Jill Sieder
News and Investigative Reporter at Freelance
Atlanta-based writer, reporter, editor. Futbol fan. Casual paddler. Past: @StateAffairsGA. Send notes & tips to [email protected]
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1 week ago |
atlantablackstar.com | Jill Sieder
The director of an event center in metro Memphis claims he was fired because local officials did not want the “Black acts” he was booking to perform there, and he’s now suing in federal court to get his job back and monetary compensation. In his lawsuit, J.
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flipboard.com | Jill Sieder
‘Black Acts’ Not Wanted: Event Center Director Claims Mississippi County Officials Fired Him Because They Didn’t Like the Rap and ‘Urban Acts’ He BookedThe director of an event center in metro Memphis claims he was fired because local officials did not want the “Black acts” he was booking to perform …
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atlantablackstar.com | Jill Sieder
A Black woman who was fired from her job as a server at a country club restaurant near Philadelphia says its staff and management racially discriminated against its Black customers and employees, and that she was terminated after complaining about it.
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atlantablackstar.com | Jill Sieder
A new law passed by the Georgia Legislature last week will create a new process and fund to give those wrongly convicted and later exonerated by a court for felony crimes $75,000 for each year they were incarcerated. The legislation will likely benefit Mario Stinchcomb, a Black man who served more than 18 years in prison for a 2002 murder that he was exonerated for by a court in 2021. He spoke at a press conference at the state capitol in support of the bill in March.
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2 weeks ago |
atlantablackstar.com | Jill Sieder
A woman in Sheffield, Alabama, who was in her pajamas getting ready for bed was startled when four police officers broke down her door and held her at gunpoint until they realized they were at the wrong house. She is now suing the city for the trauma she says they inflicted on her. According to her attorney Bennett Pugh, Katherine Allen is in her 50s and an early riser who was in the habit of jogging in the morning before heading out for her job as a cleaner in nearby Muscle Shoals.
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