A Black woman is taking legal action against a school district in northern Utah that hired her to investigate racial harassment at their schools, which district officials made impossible after they began discriminating against her, according to a fresh lawsuit. Joscelin Thomas once served as a coordinator for the Davis School District. Her position was…
Source: SDI Productions / Getty Urban One will launch the One Vote – Represent The Vote, a multimedia campaign that will be broadcast on all Urban One, Inc. assets – TV One, Reach Media, iOne Digital and 64 local urban radio stations to increase Black voter registration and turnout in the 2024 elections. The One…
It seems that Atlanta native Jermaine Dupri is just as important to New York hip-hop as any other music mogul in the business — at least if you ask rappers Ma$e and Cam’ron. For one of the Children of the Corn, Dupri gave him his first seven-figure check. During a recent episode of the Harlem…
Source: intek1 / Getty Have you ever gotten the feeling that Karens, Klansmen and Kops were in cahoots? That’s how Trevon Morgan must have felt when he was arrested last August in San Francisco after being tailed and taunted by a slur-slinging racist and then approached by a white bystander who called the police on…
A 45-year-old man was shot and killed on a New York City subway train amid what his loved ones say was a heroic act. Richard Henderson was aboard the No. 3 train on his way home as it was arriving at the Franklin Ave-Medgar Evers College station on Sunday night. Police say that he was trying to…
A Texas man said he was accused of shoplifting in a Nebraska Walmart by the store’s employees in 2021. He has now personally filed multiple federal complaints against the Fortune 500 company, asking for either $100 million in damages or unlimited shopping for the rest of his life at any location. He claims the workers…
Source: Screenshot The family of a local deacon tased to death by a now-former Atlanta police officer is planning to sue the city and the disgraced ex-cop in a lawsuit demanding accountability for yet another instance of law enforcement killing of an unarmed Black driver. Johnny Hollman Sr.’s family on Thursday afternoon is expected to…
Several white celebrities and influencers enlist the services of local plastic surgeons to undergo various surgeries, aiming to attain features or body characteristics resembling those of Black women. These individuals go beyond just darkening their skin and enhancing their lips; some even opt for BBL surgeries to achieve more curvaceous bodies reminiscent of women of…
A Black theater performer in Canada is suing a racial justice activist for defamation after he was accused of performing with a puppet that reportedly depicts blackface. Franck Sylvestre, a puppeteer based in Montreal, argued that the puppet he used in a theater piece called “L’incroyable secret de barbe noire” — “The Incredible Secret of…
Source: CRobertson / Getty On Wednesday, the Louisiana Senate passed a new congressional map that would create a second majority-Black voting district in the state. Senate Bill 8 will now advance to the House chamber for debate. Black voters in Louisiana have long argued that the current congressional map discriminated against Black voters, who make…
