Advertisements The white lady who accused Emmett Till of flirting with her, leading to his lynching in 1955, stated that she did not want him to be killed and attempted to save him. Carolyn Bryant Donham made the announcement in a manuscript obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday. The contents have been made public […]

Advertisements A Black father and his daughter were allegedly obstructing the property of a white Tampa Bay man who had a long history of criminal violence, according to surveillance footage. The man threatened to sue the unarmed landscapers when he noticed he was being filmed. On Thursday, July 7, when Jeremy Lee and his daughter […]

Advertisements After a viral video of police pulling guns on a kid who was filming an arrest, Fairfax County Police officials opened an inquiry. Two police officers are seen in the video posted to Reddit and Twitter on July 9 ordering a person with a cellphone camera to the ground while brandishing their weapons. According […]

Advertisements Alena Analeigh was only 12 years old when she was admitted to Arizona State University last year to study engineering. Around the same time, the adolescent was enrolled at Oakwood University. And, while studying at two different universities may appear to be a herculean task, Alena has already completed over two years of college […]

Advertisements The city of Detroit reached a multimillion-dollar settlement, putting an end to a lawsuit stating that three decades ago, members of its police force switched out bullets taken from a murder victim’s body in order to link the evidence to a suspect. The convicted man, who was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison […]

Advertisements This week, NASA released the “deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe” it has ever taken. The milestone project was led by Gregory Robinson, a Black scientist at the agency.   Robinson was comfortable with his other job when he was asked to take over a stalled NASA project in 2018 after billions of dollars […]

Advertisements A Cleveland man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for a murder he did not commit is now eligible to receive more than $1 million in wrongful imprisonment compensation after being exonerated by a judge on Monday. Charles Jackson was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murder and attempted murder in […]

Advertisements After pleading guilty to a civil rights charge of using excessive force while arresting a Black man in 2020, a former Louisiana police officer faces up to ten years in prison. Authorities said Jared Preston Desadier, 44, kicked Timothy Williams in the face and head during the April 2020 arrest in Ouachita Parish, according […]

Advertisements A Georgia man intends to sue police after being assaulted by a K-9 after his wife called 911 for a mental health crisis. The Alpharetta Police Department responded to Travis Moya’s home in July after his wife, Kami Moya, and stepson reported that he was pacing back and forth in the house, grunting and […]

Advertisements Fire authorities in Albuquerque are investigating what caused a fire that killed a 15-year-old kid while police were engaged in a standoff with a suspect in a Southeast Albuquerque neighborhood. The Albuquerque Police Department said Qiaunt Kelley, 27, was wanted for armed carjacking, vehicle theft, and a probation violation. Kelley barricaded himself in the […]

Advertisements Jacob Blake’s father, who was shot seven times in the back by a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer in 2020, was temporarily hospitalized last week after attending a protest in Ohio and getting into an argument with local cops who were attempting to arrest him. Jacob Blake Sr. was brought to the hospital on Wednesday, […]

Advertisements Protesters who were outraged by a tiny borough in Pennsylvania’s decision to hire the former Cleveland officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old child slain at a playground while playing with a pellet gun in 2014, were successful in getting him fired. A day after the news broke, the individual resigned from his […]

Advertisements Creflo Dollar, a well-known pastor from Atlanta whose megachurch has collected tens of millions of dollars in donations from teaching the prosperity gospel over the years, is now declaring that tithing is not biblical, acknowledging that he made a mistake in his teachings. Dollar can be seen on a YouTube video ordering his congregation […]

Advertisements Al Roberson, sometimes known as “Al Boogie” on the racetrack, is a famed African American grudge drag racer. He has won more races in the ‘no-time’ category than any other racer in history! This summer, Al “Boogie” Roberson and his formidable team, The Southern Assassins, will return to the tracks, bringing their world-famous, gluttonous […]

Advertisements After putting his life in danger to stop four people from drowning in the Mississippian Pascagoula River, a teenager is being praised for his bravery. One of the victims stated the boy saved her life just as she was about to “breathe her last.” Corion Evans, a 16-year-old Black boy, received praise from Moss […]

Advertisements A Chicago family has accused a police officer of racial profiling and using excessive force on their 14-year-old son, and the officer is now under fire. The boy’s mother is outraged after watching a video of the incident and feels that her son’s civil rights have been violated. Nicole Nieves said that on Friday, July […]

Advertisements The Black Wall Street Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Sherry Gamble Smith’s and her husband’s deaths are being looked into by the authorities in Oklahoma. Around 8 a.m., after receiving a 911 call from inside their Bixby home near 107th and Mingo, police discovered Smith dead and her husband, Martin, wounded. Martin passed […]

Advertisements A White man shot a Black man numerous times in a road rage incident, requiring the victim to undergo multiple operations. The victim’s family said they believe the crime was racially motivated. Apparently, the incident took place on June 30. Wade McEwan, a White suspect who is 61 years old, reportedly opened fire on […]

