Mr. Lynch might be a good thing for what I’m about to say. No, just kidding,” Hanks said.
Colorado Republican State Rep. Ron Hanks
Hanks, who is white, then spoke about the Three-Fifths Compromise, which was made during the nation’s Constitutional Convention in 1787 and classified a slave as three-fifths of a person when apportioning taxes and states’ representation in Congress.
A 12-year-old Colorado boy died on Saturday after participating in the viral Blackout Challenge on TikTok.
Joshua Haileyesus spent nearly three weeks on life support after choking himself until he passed out last month. According to
PEOPLE, his twin brother found him unconscious on the bathroom floor of their home on March 22. The boy’s parents believe he was “completely unaware of the risks involved” with the choking challenge.
The family had set up a GoFundMe to help cover medical costs while Haileyesus spent 19 days on life support before his death. The campaign has raised more than $182,000.
“We would like to update everyone that this evening, after fighting the good fight on life support for 19 days, Joshua has gone off to be with the Lord,” the GoFundMe page stated.
Donald P. Ryder, architect of Black cultural works, dies at 94 He was drafted out of college at 19 years old into service in the segregated armed forces to serve as a prison guard and driver to white officers, and attended a segregated college campus,” said his daughter.
The
New York Times reported Ryder died on February 17, in his New Rochelle, NY home. The death was confirmed to the outlet by his daughter
Lorraine Ryder. As an architect, Ryder and his firm designed important sites for Black culture and became one of the country’s prominent partnerships of Black architects. Together with
Midwin Charles (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for NAACP LDF)
One of the more morbid parts of the journalism business is the process of writing obituaries. Oftentimes, for older celebrities or historic figures, there’s a rough draft obit on hand so that the moment the person passes you can go straight to publication.
Most newspapers and TV networks had an obit written up the moment Congressman John Lewis announced he had cancer; many have already written one up if and when
DMX is pronounced dead. While we don’t talk about it in public, every television network and news site across the country already has a video memorial prepared for the day that Rev.
First Black Supreme Court justice in Colorado dies at 72
By Associated Press
Published April 5, 2021
Gregory Kellam Scott, was sworn onto the court in 1993 after being appointed by Gov. Roy Romer; passes on Wednesday (Twitter)
Gregory Kellam Scott, the only Black justice to serve on the Colorado Supreme Court, died unexpectedly at his home in Indiana. He was 72. Scott died Wednesday, the Denver Post reported.
He was sworn onto the court in 1993 after being appointed by Gov. Roy Romer. He served seven years before stepping down to become vice president and general counsel of Kaiser-Hill LLC, a private company contracted to clean up a former nuclear weapons facility in the Denver suburbs.