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It’s hard to believe that in 2013 a Black woman had yet to work as a news anchor in the state of Utah. This is…
It looks like “Christopher Wallace Way” is a no-go. According to reports, Brooklyn community board members objected to naming the intersection of St. James Place…
In a bizarre home invasion case, a Detroit family was in the process of letting their cat back into their residence when three men suddenly barged…
According to a recent study by the Williams Institute, the number of African-Americans within the LBGTQ community is rising fast. RELATED: The LBGTQ Factor: The…
SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — A shooting at a middle school in northern Nevada has left two people dead and two boys in critical condition, rattling parents, teachers and students as they showed up for the start of the school week. The identities of the shooter and victims weren’t immediately known. The suspect is “down,” police […]
(LAS VEGAS, NV) – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held its final National Board of Directors meeting of 2013 this weekend…
Amanda Berry, an exotic dancer at Pin Ups, a popular strip club in Atlanta, Georgia, has filed a lawsuit claiming she was fired because she became…
A grand jury in Lincoln County, S.D. has returned an indictment of murder in the second degree for Joseph Patterson, the man believed to have beaten to death the two-year-old son of NFL star Adrian Peterson. Patterson allegedly assaulted and murdered Tyrese Robert Ruffin, the toddler son of the Minnesota Vikings tailback. Patterson was originally […]
DETROIT (AP) — A man who lives at a senior center in Detroit was in custody Sunday after police said he shot and killed two women that he blamed for a breakup with his girlfriend. The shooting happened after the 65-year-old man had an argument with his girlfriend that ended their relationship, police said in […]
For IPOD/IPAD users: READ: Roscoe Nance’s full coverage on Grambling University. Roland Martin talks with Grambling State University President Frank Pogue about the current debacle happening at the historic HBCU. Read the full interview below. ROLAND MARTIN: …A tough weekend for Grambling University national attention focus on the Louisiana school when the football team refused to […]
Carlton Walker, Jr., a Virginia father, is facing charges after pulling out his shotgun and shooting at his daughter’s friends when they brought her home past her curfew. According to reports, Walker was so angry that his daughter came home two hours late that he attempted to barricade her friends in his driveway before shooting […]
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — Gilbert Rochon has resigned as president of Tuskegee University after three years on the job. The Tuskegee board of trustees announced Saturday that Rochon offered his resignation during a board meeting, and the board accepted. The resignation was effective immediately. The board said Tuskegee alumnus Matthew Jenkins will serve as acting […]
