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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner. Malcolm X wrote to Alex Haley, his collaborator for "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," from Saudi […]
Last week’s death of a 7-year-old Detroit boy who is believed to have hanged himself as he faced bullying at school and the separation of his parents should be a wakeup call to all families and communities, psychologists say. The tragedy should also prompt African-Americans to dispel the myths about the need for counseling and […]
President Obama’s use of marijuana may be old news to some, but a new book aims to highlight a new angle on the situation. A review of Washington Post associate editor David Maraniss’ forthcoming book “Barack Obama: The Story,” has generated renewed talk on Obama’s pot-smoking past as it included an excerpt about the Commander […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Boxer Paul Williams was paralyzed Sunday after being involved in a motorcycle crash in the Atlanta suburbs and doctors said it is unlikely he will continue his career, his manager said Monday. "From the waist down, he has absolutely no movement. He's in very good spirits, though," George Peterson told The Associated […]
A top sex-crimes prosecutor from the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office has hastily resigned her post in the midst of a growing scandal where it’s alleged she deliberately ignored mounting evidence that could have freed four black men charged with “beating, raping and pimping out” an Orthodox Jewish girl who not only later recanted all of […]
A teacher and teacher’s assistant at Varnett Charter School in Houston, thought it was a good idea to put three and four-year-old children in a closet for five minutes at a time if they acted up in class. But they not only put them in the closet, they told the students the closet contained “monsters.” […]
MIAMI (AP) — A witness says a naked man chewing on the face of another naked man on a downtown highway ramp kept eating and growled at a police officer who tried to make him stop. Larry Vega told WSVN-TV in Miami that he was riding his bicycle Saturday afternoon off the MacArthur Causeway into […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barbara Kydd Graves, the wife of the publisher of Black Enterprise Magazine who aided in the growth of the publication and media company, died Friday. Black Enterprise said in a statement that Graves had been fighting gall-bladder cancer for more than three years when she died at Howard University Hospital in Washington. […]
It turns out that the prominent Detroit clergyman and chart-topping gospel singing star was driving without a valid license when he was beaten, robbed and carjacked last week. In fact, at the time, Winans had a warrant out for his arrest on driving-related offenses, records show, according to the Detroit News: The warrant was issued […]
A North Carolina teacher was suspended with pay after telling a student he could be arrested for criticizing President Obama. Tanya Dixon-Neely made these comments during a classroom discussion at North Rowan High School as the students compared the Commander-In-Chief with Republican nominee Mitt Romney. A cell phone video of the heated debate went viral […]
A race discrimination lawsuit filed against UCLA Medical Center and the University of California Board of Regents is drawing increasing attention and raising questions about the temperature of the working environment for distinguished African-Americans. The suit alleges that Dr. Christian Head, a nationally recognized head and neck surgeon and an associate professor at the medical […]
Cornel West is obsessed with criticizing President Barack Obama. Every few months West rolls out new material to beat-up on Obama whenever he has an opportunity to meet with the media. In a recent interview with the Financial Times, West insists that it’s Obama who is fanatical. “I think at this point he’s obsessed with […]
