Chikesia Clemons was exposed and arrested at an Alabama Waffle House after asking why she had to pay 50 cents for utensils she didn’t previously pay for. No woman should be treated that way and yet police find it okay to handle woman of color in this way. Don’t Miss Out! Follow The D.L. Hughley […]
An Alabama woman was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed inside a Waffle House over plastic utensils. Chikesia Clemons, 25, and her friend Canita Adams placed an order at a Waffle House in Mobile, Alabama April 22, according to The Root. When Clemons asked for utensils an employee told her that she’d be charged 50 cents in addition to what they were […]
Of the many things to be discriminated against for, hair is at the top as the most, annoying, petty and downright wrong thing to be discriminated for. Chasity Jones received a job offer at a call center in 2010 as a customer service representative in Mobile, Alabama, according to Blavity. After her interview, a manager from HR told her […]
PARRISH, Ala. (AP) — A stinking trainload of human waste from New York City is stranded in a tiny Alabama town, spreading a stench like a giant backed-up toilet — and the “poop train” is just the latest example of the South being used as a dumping ground for other states’ waste. In Parrish, Alabama, […]
Unfortunately, the first few days of 2018 have been fraught with pastors accused of sexual misconduct. Though the #MeToo movement has to date focused mostly on sexual harassment in the workplace, it has not yet extended to a similar movement in the church community. However, some prominent pastors have been accused recently of sexual assault, […]
1/9/18- President Donald Trump showed up to the NCAA Championship game between Alabama and Georgia and there were some mixed feelings as expected. But what made it worse was that he didn’t know the words to the National Anthem! Huggy finds it interesting that the man who called NFL players who knelt SOB’s doesn’t know […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Alabama’s latest group of hotshot recruits delivered on college football’s biggest stage. And the Crimson Tide needed every big play from them. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa capped a second-half comeback with a 41-yard touchdown pass in overtime to fellow freshman DeVonta Smith in Monday night’s 26-23 win over Georgia to give the Tide […]
1/9/18- Alabama came out on top after being 10 points behind in the NCAA Championship and everyone is talking about it! Donnie Simpson, Sybil Wilkes, and comedian Godfrey talk about how they saw the game what they thought was going to happen. READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: GET THE HOTTEST STORIES STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two new Democrats will be sworn into the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, narrowing the Republican majority and complicating efforts by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to advance the White House’s legislative agenda before the midterm elections in November. Doug Jones, the first Alabama Democrat elected to the Senate in a quarter century, is […]
Senator Doug Jones of Alabama has been sworn in as the states new Senator after a drama filled race with Roy Moore. Upon being sworn in, Jones hired Dana Gresham as his Chief Of Staff for his team. Gresham is an African-American and her appointment to this position stands for a lot in the Black community. Spencer Overton […]
TROY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman said Friday that police officers severely beat her black 17-year-old son while he was handcuffed and she wants answers from authorities about what happened. Angela Williams shared a photo of her son’s bloodied face on Facebook and it went viral. Representatives for the family said Ulysses Wilkerson was […]
Recy Taylor, an activist who fought for justice and civil rights after she was brutally raped in 1944, passed away at the age of 97 Thursday.
