True Kitchen and Kocktails restaurant owner Kevin Kelly had had enough. Kelly had told a few patrons at his new restaurant to stop twerking, but apparently, they didn’t listen. So, Kelly stood…
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The NFL and Roc Nation have teamed up to produce a PSA, focused on the way police interact with black boys and young men. The family of Botham Jean is at the…
In November 1986 14-year-old Dewitt Walker was shot and killed in Harlem Park, Baltimore over a jacket. Three young teenagers were arrested in connection with the murder, convicted, and sentenced to life…
Last month president Trump‘s Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin put the kibosh on a redesign of the 20-dollar bill that would have included a historic change, a black person on United States currency.…
A number of people built successful careers following the 1989 wrongful prosecution and conviction of five black and hispanic boys accused of raping a white woman in New York’s Central Park. But…
Billionaire Robert Smith served as the keynote speaker today (May 19) at Morehouse College’s commencement ceremony for the graduating class of 2019. In a shock to graduates, Smith announced he and his…
John William King, who in 1998, along with two others, was convicted of the brutal murder of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas. King, Lawrence Russell Brewer, and Shawn Allen Berry lured…
The Amsterdam News is reporting that the son slain legendary civil rights leader Malcolm X has died. According to the paper Malcolm Shabazz was murdered in Tijuana, Mexico as he was being…
A New Orleans police officer who was placed on desk duty following a shooting has been suspended for posting a comment on a local television station’s website about the fatal shooting of…
Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple, passed away today. Jobs recently stepping down as Apple CEO, naming Tim Cook his successor. Details of his death have not been released. He…
28-year-old Bethany Storro, who appeared on numerous news programs after claiming she was attacked by an unknown Black woman in Washington state on August 30, could now faces charges of her own…
Pictured above: Eugene Bailey, 17, Eugene Riley, 18, Silvonus Shannon, 19, are charged in the beating death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert. A fourth suspect, Eric Carson, 16, (not pictured) was also charged.…
Police officer Robert Powell, who was made notorious after video from the dashboard camera in his cruiser was made public, has handed in his badge and gun.