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The city of Miami is taking JPMorgan Chase & Co, the country’s biggest bank, to court based on major claims of housing discrimination against its residents…
ATLANTA (AP) — A new museum about the history of civil rights opens next week in Atlanta, the city where Martin Luther King Jr. was based. But the National Center for Civil and Human Rights also explores other human rights struggles, from women’s rights and LGBT issues to immigration and child labor. The museum devotes […]
A former foster child who struggled growing up has received multiple acceptance letters to top medical universities, according to KABC. SEE ALSO: Honoring Ruby Dee On…
Bryant Collins was driving along Highway 72 in Georgia when he spotted a baby crawling along the side of the road. “I had seen something…
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia inmate convicted of rape and murder has become the first person to be executed in the U.S. since the botched lethal injection of a prisoner in Oklahoma in April. Fifty-nine-year-old Marcus Wellons was executed by injection Tuesday night after last-minute appeals were denied. A corrections spokesman says he was […]
Arnold Donald, the president and CEO of Carnival Corp., the largest cruise line in the world, is leading the way for the next generation of black CEOs. The 59-year-old at the helm of Carnival has a huge challenge ahead as detailed in the cover story of `the May 2014 issue of Black Enterprise magazine. Although […]
This is the weirdest story we’v heard in a while! How in the world anyone could compare being a member of the NAACP to being…
LINCOLNTON, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 10-year-old North Carolina boy is in the hospital after he accidentally hanged himself on a basketball goal in his yard. A news release from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says the boy was outside playing basketball Sunday south of Lincolnton. His grandmother looked outside and saw him hanging […]
Racism is running rampart all over the world. According to reports, a group of French friends wanted to have a “negro evening,” so they gathered…
DETROIT (AP) — Police have released an image of a distinctive tattoo in an effort to identity a man whose dismembered body was found partially encased in cement inside a garage behind a Detroit home. The cut-up corpse was found May 30 by a neighbor who noticed an overwhelming foul odor and called police. An […]
DELTONA, Fla. (AP) — A central Florida man who weighs about 450 pounds faces multiple charges after sheriff’s deputies say he hid cocaine and 23 grams of marijuana under his “stomach fat.” According to a new release, a Volusia County sheriff’s deputy stopped a vehicle Friday after noticing that the passenger wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. […]
Chase Reed is an ordinary kid. He loves shoes. But not just any shoes. Rare, vintage styles that are no longer in production. Reed’s love for fancy footwear has transitioned from a personal love to a full fledged business, making his the first of its kind. The New York Post reports: High-end kicks are becoming […]
