Pastor Fred K. Price Jr. left his 28,000-member Crenshaw Christian Center church in shock when he announced that he was stepping down from the pulpit due to “personal misjudgments.” Although members say they still have no idea about the nature of his sin, they remain on the defensive about their former pastor. “Well, we know what you know. That’s […]
Gooding family l – r: Omar, April, Cuba Sr., Shirley and Cuba, Jr. Cuba Gooding, Sr. the father of actors Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Omar Gooding as well as April and Thomas Gooding, died unexpectedly in Los Angeles last month. The family, including his widow, Shirley, held a memorial for Gooding, Sr., the lead singer […]
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is considered a civil rights icon now. He has a monument in Washington, D.C., a federal holiday that we celebrate this week and is revered as a man who sought to bring a divided nation together. He is oft-quoted as the antithesis of the Black Lives Matter movement which […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video released Tuesday shows a black man killed by Los Angeles police was armed just before he was shot dead but the footage failed to capture him when officers say he twice turned toward them holding the loaded semi-automatic handgun. The video shows the man identified by police as 18-year-old Carnell […]
Lee Roy Young Jr. grew up in Texas hoping to join the elite Rangers Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Young’s boyhood dream came true on this day in 1988 when he was sworn in as a Texas Ranger. Young was born January 8, 1947 in Del Rio, Texas. Raised by his […]
Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. made history this past weekend after he scored the highest finish by a Black driver in the NASCAR Xfinity series. Wallace has etched his name in the history books before after becoming only the second Black driver to win a NASCAR national series. Wallace was born October 8, 1993 in […]
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The NFL says video of Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. witnessing a fight between his girlfriend and the mother of his child includes “disturbing images.” Fowler took responsibility “for everything that happened” in the 30-second video released by TMZ on Tuesday. The surveillance tape shows Fowler and the two women […]
On Tuesday, prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson made his first appearance as a Democratic candidate in Baltimore’s mayoral race. McKesson joined 24 other candidates, including Republicans and independents, at a Q&A forum at the Belvedere Hotel, where he shared personal moments of what led him to activism, including the time a Baltimore police officer […]
Charles Bolden Jr., NASA’s first Black administrator, was nominated for the post in 2009 by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate that same year. Bolden nearly saw his career take another course in the early ’60’s, but he used his connections and a bit of humility to aid his quest to enter […]
Ahead of its Feb. 2 premiere, FX has released the first full trailer for its miniseries American Crime Story: The People Vs. O.J. Simpson. The footage features a first extended look at the characters, including Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark, Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden, Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran, John Travolta as […]
