D.A. Graham’s resignation was accepted Wednesday and is effective immediately The interim vice provost for diversity at the University of Kansas has resigned after acknowledging that a message he sent out to the campus on Martin Luther King Jr. Day was largely plagiarized. D.A. Graham’s resignation was accepted Wednesday and is effective immediately, Provost Barbara…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is furious over criticisms he’s receiving this week after seemingly implying that Black people were not American. The “inadvertent omission” occurred when the Republican politician was asked on Jan. 19 what he would tell Black voters who may be worried about their right to vote if Congress failed to pass…
“I think some of the critics know it’s totally nonsense,” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says Friday Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell called suggestions that he doesn’t think African Americans are real Americans “deeply offensive” on Friday after receiving widespread criticism for remarks he made earlier in the week. The 79-year-old minority leader from Kentucky…
Shane Lee Brown seeks $50,000 in damages A 25-year-old Black man is suing two police agencies in Nevada after he was misidentified as a white ex-felon nearly twice his age, arrested, and held for six days in jails in two Las Vegas-area jurisdictions. Shane Lee Brown claims civil rights violations, false imprisonment, negligence and other…
From LeBron James’ Akron-based I Promise School to Russell Westbrook’s education-focused initiatives, NBA players are showing up for their communities in impactful ways and the latest basketball star to join the collective of athletes driving change is Maurice “Moe” Harkless. The Sacramento Kings forward is giving back by providing support for young adults who are…
“Not that he wasn’t difficult to deal with, but he was funny as hell and that made everything possible,” creator Norman Lear says of star Redd Foxx When Demond Wilson heard that Redd Foxx was going to star in a TV sitcom, the actor brushed it off as a joke. Foxx was a killer stand-up…
T-Pain took some time during his Jan. 21 appearance on “The Real” to offer tips to new artists who are in the process of signing recording contracts. The Grammy award-winning singer, who was promoting his competition series “Go-Big Show,” encouraged individuals to pay attention and read the legal documents before making a final decision. The reason…
A gunman killed 22-year-old Jason Rivera and wounded 27-year-old Wilbert Mora, police say A New York City police officer was killed and another critically wounded Friday night while answering a call about an argument between a woman and her adult son, officials said, making four officers shot in the city in as many days. Just…
“She needs all the grace and light that can flow her way right now,” Bernice King tweets overnight Ian Alexander Jr., son of actress Regina King, has died as a result of suicide, according to a statement from King obtained by People. King and her son had just celebrated his 26th birthday on Wednesday, the…
Three thousand carnation flowers, left to represent the approximated 3,000 abortions that occur in the US every day, on the 46th anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision, lay in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 2019. | Source: JIM WATSON / Getty “You should have saved the baby.”…
