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Tramell Tillman becomes first black actor to win Supporting Drama Emmy for
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Tramell Tillman made history on Sunday night at the 2025 Emmy Awards, becoming the first Black man to win the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
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Oscars 2025: Wicked's Paul Tazewell becomes first black man to win Best Co
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Wicked's Paul Tazewell created history by becoming the first Black man to win for best costume design at the 97th edition of the Academy Awards.
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"I can't breathe": Black man in Ohio dies after US cops pin him down
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Ohio police has released body camera footage of a black man who died after repeatedly telling the police officers that "I can't breathe" as they pinned him down to arrest him, reported WKYC, a local news network in Cleveland.
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US: Former officer gets more than 4 years sentence in George Floyd Case
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officers arrested Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, after a store employee told the police that he had bought cigarettes with a counterfeit USD 20 bill. Floyd was handcuffed and pinned to the ground under the knee of Officer Derek Chauvin for more than nine
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Memphis police dissolve 'Scorpion Unit' after videos of police beating up
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Memphis Police Department announced on Saturday to deactivation of the 'Scorpion Unit' to which the police officers belonged who reportedly were involved in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old, Black man earlier this month, who later died due to injuries.
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Biden pays tribute to Sidney Poitier, says actor 'changed the way America
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): US President Joe Biden praised Sidney Poitier, the legendary Hollywood star who was the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Actor, as a "once-in-a-generation actor and advocate whose work carried so much dignity, power, and grace that it changed the wo
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One woman dead, three others injured as car rams into crowd in US Minneapo
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): A woman died and three people were injured when a car rammed into protesters in Minneapolis, US state of Minnesota, where a Black man was fatally shot this month during an attempted arrest, Minneapolis police said Monday.
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Brazilian police uses rubber bullets on protesters over black man's killin
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Porto Alegre [Brazil], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The Brazilian police have used rubber bullets to disperse a crowd during the protests in the Porto Alegre city over killing of a customer in a Carrefour chain store, the G1 news website has reported.
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Stores ransacked, reporter attacked as 2nd day of protests turns violent a
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Philadelphia [US], October 28 (ANI): The second day of protests in Philadelphia turned violent on Tuesday as protesters clashed with the police, ransacked stores and attacked a reporter covering the unrest, following the killing of a black man on Monday.
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Former Philadelphia police officer charged for shooting dead unarmed Black
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 11 (ANI): A former Philadelphia police officer was on Friday charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of an unarmed Black man in 2017.
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Protest breaks out in Atlanta after death of another black man
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Atlanta [US], June 14 (ANI): Protests broke out on Saturday against police brutality after another black man was killed by law enforcement officers during an arrest in the Atlanta city of the southeastern Georgia state.
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ABC casts its first black 'Bachelor,' Rachel Lindsay reacts
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Television personality Rachel Lindsay, who was always vocal about the lack of diversity of 'The Bachelor' franchise, on Friday addressed the latest announcement by the network of its casting the first black 'Bachelor.'
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