The last of the MOVE 9 to be freed from prison, Africa succumbed to cancer Charles Sims Africa, a member of the Philadelphia organization MOVE, died on Monday at age 61. Also known as Chuck Africa, he was the last remaining member of MOVE to be freed from prison stemming from a 1978 shootout with…
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter and sentenced to 22 and a half years behind bars on April 20 for killing George Floyd, plans to appeal the decision, claiming the court “abused its discretion.” In documents filed on Thursday, Sept. 23, and obtained by CBS,…
“There was pressure on both sides,” he says Matt James is speaking out about his journey as the first Black Bachelor. James appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Friday and dished with guest host Arsenio Hall about the pressures he faced being the franchise’s first Black male lead. “It was a lot,” he admitted, per…
The show is the first of its kind and was birthed from the first Black-owned, faith-based FM radio and television station in Boston. On Friday, Sept. 24, Boston Black News and The Boston Globe premiered their new community radio show Black News Hours Presented by The Boston Globe. The hour-long radio show is aimed at…
Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Black women face hardships on levels that some of us will never be able to comprehend, and unfortunately, that often includes harassment in the workplace. Surprisingly enough, the strong Black females of the DC Police Department understand that notion more than expected after filing a class action lawsuit against MPDC,…
Despite some issues that led to top leaders stepping down, the new chief executive says there will be more openness going forward Almost four years ago, a group of high-profile Hollywood women — producers, agents, movie stars — formed Time’s Up, an ambitious initiative to fight sexual harassment in their own industry and beyond, as…
Last August, Forbes announced that Barbados-born global superstar Rihanna had once again become the richest female musician to date. However, this time around, not only was the “Umbrella” singer the richest female in the industry but she had also crossed the Billionaire threshold, with a net worth of roughly $1.7 billion. Still, the big B…
Officials look to discourage large groups of migrants from making the trek to Del Rio, Texas camp No migrants are left at a Texas border encampment, about a week after nearly 15,000 people — most of them Haitians — huddled in makeshift shelters hoping for the chance to seek asylum. Some will get that chance,…
The convicted murderer of nine in a historic South Carolina church has asked for a new hearing in his case. He is the first person to be sentenced to death for a federal hate crime. Attorneys for the federal government have opposed Dylann Roof’s request for a new appellate hearing, arguing that the South Carolina…
The five-time Emmy Award nominee was discovered dead in his Brooklyn apartment earlier this month The Chief Medical Examiner in New York City has determined that Michael K. Williams died of a drug overdose. Williams’ official cause of death is acute intoxication by the combined effects of fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine, per TMZ. His…
