Bring That Week Back: Pastor Creflo Dollar Is Fundraising for a $65M Jet
Plus, U. of Alabama elects first Black SGA pres. in decades.
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Creflo Dollar Launches Fundraiser for New $65M Private Jet - A pastor can do quite a lot to help the world with $65 million. Televangelist Creflo Dollar of World Changers Church International believes that money would be best used to buy a new private jet so that he and his staff "can continue to safely and swiftly share the Good News of the Gospel worldwide," according to the church's fundraising page. His previous jet is 30 years old and in need of replacing. Many criticized "PROJECT G650" and are wondering why Dollar can't fly any other airline. (Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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University of Alabama Elects First Black SGA Pres. - History has been made on the campus of the University of Alabama, as Elliot Spillers was elected the first African-American SGA president in 40 years, Huffington Post reports. He is only the second Black president of the student body, after Cleo Thomas who was the first in 1976. Spillers’ campaign promoted a more inclusive campus. This year’s election marked the largest voter turnout in the history of the university. (Photo: Elliot Spillers for SGA President via Facebook)
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Chyemil Pierce Dies Protecting Children from Gun Violence - Chyemil Pierce, a mother of three, was killed in gun violence while shielding her children from bullets Monday in Oakland, California, KRON4 reports. Pierce, 30, was on the way home after picking up her kids from school when a fight broke out nearby followed by the gun shots. Anthony Sims, 19, has been charged in her murder, according to CBS. (Photo: KRON 4, Bay Area Local News)
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"#RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery" Calls Out Morning Joe - Just in case you missed it, Black Twitter was at it again Wednesday with the hashtag “#RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery,” a response to Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski who blamed SAE fraternity’s n-word chant on rap music. Some of the most creative satirical statuses included “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Lynching” by @PollardJsn and “1776 Cotton Field Drive” by @Mr_Hyde06. Clearly, Black Twitter wasn’t going to allow the revisionist history. (Photo: Jamilah Lemieux via Twitter)
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Anthony Hill Shot and Killed By Police - Police officer Robert Olsen shot and killed an African-American man named Anthony Hill, 27, who was running around naked, acting "deranged" and "crawling around" his apartment complex on Monday in Dekalb County, Georgia, 11Alive.com reports. Hill's behavior was possibly caused by a mental illness, county police chief Cedric Alexander told reporters. An officer reportedly encountered Hill in a parking lot. The man ran toward the officer who ordered Hill to stop. The officer then shot Hill two times. Officer was placed on adminstrative leave. (Photo: Anthony Hill via Facebook)
Photo By Anthony Hill via Facebook
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