Julius Jones, a Black man who has spent 20 years on death row who was scheduled to be executed today at 4 p.m. CT was granted clemency by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, the HuffPost reports. Stitt had not made a decision on whether to grant Jones clemency, according to CNN. But […]
Source: Erik McGregor / Getty Two of the three men convicted of killing one of the most influential Black leaders and civil rights activist in the fight against racism, Malcolm X, are expected to have their convictions thrown out tomorrow on Thursday. As one of […]
Today’s episode of Unnecessary Money Cops Cost the Public Because They Can’t Control Themselves comes from Aurora, Colo., where ABC News reports that the family of Elijah McClain has reached a $15 million settlement with the city over his death at the hands of cops and EMTs. McClain died […]
An associate of convicted sex trafficker R. Kelly was sentenced to 96 months in prison for witness intimidation on Wednesday. Per Complex, Michael Williams, a relative of one of Kelly’s former publicists, pled guilty back in April to an arson charge after admitting to traveling to the […]
*“He was the father of independent films,” said Tanya Hart, co-producer of the Pop Film (Steven and Sylvie Gautier) documentary Sweet Black, based on the life of Melvin Van Peebles (Sweet Sweetback’s Badaass Song). “That’s why you can make a living (making independent films) because he was the Godfather […]
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