The mother of an 11-year-old who was killed in a school shooting in Perry, Iowa, remembers the boy as a friendly child who exuded happiness. Ahmir Jolliff, nicknamed “Smiley, is said to be the victim who got killed by a gunman who fired shots inside Perry High School on Thursday morning The Associated Press reported. The child…
Source: Frazao Studio Latino / Getty Water has often been a symbol of freedom, tranquility and recreation. However, for Black communities, water is connected to a troubled history of barriers, stemming from systemic racism, exclusion and limited access to pools and swimming education. According to a 2017 study conducted by the USA Swimming Foundation,…
Rickey Smiley says “nobody on earth is going to break” him in his response to narratives claiming he cried during a Facebook Live because of Katt Williams’ tirade against him and other comedians. The radio show host cleared up speculation that bullying from his comedic peer, critics, and his Omega Phi Phi Franternity brothers on…
An Ohio high school teacher has been hospitalized after a student, who was acting “distraught,” attacked her last week, resulting in a serious brain injury. The incident happened inside a classroom at Colerain High School on Thursday, Jan. 4. An unidentified 16-year-old was taken into custody and charged with felonious assault, local police said. Just after…
Source: Wirestock / Getty Residents of Harvey, Illinois are distraught after a Black man says he was boarded up and locked inside his Chicago suburban apartment without him knowing. According to AP, 73-year-old Rudolph Williams claims his door and windows were boarded up in his apartment while he was still in it. “I didn’t know…
Steve Harvey has seemingly been catching strays online ever since fellow comedian Katt Williams slammed him and other comics during an interview on the “Club Shay Shay” podcast on Jan. 3. Fans have pulled clips of Mark Curry previously accusing Harvey of stealing his Halloween joke after Williams claimed his “Kings of Comedy” co-star Cedric…
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. | Source: Google Maps A former police officer in Virginia was recently sued for the shooting of a Black man in the throes of a mental health crisis more than two years ago. Lawyers for Christopher Clayton Rice said in the federal…
An Indiana man said he was “defending his life” when he had to open fire on an armed intruder who attempted to rob him at his home last week. Brent Smith was returning home from grocery shopping on Tuesday, Jan. 2, when he noticed a man with a ski mask on his Indianapolis property, WRTV…
Days after Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson passed away, her family’s attorney said they plan to pursue legal action after accusing a Dallas-based health care facility of medical neglect. Johnson was 89 years old when she died at her residence on Dec. 31. During a press conference on Thursday, attorney Les Weisbrod said Johnson’s death…
Source: Courtesy / ARRAY The 39th Annual Artios Awards will take place on Thursday, March 7th in Los Angeles. First held in 1985, the annual awards celebration honors the contributions of casting professionals in more than 20 different categories encompassing film, television (scripted and unscripted), commercials and theatre. Special honorees are selected for their contributions…
