The legacy of a trailblazing doctor who broke racial barriers is being commemorated in Connecticut. According to the Stamford Advocate, Dr. Joyce Yerwood—the first Black woman physician in Fairfield County—will have a street named in her honor. Stamford’s first Black woman doctor made history in the 1940s. Now she’s getting a street named after her….
Ten people sustained minor injuries amid the mass commotion prompted by a series of loud noises falsely reported as gunshots in Brooklyn A false alarm about an active shooter at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn early Sunday morning spurred a stampede for cover that left several hospitalized with injuries. A series of loud noises were…
“I didn’t even throw it that hard and he’s the one who ran into it, when he was talking that it was going to be me,” Gervonta Davis says after win Gervonta Davis seemed annoyed enough by all Rolando Romero’s talking to lightly shove him off the stage at their weigh-in. He hit Romero a…
Head of Rochester City School District says teachers could face termination Several public school teachers in Rochester were put on leave after exchanging text messages that made “racist and demeaning” references to students, officials said Friday. The Democrat and Chronicle reported the teachers worked at Enrico Fermi School 17, which has a large percentage of Black and…
California school probe yields no suspect in racist graffiti targeting Elysse Versher A California school district has been unable to identify who subjected a Black assistant principal to racist graffiti and messages on social media even after a six-month investigation in which 45 witnesses were interviewed. Elysse Versher, assistant principal at the West Campus High…
The only all-male historically Black college or university is under fire from some of its alumni after hiring a white woman to oversee the school’s marketing and recruitment efforts. One Morehouse man said hiring was an “insult to the legacy of the Morehouse.” Paula Resley (Morehouse.edu) According to a press release from the institution, on…
Black women have abortions at more than four times the rate of white women in some states, meaning major constraints in states that plan to ban most abortion access if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — “Adulting” was not going great for Tia Freeman. She had lost her scholarship at the…
Fans of popular sitcoms “Martin” and “My Wife & Kids” are in a frenzy after a Twitter post has folks on social media debating on which Black television couple did it best, Tisha Campbell and Martin Lawrence as Martin and Gina Payne or the actress and Damon Wayans as Michael and Jay Kyle. The conversation…
Proposals pushed by advocacy groups on behalf of racial justice in Kansas typically stall First she saw the graphic cellphone video showing Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting death in Georgia, then news that Breonna Taylor had been shot in her Kentucky home during a botched drug raid. But when Teresa Parks watched videos of the white Minneapolis…
Authorities are dealing with a new rash of copycat threats in the wake of the massacre at Robb Elementary In the aftermath of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, schools around the U.S. have brought in additional security staff and restricted visitors as they deal with a new rash of copycat threats. For some families and…
