According to some reports, George Edwin Taylor was the first Black person selected by a political party to run for president. Becoming a fixture of Wisconsin’s still-prominent labor movement, he relocated to Iowa and involved himself in politics while also running his weekly newspaper, The Negro Solicitor. Taylor’s prominence […]
West gave through the GoFundMe page made to raise money for the funeral of Jemel Roberson, 26, far exceeding the goal. Bart Jackson, a representative for GoFundMe, confirmed the contribution. “Sadly, Jemel’s life was tragically and unexpectedly cut short this morning as he tried to save […]
Black students at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, have come out in protest against racist acts that have been reported in the campus. The students have launched movements called #ThisIsDrake and #MyTimeAtDrake in a bid to try to find a solution for racist […]
Democrat London Lamar, who was newly elected and ran unopposed in House District 91, posted a Facebook video that she has since deleted that upset lawmakers and constituents in the state. “Tennessee’s racist. Period. Period. Like, Tennessee is racist,” Lamar said in the video. Black Sheriffs […]
Voters in North Carolina, this week brought new levels of prominence to minorities in law enforcement by electing black sheriffs in all seven counties in the state. Five of those counties – Cumberland, Guilford, Buncombe, Forsyth and Durham – made history as they elected black sheriffs for […]
The police always deny that they have a racial double standard, but an experiment at a Tennessee mall tells a different story. A social media post from four white women on Saturday exposed the Memphis Police and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office for racially […]
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