Opinion: White male Democratic leaders have to actually walk the talk of diversity and opportunity within their party Right here in the Commonwealth of Virginia, my home state for over 30 years, we remain the only southern state to have elected a Black man as governor since Reconstruction. Let me repeat: the only state, and…
Black riders were atop 13 of the 15 horses in the first Kentucky Derby in 1875, but today there is only one Long before Kendrick Carmouche started riding horses growing up in Louisiana, Black jockeys were synonymous with the sport. Black riders were atop 13 of the 15 horses in the first Kentucky Derby in…
Devonte Detuan Ross slipped away from a private transport company at a QuikTrip where authorities had stopped to get him something to eat Authorities were searching Friday morning for an inmate who escaped from custody while being taken to a state prison and residents in neighborhoods south of Atlanta’s airport were being asked to lock…
Hillsong Church recently broke their silence regarding a scandal where a pastor resigned after sharing an unsolicited photo of himself in revealing workout pants to a church volunteer. Earlier this week it was revealed that Darnell Barrett, the 32-year-old former creative director of the church’s Montclair, New Jersey, branch stepped down from his post, originally…
A Miami police officer has been placed on leave after being captured on camera repeatedly punching a homeless man who allegedly had stolen food from a local supermarket in South Florida. Officer Alexander Garcia-Contreras has been released from his duties with paid leave as investigators look into what took place at a Publix supermarket in…
Duggar was held at the Washington County jail after being arrested in the afternoon by U.S. marshals Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was jailed in northwest Arkansas on Thursday after his arrest by federal authorities. It was unclear what charges he may face. Duggar was held at the Washington County jail after being arrested…
Investigator Daniel Meads, Deputy Robert Morgan and Cpl. Aaron Lewellyn fired shots at Brown and will remain on administrative leave. Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten has identified the 10 deputies who swarmed the home of Andrew Brown, Jr. to serve him with an arrest warrant on felony drug charges, an incident that ended with Brown…
A judge will consider whether to send the couple’s case back to a grand jury to decide if they should have been indicted in the first place A St. Louis couple accused of waving guns at racial injustice protesters last summer are due back in court Friday, when a judge will consider whether to send…
McDonald Green Volunteer Fire Department Chief Francis “Butch” Ghent | Source: Twitter / WSOC Channel 9 A fire chief in South Carolina who came under fire for expressing racist sentiments via social media has been disciplined for his discriminatory comments against Black people. McDonald Green Volunteer Fire Department Chief Francis “Butch” Ghent has been placed…
Participants on Rowland’s birth call included her Destiny’s Child sisters, Tina Knowles-Lawson and husband Tim Weatherspoon’s mother. Singer and actress Kelly Rowland said her “sisters” Beyoncé and Michelle Williams were on Zoom while she was in labor giving birth to her second son, Noah. Rowland did an interview with People (The TV Show) in which…
