A civil court judge in Maine has ordered two white men to pay $1.2 million in damages more than five years after they smashed a Black man’s jaw in a vicious and racially motivated attack. Superior Court Judge Richard Mulhern handed down the civil judgment Thursday after the men responsible for the attack, Maurice Diggins…
Actor Brandon T. Jackson tried to join in on the Cassie Ventura-Diddy discourse, but it backfired. On Thursday, Nov. 16, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura dropped a bombshell lawsuit against her former lover, in which she alleged that Diddy beat, raped and abused her throughout their relationship in the early 2000s. Brandon T. Jackson makes a statement…
Source: Justin Berl/NCAA Photos / Getty Laila Edwards is the personification of Black Girl Magic! On Nov. 11, the rising hockey player made history after she became the first Black woman to play for the United States senior women’s national hockey team. Now, the 6-foot-1 athlete wants to pave the way for other young women…
A Black man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 24 years in prison was awarded a $17.5 million settlement from the city of New York on Nov. 16. George Bell was wrongfully convicted in 1999 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. He was wrongly convicted along with two other Black men…
Questions surrounding the sudden death of Kim Porter have been resurrected following news that her longtime partner, Sean “Diddy” Combs, has been named in a bombshell lawsuit alleging years of abuse. The petition was filed by singer Cassie on Nov. 16 in a Federal District Court in Manhattan. Cassie claims that she endured years of…
A University of Virginia professor and historian learned that her grandfather, a former sheriff, allowed the lynching of a Black man back in 1947 in Prentiss, Mississippi. Grace Elizabeth Hale told the Los Angeles Times that she was shocked to learn that her grandfather, Prentiss Sheriff Oury Berry, had allowed the lynching of a Black man named Versie…
I come from a long line of engineers. Both of my parents graduated from HBCUs, one as a mechanical engineer and the other as an electrical engineer. Today, I’m an industrial engineer, and I work in Thailand, making a boatload of money. I’ve set a goal to put my career first for the next five…
Source: Radio One Digital / Radio One Digital Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911 on the campus of Howard University by Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman. The name was derived from the initials of the Greek phrase Omega Psi Phi meaning, “friendship is essential to the soul.”…
“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” stars Kandi Burruss and her husband Todd Tucker ignited a social media frenzy after taking to the internet to publicly discuss the dos and don’ts as a married couple. Burruss and Tucker have been married for nine years and share four children between the two. But a recent video clip…
An Iowa teenager was sentenced to life in prison for killing a Spanish teacher, an immigrant from Mexico after his friend received a bad grade in her class. He and his partner stalked the woman and beat her down with a bat two years ago. Now 18, Jeremy Goodale will be 43 years old before…
