GENEVA (AP) — The NAACP is taking to the U.N. its effort to ensure that all former convicted felons in the United States can vote. A delegation from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was holding meetings Tuesday at the United Nation's Geneva office in part to press the world body to […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A surprise ruling by a federal appeals court that lets the Army Corps of Engineers off the hook for paying compensation for Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic flooding isn't going over well on the streets of New Orleans. People in southern Louisiana have long taken for granted that the flooding in the wake […]

Growing up in Grenada, Mississippi, in the 1960s, Johnnie Walker observed racism firsthand. The only child of Johnny Kilpatrick and Estelle Stokes learned quickly that she could achieve any goal with tenacity and guts and put those skills to use to become a powerhouse who open doors in the music industry as founder of the […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP)- A California attorney has filed a lawsuit in Kansas challenging President Barack Obama's listing on the state's Nov. 5 election ballot. Attorney Orly Taitz has promoted the discredited notion that Obama is not a U.S. citizen in other states. Her lawsuit in Shawnee County District Court also says she's representing a registered […]

A Dutch man decided it would be a great idea to pull a prank on unsuspecting people walking the streets, after he glued an IPhone 5 to the ground. In the video, you can watch people tugging and kicking at the phone without much success before walking away either embarassed or upset about the trick. […]

A new ad starring celebrities such as Eric Benet, Al Sharpton, Angela Bassett, Ryan Leslie, and more has hit the web with the stars urging people to get informed about voting and more importantly to register for this year's election. The ad is for the National Urban League's "Occupy the Vote" campaign in partnership with […]

Kevin Braxton is this week's "Real Fathers, Real Men" winner after raising five children, housing the less fortunate, and doing all of this after overcoming personal tribulations.

Kevin Frazier provides the latest on Kerry Washington and her hit TV show "Scandal" plus more on Tameka Foster's interview on ET Tonight.

Jacque Reid goes "Inside Her Story" with Chrystal Travis and David Wood about Wood's choice to birth a child via surrogate in India and raise it on his own as a single black male. Wood has acted as a father figure for his cousins and at 49-years-old has decided to have a child of his […]

Huggy Lowdown jokes with the crew about the Seahawks' stunner and more on TJMS.

Jacque Reid goes "Inside Her Story" with Chrystal Travis and David Wood about Wood's choice to birth a child via surrogate in India and raise it on his own as a single black male. Wood has acted as a father figure for his nephews and at 49-years-old has decided to have a child of his […]

The Rappahannock River is a watery area near Fredericksburg, VA that marked the end of the Underground Railroad for many slaves. The longest free-flowing river in the Chesapeake Bay, the Rappahannock was the river crossed in fall of 1862 when the legal end of slavery was near.  During the Civil War, slaves crossed the river […]