Bring That Week Back: Pastor Creflo Dollar Is Fundraising for a $65M Jet

Plus, U. of Alabama elects first Black SGA pres. in decades.

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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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)

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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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)

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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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) 

Jamilah Lemieux, @JamilahLemieux - Twitter went crazy today after Morning Joe tried to put the blame of SAE's racist video on hip hop. Read on as social media slammed their comments by retitling a few hip hop classics with whips and chains.   Public Enemy was part of the underground railroad this morning.(Photo: Jamilah Lemieux via Twitter)

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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)

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Blacks Who Attend Elite Schools Have Little Advantage in Marketplace - When it comes to finding work after graduating, a new study finds that African-Americans who attend elite schools do as well as white candidates who attend “less-selective” universities, Phys.org writes.  “Discrimination in the Credential Society” by S. Michael Gaddis, further supports the idea that Blacks have to work twice as hard as whites to achieve success in society. “Race results in a double penalty: When employers respond to black candidates, it is for jobs with lower starting salaries and lower prestige than those of white peers,” Gaddis writes.  (Photo: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

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Garbage Man in Georgia Serving Jail Time for Starting Work Early - Kevin McGill, a sanitation worker in Sandy Springs, Georgia, was sentenced to 30 days in jail for picking up garbage too early, but the city has chosen to suspend his punishment, WSB-TV reports. “In retrospect, the actions of the court with regards to Mr. McGill’s sentence for violating the city’s noise laws, was disproportionate to a first-time offense,” the city wrote in a statement. A city ordinance bans garbage collection before 7 a.m. (Photo: Don Mason / Getty Images)

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Garbage Man in Georgia Serving Jail Time for Starting Work Early - Kevin McGill, a sanitation worker in Sandy Springs, Georgia, was sentenced to 30 days in jail for picking up garbage too early, but the city has chosen to suspend his punishment, WSB-TV reports. “In retrospect, the actions of the court with regards to Mr. McGill’s sentence for violating the city’s noise laws, was disproportionate to a first-time offense,” the city wrote in a statement. A city ordinance bans garbage collection before 7 a.m. (Photo: Don Mason / Getty Images)

17-Year-Old Paralyzed Because of Brownie Made With Marijuana - Allison Buchanan of Brooklyn, New York, says her 17-year-old daughter Danieel bought from another student a brownie made with marijuana and became partially paralyzed. The teen can’t walk, stand up or sit up, Buchanan told Pix11. “They have never seen anything like this before,” Danieel’s mother said the doctors told her. (Photo: Brian T. Evans / Getty Images)

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17-Year-Old Paralyzed Because of Brownie Made With Marijuana - Allison Buchanan of Brooklyn, New York, says her 17-year-old daughter Danieel bought from another student a brownie made with marijuana and became partially paralyzed. The teen can’t walk, stand up or sit up, Buchanan told Pix11. “They have never seen anything like this before,” Danieel’s mother said the doctors told her. (Photo: Brian T. Evans / Getty Images)

Teen Attacked By Group of Girls at Brooklyn McDonald's - A video showing a 15-year-old girl being viciously attacked by a group of girls at a McDonald’s in Brooklyn, New York, has gone viral. The main attacker in the clip has been arrested, the Daily News reports. The clip shows a large group of teens looking on as the girl was beat down in the fast food restaurant and kicked in the head several times. She was taken to the hospital Monday and has refused to speak to the police, fearing that she will be targeted with violence in the future, the Daily News reports.  (Photo: Alain Le Bot / Getty Images)

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Teen Attacked By Group of Girls at Brooklyn McDonald's - A video showing a 15-year-old girl being viciously attacked by a group of girls at a McDonald’s in Brooklyn, New York, has gone viral. The main attacker in the clip has been arrested, the Daily News reports. The clip shows a large group of teens looking on as the girl was beat down in the fast food restaurant and kicked in the head several times. She was taken to the hospital Monday and has refused to speak to the police, fearing that she will be targeted with violence in the future, the Daily News reports. (Photo: Alain Le Bot / Getty Images)