Theresa Lyles, 68, and her 22-year-old granddaughter Zuri Lyles completed an incredible journey together as they both walked across the stage at their Tennessee State University (TSU) graduation on Saturday, May 5. They may be the first grandmother and granddaughter to graduate at the same time in […]
In a noble attempt to boost the Trump administration’s record-low unemployment numbers, a South Carolina man has been indicted for reaching out to undercover FBI agents posing as white supremacists, offering $500 to kill his black neighbor, hang him from a tree and burn a […]
A nationwide assessment of the digital economy has found that Black Americans are overrepresented as tech consumers, but drastically underrepresented as tech employees, according to the 2018 State of Black America. The State of Black America, the National Urban League’s seminal annual publication, has become one of the most highly […]
Two men wrongfully imprisoned for a kidnapping and rape they didn’t commit were exonerated on Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court. Cumulatively, the men had served decades for a crime they didn’t commit. VanDyke Perry and Gregory Counts were just 19 and 21, respectively, when they […]
Rest in Peace Rashawn Reloaded by Ronnie Sidney, II, LCSW is an excellent, award-winning children’s book that summarizes the multi-faceted issues surrounding the alarming trend of American police officers and private citizens shooting unarmed Black men. Sidney added responses gathered from a Q and A session […]
A Port Byron, New York, couple allegedly faked their son’s cancer diagnosis in order to secure donation money and a visit with Syracuse University’s football team. According to Stephen Bailey of Syracuse.com, the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office said Martin and Jolene LaFrance pretended their son, CJ LaFrance, had Hodgkin’s lymphoma. For […]
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