| No Images? Click here  Welcome to your weekly dose of black newsHey, y'all! The Toronto Raptors took home the NBA Championship last night and Drake is cutting the hell up. I mean this man is in peak Drizzy mode. He called the victory against the Golden State Warriors "poetic" and ran through the 6 giving us all the meme-worthy material we'll need for a year. But really, congrats to the Raptors on their very first NBA title. Shifting to something more serious, Ava DuVernay's "When They See Us" has demanded our focus since it premiered in late May and rightfully so. The four-part series documenting how the gross injustice the Central Park Five faced for most of their lives has also prompted folks to question why Linda Fairstein and others involved in the mishandling of their cases haven't faced legal consequences. Though Fairstein has faced some backlash on social media and been dropped from her publisher, she doubled down on her actions 30 years ago in an op-ed, which the New York Times found inconsistent with past records. DuVernay responded by tweeting, “Expected and typical. Onward...” Lastly, I know the media has been doing a lackluster job in amplifying what's going on in Sudan, but I implore you all to read up on what's going on. Since Omar al-Bashir's 30-year reign ended and civilians called for a democratic system, hundreds of people have been killed when the ruling military council opened fire two months ago. Sudan’s military rulers said on Thursday they had thwarted several coup attempts and that some officers had been arrested over the deadly dispersal of protesters at a sit-in in Khartoum earlier this month. What's going on in Sudan is urgent and deserves our attention. But because the folks who are affected are black, African and Muslim, this crisis isn't getting the awareness it deserves. Let's change that. If you need a crash course on what's been happening, catch up via @AdauTheModel's thread on Twitter.   This week's Best Things 🎉 Nipsey Hussle To Be Given Posthumous Humanitarian Honor At BET AwardsThe posthumous Humanitarian Award will be given to the Grammy-nominated rapper during the June 23 ceremony in his Los Angeles hometown in recognition of his work as a community activist, philanthropist, businessman and musician. Washington D.C. Renames Street Outside NASA Headquarters ‘Hidden Figures Way’The designation honors Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan, the trailblazing black women depicted in the book and movie “Hidden Figures.” 🙌🏾
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