Advertisements According to CBS News, the man accused of fatally shooting the Eritrean-American rapper Nipsey Hussle was convicted guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday.  Eric Holder’s conviction came three years after the Grammy-nominated rapper was shot multiple times outside his Marathon Clothing store in his South-Central Los Angeles neighborhood. After more than five hours of […]

Advertisements Gov. Gavin Newsom has granted clemency to a California woman who was sentenced to life in prison at the age of 17 for fatally shooting the man who had abused and trafficked her. On July 1, Sara Kruzan received a pardon from Newsom after serving 18 years in jail for the 1994 murder. 2013 […]

Advertisements According to Chicago prosecutors, a 19-year-old male accused of shooting and killing a 17-year-old girl claimed he shot her after she threw water at a McDonald’s employee. When he fatally shot Tierra Franklin on July 1, the defendant, identified as Anthony Heredia, was on parole, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The occurrence took place at […]

Advertisements A Michigan man will serve time in prison after shooting a 6-year-old boy for playing with his brothers in his yard. Judge: “Adults should be the ones protecting children, not shooting at them.” The judge was horrified by his conduct. Ryan Cuong Le-Nguyen was sentenced on April 14 by Washtenaw County Trial Judge Darlene […]

Advertisements Mike Grier has been named the San Jose Sharks new general manager. According to the team, Grier’s appointment is historic because he is the first Black general manager in the National Hockey League (NHL). Grier, who has spent almost his entire life involved in hockey as a player, coach, scout, and executive, will reportedly […]

Advertisements Following demonstrations over the police shooting death of Black man Jayland Walker, authorities in downtown Akron, Ohio, imposed a 9 p.m. curfew and called off a significant July 4 event on Monday. Officers’ body camera footage of the shooting on June 27 was made public by the police on Sunday. Following their “peaceful” march, […]

Advertisements A woman from Oklahoma who was violently detained after being involved in a single-vehicle collision was seen on the bodycam video. She is now suing the officers who pulled her while shackled, alleging they used excessive force. Tyler McClain, who is suing the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office and the Greenwood Police Department in Arkansas […]

Advertisements Citizens of Houston who are Black have endured decades of disproportionate suffering as a result of exposure to dangerous chemicals that have killed generations of Black residents. Nevertheless, despite studies showing its existence, the head of the organization tasked with ensuring the state had clean air and water refused to acknowledge its existence. This […]

Advertisements America’s oldest college or university, Harvard University, recently acknowledged its involvement in the practice of slavery, including the establishment of initiatives to involve former slaves’ descendants on campus and collaborate with other African-Americans and academic institutions. The institution can now be pressured to do more to atone for its role in the country’s greatest […]

Advertisements Two police departments in the Las Vegas region have resolved a federal lawsuit brought by a man who was arrested by police who thought he had an outstanding warrant. The lawsuit criticized the police for mistakenly believing he was another individual with the same name even though he had the wrong race and age. […]

Advertisements The Oakland high school valedictorian who was the first Black male to graduate from the school has finished his first year in college. The student returns to his hometown with a stellar GPA from one of the top 10 universities in the nation. Ahmed Muhammad, an Oakland native who made news across the country when […]

Advertisements For leveraging his celebrity status to sexually assault children and women, US musician R. Kelly was given a 30-year prison term. The R&B musician, 55, was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking offenses in New York last September. The judge stated on Wednesday that he had an “indifference to human suffering” after years of […]

Advertisements After authorities discovered the body of the mother’s 3-year-old son in a freezer in the basement, she was charged with a number of crimes, including murder. The discovery was revealed after authorities conducted a wellness check at Azuradee France’s residence, according to The Detroit News. France, who was in court on Friday, is still […]

Advertisements After the state Supreme Court mandated a new trial, a Michigan white man who claimed he killed a Black girl on his porch in 2013 out of fear for his life was resentenced to 17 years in prison. For the 2014 fatal shooting of Renisha McBride in Dearborn Heights, Theodore Wafer was found guilty […]

Advertisements The Associated Press reports that Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who was found guilty of killing a woman after responding to a 911 call, will be released from prison on Monday. After the Minnesota Supreme Court overturned his murder conviction in the 2017 shooting death of American-Australian citizen Justine Ruszczyk Damond, Noor […]

Advertisements A police officer in Rhode Island has been charged with assault after it was claimed that he punched a Black female Senate opponent at an abortion protest. Patrolman Jeann Lugo, 35, of Providence, was reportedly not on duty when he allegedly assaulted Jennifer Rourke on Friday. Rourke, the chair of the Rhode Island Political […]

Advertisements The parents of a Cub Scout from Michigan claimed that their son was horrified to learn that the police department in their community exclusively used cardboard cutouts of Black men as targets at the shooting range. The mother and father of one child acted after learning the information from the scouts, whose ages normally […]

Advertisements One cop has been accused of breaking the city’s police code of conduct, and a top official in Chicago’s law enforcement system is advocating for his termination. Video purportedly captures the white police officer verbally abusing and dragging a Black lady by her hair before arresting her for looting in the summer of 2020, […]

