The family of Michael Brown is turning the focus in Ferguson to voting in an attempt to change the political power structure in the St.…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) Lingering questions about Michael Brown could be answered Wednesday when a judge considers two media requests to release any possible juvenile records of the unarmed 18-year-old who was killed by a Missouri police officer last month. Juvenile records are confidential in Missouri, so it’s not known if Brown was arrested before he […]
The United Nations is calling on the United States to stop the inequitable use of excessive force on African-American people. It’s been an eye-opening summer…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — They were killed in Wisconsin, New York and California. Some were shot on the street. One was killed in a Wal-Mart. Another died after being placed in a chokehold. All died at the hands of police and all have been united by one thing: the killing of Michael Brown. Details may […]
Michael Brown‘s death has the world’s attention, especially mothers of young black boys like Taraji P. Henson. The actress joins “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” to…
NEW YORK (AP) — Rappers are making their voices heard in song and on the ground in Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of Michael Brown’s shooting death, channeling hip-hop’s earlier roots when the genre worked as a voice for the oppressed and spoke out against injustice. “It’s really important to see hip-hop’s role of being […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s government said Wednesday that the police shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, is evidence that…
The Black community is, in large part, coming together to speak out against the tragedy of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Mo. Many on social…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that police in Ferguson and St. Louis County used excessive force and falsely arrested innocent bystanders amid attempts to quell widespread unrest after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. The five plaintiffs in the suit in St. Louis include a clinical social worker who […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton broke nearly three weeks of silence Thursday on the fatal police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old in Missouri,…
On August 28th, the “Black Lives Matters Ride” (BLM Ride) a national advocacy effort of #BlackLivesMatter, will bring concerned citizens from across the country…
08/28/14- Lesley McSpadden is the mother of 18-year-old Michael brown who was laid to rest on Monday. No parent should ever have to bury their child. Tom Joyner is donating $1000 to the Michael brown fund via the fifth third bank – www.53.com Click the link above to hear!
