Chris Parham and Laquanda Brown. (Photo credit: NBC 4 Washington) Chris Parham and Laquanda Brown are suing Heaven Bound Crematorium in Maryland after it failed to cremate their infant son. Two Washington, D.C. parents are suing a crematorium for $20 million after their infant son’s body was found decomposing despite them being told he was…
A Black woman who sued Atlanta Public Schools after she learned her daughter’s elementary school separated students by race has reached a $500,000 settlement with the district that was approved by its board on Monday, AJC.com reported. In 2020, Kila Posey, a career school teacher and administrator, was running an after-school program called The Club…
Philadelphia Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley has been enjoying the high life since his team demolished the Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LIX, rubbing elbows with all kinds of political elites and Hollywood A-listers. However, many on social media are pointing out who Barkley — widely regarded as having one of the greatest…
Source: Black Lawyers for Justice / Black Lawyers for Justice It’s been more than two years since six now-former Braxton, Mississippi, police officers entered the home of two Black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, without a warrant and brutalized, tortured and sexually assaulted them. Last week, Rankin County officials announced that they had settled…
Taraji P. Henson attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) The actress opens up about the inspiration behind her 2025 Met Gala look and how it exemplifies peace. Hats off…
An Oklahoma appeals court upheld the life sentence of a former city councilman and businessman and now-convicted murderer who killed his Black employee and buried him underneath a septic tank. In 2021, Dan Triplett fatally shot 50-year-old Brent Mack while the pair were installing a septic tank at a property in Mulhall, Oklahoma. Then he…
Dr. Cameisha Clark was a CAU alumn and dean of student affairs at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology (Photo: KTLA 5/YouTube) Dr. Cameisha Clark died on May 5 after allegedly being targeted in a campus shooting at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology on May 2. This week, the Clark Atlanta University community is…
Piers Morgan remains critical of Prince Harry amid the monarchical spare’s fallout with the British royal family and media. Harry, 40, on May 3 told the BBC that he “would love a reconciliation” with his relatives after an appeal to have a taxpayer-funded security detail reinstated for himself, his wife Meghan Markle, and their kids…
Sinners, the hit horror film from director Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan, is set in Mississippi in the small town of Clarksdale. Clarksdale, which doesn’t have its own movie theater, will host a special screening of the film this summer, according to reports. MORE: ‘Sinners’: Black Horror Scholars Discuss The Blockbuster Film TMZ…
Dominique Goods-Burke (GoFundMe) Goods-Burke passed away three months after being injured while sitting in her car from the January 31st plane crash that claimed 7 other victims. On April 27, Dominique Goods-Burke, 34, a mother of three passed away from injuries sustained during the January 31 medical jet crash in Philadelphia that claimed the lives…