Advertisements On Friday, more than seven decades after they began the first of the “freedom rides” to oppose Jim Crow laws, Bayard Rustin and three other men who were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina will have their sentences annulled posthumously. Renée Price, the chairman of the Orange County Board of […]

Advertisements Veteran actress Taraji P. Henson stated in a recent interview for the PEOPLE Every Day podcast that she is “seriously considering” leaving the United States because the challenging political and social climate is taking a toll on her. Henson, 51, said, “I’m seriously thinking about getting up out of here, leaving, and living in another […]

Advertisements Brooklyn Center has struck a $3.2 million settlement with the family of Daunte Wright, a Black man who was fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer during a traffic stop in April of last year. Attorneys for Wright’s family said the city has also committed to implementing improvements in police procedures and training for […]

Advertisements For assaulting a Black man outside a bargain store in Florida, two white brothers have been charged with a hate crime. Along with previous charges stemming from the brawl the guys were detained for in 2021, the additional offense will be added. After allegedly attacking a 24-year-old African-American man known only as D.B. in […]

Advertisements Bill Cosby was found guilty by a jury in Los Angeles of sexually assaulting a female at the Playboy Mansion party in the 1970s when she was 16 years old. Judy Huth, the complainant, reportedly brought the civil lawsuit against the disgraced actor and comedian. The jury also ordered Cosby to pay Huth $500,000 […]

Advertisements Darius Lee, a basketball player for Houston Baptist, was shot and killed in New York City early on Monday, according to the NYPD and the university. After midnight, East 139th Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan were the scenes of a shooting, according to a statement from the NYPD, according to PEOPLE. Lee and […]

Advertisements Colombia is one of the few South American countries where racism still exists. Many Black individuals were invisible under the law before the legislation was passed in the country to reflect the country’s multicultural past. Afro-Colombians are descendants of enslaved people who were taken from their homes in Africa to work on sugar cane […]

Advertisements More than three years after her death, the family of an 84-year-old Chicago grandmother who died in a car accident caused by police moving at a high rate of speed is frustrated and tired of waiting for retribution. “Family, church, and school, that was her life,” Pastor Dwight Gunn said of his mother, Verona […]

Advertisements Authorities have opened an investigation into the death of a 3-year-old kid who went missing from a Massachusetts home and was discovered dead in 5 feet of water on Wednesday. According to accounts, Harry Kkonde went missing from his babysitter’s home in Lowell, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning, prompting a large hunt for the child. […]

Advertisements During a pursuit in May, a Chicago Police officer shot a teenager in the back while his hands were in the air, according to video. According to a federal lawsuit filed against the city and the police officer, the 13-year-old, identified as A.G., was unarmed and obeyed police directions. Officers can be seen chasing […]

Advertisements According to a federal criminal complaint, Payton Gendron, the White suspect in custody for allegedly shooting and killing ten Black people during a racially motivated attack at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, told his family in an apology note that he committed the attack “for the future of the White race.” Authorities […]

Advertisements The state’s highest court has dismissed an appeal by a man condemned to life in prison for marijuana possession. The Mississippi Supreme Court determined on Thursday that Allen Russell’s life sentence did not violate the Eighth Amendment and was legal under state law. Russell was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of […]

Advertisements A former Tesla employee who launched a racial abuse lawsuit against the electric-car company has been given two weeks to accept a $15 million settlement. On June 7, a federal judge issued an ultimatum to Owen Diaz, according to TechCrunch. According to Face2Face Africa, a San Francisco judge ordered Tesla Inc. to pay Diaz […]

Advertisements After spending almost a quarter-century in jail and facing the death penalty for a crime he did not commit, George Bell is suing New York City and eight police officers. Bell was found guilty of capital murder in the December 1996 shootings of an off-duty police officer and the owner of a check-cashing store, […]

Advertisements The Denver Broncos were set to be purchased by a consortium led by Walmart heir Rob Walton last Friday (June 8), pending league approval. Mellody Hobson, a businesswoman who is a member of the organization, is slated to become the first Black female minority owner in the NFL. Walton’s daughter, Carrie Walton Penner, and […]

Advertisements According to a lawsuit received by the Atlanta Black Star, Minneapolis police officers violated Andre Moore’s civil rights twice in a couple of months. Officers pulled a gun and taser on Moore during a traffic check, according to the lawsuit, and then pummeled him until he was unconscious in December 2019. One of the […]

Advertisements Joshua Burgess, a North Carolina father, was sentenced to death on Friday for raping, torturing, and killing his 15-year-old daughter in 2019. Union County Sheriff Eddie Cathey announced the verdict. Zaria Burgess was visiting her father for the weekend at his Wesley Chapel home, according to WSOC-TV, when he strangled her before slicing her […]

Advertisements NBA superstar LeBron James is set to open a multimillion-dollar medical centre in Akron, Ohio, where he grew up. The LeBron James Family Foundation stated on Instagram that the facility, I Promise HealthQuarters, will be open to provide services to children at his I Promise School and those in the surrounding neighborhoods. The LeBron […]