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Georgia officers did not answer a 911 call regarding a White infant spotted with a Black family after finding it "racially insensitive."
While it shouldn’t be an issue, black women rocking their natural hair in the workplace is still a hot button topic. So what happens when you have a career in front of the camera and the higher ups are thoroughly involved in your appearance, down to your hair? North Carolina’s WNCT news anchor Angela Green […]
The man shot in the West Indian Day parade in Brooklyn, New York over Labor Day Weekend has been declared brain dead, his family says. The aide to New York governor Andrew Cuomo was walking down a Brooklyn street during the parade’s traditional Jo’uvert celebration, which starts the festivities. AM NY reports: Carey Gabay, 43, […]
Before Black Lives Matter became a movement, before there was daily scrutiny of the police on the evening news and before videos showcasing police brutality on African-Americans came a dime a dozen – her life mattered. It’s hard to believe that it’s been six years since the disappearance of Mitrice Richardson and five years since […]
NEW YORK (AP) — “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates’ blunt and impassioned letter to his son about racism and police violence, is a finalist for the National Book Awards. Coates’ work, one of the top sellers this summer, is among 10 nominees announced Wednesday by the National Book Foundation, which presents the awards. […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge was set to hear arguments Wednesday on whether to release 911 calls and other documents in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a church. Various news organizations, including The Associated Press, are challenging Judge J.C. Nicholson’s order preventing attorneys from discussing the case and preventing […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A school bus plunged off a highway overpass in Houston after being hit by a car driven by a teacher Tuesday, killing two students and seriously injuring three other people, police and school officials said. Mariya Alyss Johnson, 17, died at the scene, while Janecia Chatman, 14, died at a hospital, according […]
What made two Georgia brothers, 17 and 22, viciously attack their parents in a middle-class suburb of Atlanta is still a mystery. But an even more shocking detail has emerged from police – that the brothers planned the attack for years. Are the Ervin brothers the modern-day African-American version of the infamous Menendez brothers or […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The art collection of celebrated writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou sold for nearly $1.3 million on Tuesday. A painted story quilt that hung in Angelou’s Harlem home and was commissioned by Oprah Winfrey for Angelou’s 61st birthday brought $461,000 at the Swann Galleries sale. “Maya’s Quilt of Life” by […]
Cornell W. Brooks, President and CEO of the NAACP, spoke with Roland Martin about the culmination of the Journey for Justice march.
Who better to go to for advice than the Leader of the Free World? President Obama is slowly facing the fact that his eldest daughter…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A judge denied bail Monday for a white former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a black motorist, saying his release would “constitute an unreasonable danger to the community.” In a brief order, Circuit Judge Clifton Newman denied bond for Michael Slager. “After careful consideration […]
