Kiwanda Robinson, center, mother of Keeven Robinson, holds family friends Madysen Johnson, right, and her sister Morgan Johnson, at the start of a solidarity march for Keeven in Jefferson Parish, La., Monday, May 14, 2018. Robinson, who is black and died in a struggle with […]
A Black graduate student spoke out for the first time since being interrogated by police after falling asleep in the common area on Yale University campus. Lolade Siyonbola, 34, shared a video of the encounter that began after a white female student questioned her presence […]
The campaign takes it name from Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People Campaign, which kicked off 50 years ago with the goal of targeting the nation’s overlapping problems of poverty, racism and militarism. The new iteration is chaired by Reverend Dr. William Barber II and Reverend Dr. […]
The Supreme Court’s decision Monday to legalize sports gambling nationwide was hailed as a victory by many, but the ruling could potentially have adverse effects on a number of citizens, including and especially African-Americans. Chief among those celebrating were politicians in New Jersey, the state which challenged […]
When white people aren’t calling the police on black people for mundane things, they’re assuming black people are the help. Chewing Gum actress and producer Michaela Coel said a fellow passenger on a Virgin Atlantic plane somehow mistook her for a flight attendant. The unidentified woman allegedly wanted Coel to clean […]
Racial profiling is nothing new to the Black community, but other cultures seem to dismiss the incidents, its impact and frequency. However, recent events such as the Alabama Waffle House arrest where a young woman was violently thrown to the floor, two Black men at Starbucks who were […]
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