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In an effort to inform churchgoers, pastors and ministers about the disproportionate impact of HIV-AIDS on Black America, the NAACP will host social justice-based training…
A woman who was exposed to HIV by an Atlanta minister joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” Wednesday to talk about the man’s recent sentencing…
Billionaire couple Mellody Hobson and George Lucas recently gave a very generous donation to the private University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. According to sources, the…
NFL team owners may ratify a new rule next month that will penalize players for using the N-word on the field. Coaches and players have…
Richard Benton (pictured) was charged with a DUI, after his 12-year-old daughter, Shamera Harris (pictured), posed to take a picture after her first date with…
Christopher D. Spears (pictured), 17, was charged Monday with second-degree murder for allegedly shooting his classmate, Dominique Hollie, (pictured below left) also 17, over some…
Young adults are often told that their college years will be the best years of their lives. An in-depth report from The New York Times…
02/26/14- On the second anniversary of Trayvon Martin‘s death, Reverend Al Sharpton reminds us that until the “Stand Your Ground” law is repealed, justice will not be served for teens like Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis. For iPhone users:
02/26/14- Pastor Michael Bledsoe, of Riverside Baptist Church in Washington DC, joined Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to discuss the open letter he penned challenging White Christians in Florida to stand up against the unjustified deaths of black teens in the state. Bledsoe asserts, “Christ calls his leaders to be fearless and loved, […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, a human rights activist and nationally prominent attorney who as city leader persuaded voters to accept a sales tax to fix crumbling infrastructure in Mississippi’s capital, died Tuesday. He was 66. Officials said Lumumba, a Democrat, died at a Jackson hospital. A cause of death wasn’t immediately […]
Black community leaders are taking a stand against the controversial “Stand Your Ground” law. On March 10, 2014 in Tallahassee, Florida, leaders across the country including Reverend Al Sharpton and the National Action Network are gathering in the Sunshine State to rally and a hold a prayer vigil in protest of SYG. Sharpton will also […]
America never loved us! That’s how the young activists of the civil rights group The Dream Defenders felt moments after a jury failed to convict…
