On April 25, 15-year-old Sadaria Davis was last seen leaving her East Garfield Park neighborhood in Chicago. Her friends and family had not heard from her since. Sadly, on May 11, Davis’ body was found six blocks away from East Garfield Park, according to the […]
Sherrell L. Lewis Jr. was trying to do a good deed when he was struck by a car, and the man behind the wheel thought it was cool to make light of the death on Snapchat. According to WAFB, Lewis was driving down an interstate […]
As we continue to recover from last week’s overload of troubling tweets, revelations and a precedent-setting jury verdict, #MeToo founder and activist Tarana Burke has already found the lesson in it all. Amid the recent the Bill Cosby verdict, which found one of the pillars […]
It was a monstrous task to create the African-inspired futuristic costumes in “Black Panther,” the highest-grossing superhero movie in U.S. history. Costume designer Ruth Carter led the noble charge like one of the movie’s bald, female warriors. The costumes had to be spellbinding but functional, […]
According to the most recent data numbers, African-Americans make up roughly 17 percent of today’s military but their contribution to this nation’s military is significant. Black soldiers have been under employ by the nation in every major American war, although in the 18th and 19th centuries, it […]
The NAACP is spearheading a lawsuit against Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for discrimination against Black Bike Week attendees. The civil rights organization, along with Cedric and Leslie Stevenson and Simuel Jones, filed the suit to protest unfair traffic restrictions placed on Black Bike Week, according […]
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