An off-duty New York prison worker facing murder and manslaughter charges for shooting in a car where police found a water bead gun said he feared for his life when he felt a “stinging in his back.” Authorities said Dion Middleton, 45, shot Raymond Chaluisant, 18, in the face as he sat in the passenger…
Source: Boston Globe / GettyJamaica Plain, MA – July 10: People filled Centre Street during the Boston Open Streets event in Jamaica Plain, MA. White supremacists really need to find a new hobby. I mean, I suppose arts and kkkraft events and noose-notching contests get old and stale after a while, but they need something…
Marlon Wayans celebrated a milestone birthday with a groovy bash attended by family and friends. The youngest of the Wayans family turned 50 on July 23. The “Little Man” actor shared on social that he was in good company as images of a poolside party made their way onto social media. The theme for the…
Janice Combs is a mama bear through and through. The mother of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs let it be known this after she issued a stern warning to former Bad Boy Records rapper Ma$e. The incident went down over the weekend while the music executive was in the middle of an Instagram Live video….
Source: Bettmann / Getty The Story of Emmet Till is one of the most tragic stories in American history. Emmett Louis Till was 14-year’s-old when he was kidnapped, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955. Today would have been his 81st birthday, and as we reflect on the constant battle against racism, hatred, and violence,…
America’s Black farmers are at risk of losing their livelihoods, a key figure in the Black agriculture told Atlanta Black Star. The American Rescue Plan Act earmarked $4 billion in debt relief payments for “socially disadvantaged” farmers last March, but a court battle has suspended the disbursement of the money. White farmers sued the U.S….
It can be argued that Lakers basketball player LeBron James is a legend on and off the court. His NBA record speaks for itself, while his community activism shows his true leadership abilities. LeBron’s name holds weight, his name makes people’s heads turn. So when an Instagram influencer posts a screenshot of the married billionaire…
A Texas man is now free after spending almost six years behind bars based on the untruthful testimony of a crooked cop. The then-respected officer lied when he said the homeless man owned a cellphone connected to an important drug bust, an assertion that led to the man being convicted on drug charges and sentenced…
Source: Jeremy Hogan / Getty Last week, it was reported that an entire North Carolina police force quit in protest of the town’s newly hired “progressively responsible” town manager—who happens to be a Black woman. Kenly Police Chief Josh Gibson wrote in a Facebook post last Wednesday that he “put in my 2 weeks notice…
An 11-year-old Florida boy will have his college education paid for, thanks to a scholarship from a historically Black college and university. Carter Bonas, an entrepreneur from Coral Springs, received a full scholarship from Florida Memorial University at the South Florida HBCU Golf Classic earlier this month.Carter has made a name for himself in the…
