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Dallas Restaurant Owner Goes Viral After Outburst Over Twerking
True Kitchen and Kocktails restaurant owner Kevin Kelly had had enough. Kelly had told a few patrons at…
Jay-Z continues to move the needle on justice and police reform with NFL-sponsored PSA featuring Botham Jean’s family
The NFL and Roc Nation have teamed up to produce a PSA, focused on the way police interact…
Baltimore men, serving life sentences for murder, exonerated after 36 years in prison
In November 1986 14-year-old Dewitt Walker was shot and killed in Harlem Park, Baltimore over a jacket. Three…
Here’s the Harriet Tubman $20 bill the Trump administration put the breaks on
Last month president Trump‘s Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin put the kibosh on a redesign of the 20-dollar bill…
Former prosecutors in Central Park 5 case resign after ‘When They See Us’ aired on Netflix
A number of people built successful careers following the 1989 wrongful prosecution and conviction of five black and…
Billionaire Robert Smith, commencement speaker at Morehouse, pledges to pay off graduating class’ student loans
Billionaire Robert Smith served as the keynote speaker today (May 19) at Morehouse College’s commencement ceremony for the…
Texas executes white supremacist for 1999 murder of black man
John William King, who in 1998, along with two others, was convicted of the brutal murder of James…
Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of late civil rights leader Malcolm X, killed in mexico
The Amsterdam News is reporting that the son slain legendary civil rights leader Malcolm X has died. According…
New Orleans cop: Trayvon lived like a thug and he died like one
A New Orleans police officer who was placed on desk duty following a shooting has been suspended for…
Steve Jobs dies
Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple, passed away today. Jobs recently stepping down as Apple CEO,…
Police: Acid attack a hoax; Bethany Storro threw acid on herself
28-year-old Bethany Storro, who appeared on numerous news programs after claiming she was attacked by an unknown Black…
Nas Writes Open Letter to Chicago Teens After 16-Year-Old’s Beating Death
Pictured above: Eugene Bailey, 17, Eugene Riley, 18, Silvonus Shannon, 19, are charged in the beating death of…
Robert Powell Quits Police Force in Aftermath of Controversial Traffic Stop
Police officer Robert Powell, who was made notorious after video from the dashboard camera in his cruiser was…
