A Black college-bound Louisiana teen who witnessed the violent arrest of his mother by police officers in 2020 will receive $185,000 in damages if a recent verdict in his civil rights lawsuit stands. On May 1, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana found that a deputy from the…
Comedian Gary Owen has been called out for continuing to speak about his ex-wife, Kenya Duke and their three children, who have chosen not to engage with him. Over the past week, he shared on his “Get Some” YouTube show, that he recently saw Duke and pre-warned her about his appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club…
Source: General / Radio One Almost three years after the tragic series of events at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival left 10 attendees dead, Live Nation has settled nine of the 10 wrongful death lawsuits related to the catastrophe. Terms of the settlements are confidential. What now remains is a lawsuit filed by the family of…
Queens rapper 50 Cent took to social media to slam the governor of his home state for saying young Black youth in an adjacent borough did not know what a computer is. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul made the erroneous and what some believe is racially charged statement on Monday, May 6, at the Milken Institute…
A Missouri man has been charged with his wife’s murder after confessing that he strangled her at a hospital because he could no longer afford her medical bills. Police charged 76-year-old Ronnie Wiggs with second-degree murder in the death of his 72-year-old wife, Ellen Wiggs. Wiggs’ wife was admitted to the Centerpoint Medical Center in…
Source: Afro Newspaper/Gado / Getty The late great Civil Rights leader and journalist Daisy Bates was honored with a statue unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol. According to Reuters, the bronze statue depicts Bates with a newspaper in one hand and a notebook pen in the other, signifying her legacy as a respected media and…
Actor Jaleel White is officially a married man after tying the knot with a tech executive in Los Angeles. The “Family Matters” alum and his girlfriend of two years, Nicolette Ruhl said “I Do” in a sweet ceremony amongst family and friends at the Rivera Country Club on May 4. Actress Camilla Belle from “When…
It seems like every time Lewis Hamilton does anything for the culture, it attracts a barrage of racism. His appearance at this year’s Met Gala was no different. The annual Met Gala was held in New York on May 6, and “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” was the theme for this year’s highly-anticipated event. Hamilton’s look…
Protest leaders at Columbia University are interviewed. AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey Protest movements can look very different depending on where you stand, both literally and figuratively. For protesters, demonstrations are usually the result of meticulous planning by advocacy groups and leaders aimed at getting a message out to a wider world or to specific institutional targets….
Senior Airman Roger Fortson. | Source: U.S. Air Force The Florida police officer who shot and killed a young Black U.S. Air Force officer went to the wrong apartment when responding to a reported disturbance last week, the lawyer representing the Airman’s family said on Wednesday. What happened to Roger Fortson? Civil rights attorney Ben…
