It’s a hope and a desire of many to buy the cars they’ve always wanted, to buy property and become home owners. It’s nice to call those things your own but above that they become tools to build your wealth. The key to all these things is to have a good credit score. John Hope Bryant […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Families of two people killed by package bombs left on their doorsteps in Austin knew each other and were connected through local activism in the black community, a civic leader said Tuesday. But it was not clear how they might be tied to a third household where a package bomb also […]
Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza is launching a new initiative to change Black life.
Receiving a PhD or MD is the highest academic degree that anyone can receive once graduating from medical or graduate school. The University of Maryland Baltimore County is the largest producer of African-Americans who go on to complete their MD’s and PhD’s. President of The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Freeman Hrabowski talks with Roland […]
Black women are tapping into their political power and standing up for voting rights with this year's Women's march with nationwide events from January 20 to 21.
1/17/18- Donald Trump tweeted that his approval rating with African-Americans has doubled when in fact it’s a lie a really big lie! If anything African-Americans have expressed how much they disapprove of everything that the President has said. READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: GET THE HOTTEST STORIES STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hate crimes rose for the second straight year in 2016, with increases in attacks motivated by bias against blacks, Jews, Muslims and LGBT people, according to FBI statistics released Monday. There were more than 6,100 hate crimes last year, up about 5 percent over the previous year. In 2015 and 2016, that […]
Veterans Day is a day honoring all servicemen and women who have served or are serving in the Military, Air Force or Marines to defend and protect our country. Although many war heroes get honored on this day, not many know of the African-American heroes that fought in combat during World War I. Fighting On Both […]
I know sometimes the news about the injustice I bring can be pretty heavy, so this morning I’m gonna mix it up a bit and share some good news stories from the elections on Tuesday! Let me give what I’m going to say a quick preface. Democrats are better than Republicans on 20 issues that […]
The retired police chief of a New Jersey township has been arrested and charged with a hate crime by the FBI for smashing a handcuffed African-American suspect in a 2016 door jam arrest. CNN reports that a criminal complaint against Frank Nucera Jr., the former chief who resigned in January, revealed his violence towards “African-Americans, […]
DALLAS (AP) — The CEO of American Airlines said Thursday he is looking forward to company representatives meeting with the NAACP to discuss the civil rights group’s charge that carrier has a culture of racial insensitivity. The NAACP earlier this week warned African-Americans that if they fly on American, they may face discrimination or even […]
The NAACP has issued a travel advisory to all African-Americans traveling on American Airlines. On Tuesday, October 24, 2017, the organization released a statement explaining a pattern they’ve noticed in various incidents reported on the airline among African-American passengers. The incidents surrounding this advisory has caused the organization to believe that there is a “corporate […]
