Despite having been granted a new trial in September, Marissa Alexander will have to wait until the New Year to find out if she will be…
VH-1′s TLC biopic is the gossip gift that keeps on giving. In an appearance on ‘The Wendy Williams Show,’ Perri “Pebbles” Reid fired back at…
To high acclaim, President Barack Obama renewed the White House Initiative on Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in 2010. The initiative proposed nearly $100…
Richard Overton (pictured) must have done quite a number of right things in his very long life because at 107 years young, he still has a sober mind,…
Even scientific evidence can’t convince a racist that his genes, like many people on this planet, are connected to The Motherland. When Craig Cobb, a…
The family of Kendrick Johnson has demanded answers for the mysterious death of the Georgia teen whose body was discovered in a rolled-up gym mat…
Lonnie Johnson (pictured above), the founder of Johnson Research and Development Co. and founder of the Super Soaker, has been awarded a nearly $73 million…
Marissa Alexander, the Florida woman who fired a warning shot at her husband and was sentenced to 20 years in prison as a result, will…
‘Saturday Night Live‘ responded to intense criticism over its lack of Black, female actresses in the way that only ‘SNL’ can — with a joke.…
On November 4, the Advancement Project, a multicultural civil rights organization, will team with pro bono legal counsel Arnold & Porter to challenge Wisconsin’s voter…
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson (pictured right) has led a life that few can even imagine. Tyson made a fortune but then lost it all as…
As reported last March, a Mississippi baby born with HIV to a mother who carried the virus was essentially cured of the disease due to…
