Alabama State University, Stillman College, Miles College, Alabama A&M University and Selma University will each get $500,000 for repairs. Alabama State University, Stillman College, Miles College, Alabama A&M University and Selma University, five historically Black colleges and universities in the Yellowhammer State, will each receive $500,000 from the National Park Service to make updates and…
Chelsey Lucas in an undated photo. |Source: Facebook.com/ChelseyLucas72 The newly fired head volleyball coach at Grambling State University is pushing back against the narrative that she invited her own termination by cutting the entire team and says she was just following orders. This comes as the movement to get those players reinstated is gaining momentum….
The family of a Connecticut man paralyzed after traveling in a police van is calling for federal civil rights charges against the officers who reportedly mistreated him. Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump compared the case to that of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Black man who died of spinal cord injuries while in Baltimore police custody…
Ayesha and Steph Curry’s daughter Ryan turned 7 years old and the pair both shared photos of her on their Instagram pages and wished her a happy birthday. Ayesha wrote, “Our baby girl is 7! She is compassionate, headstrong, caring. Smart, beyond loving and certainly beats his own drum.” The mom of three continued, “We…
The department made a bold statement last year detailing new anti-racism policies. It was briefly suspended but ultimately removed from the UCF website. The University of Central Florida’s English department made a bold statement last year detailing new anti-racism policies, noting that it had an “appalling history of complicity in perpetuating colonialist and racist practices…
Demonstrators hold signs during a vigil in honor of Jayland Walker on July 8, 2022, in Akron, Ohio. | Source: Angelo Merendino / Getty The funeral for an unarmed Black man who was killed in a hail of dozens of bullets by police in Ohio will feature an open casket in a move that harkens…
Last December, Taye Diggs and Apryl Jones ignited romance rumors after the pair was seen attending a party together. Diggs and Jones would continue to add more fuel to the fire and seemingly confirm their relationship in February after she publicly declared her love for the “Best Man” actor in an Instagram post. Taye Diggs…
Monk’s siblings repeatedly contacted Alameda County sheriff’s deputies saying that their brother needed several medications. Maurice Monk died at the Santa Rita jail last year after staff at the Dublin, California, facility allegedly refused to give the 45-year-old inmate medications he needed for a diagnosed mental illness. On Monday, his family filed a lawsuit alleging…
UC Berkeley School of Law Professor Khiara Bridges speaks during a hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 12, 2022, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty By now, anyone who pays attention to American politics is well aware of Dr. Khiara Bridges, the Black woman…
Jamie Foxx left Floyd Mayweather cracking up after the actor did an impression of the Hall of Fame professional boxer in front of him and his team. The 54-year-old comedian was seen dapping up Mayweather before doing an impression based on one of the boxer’s best-known refrains, saying, “They don’t have the blueprint, they don’t…
