Source: Build in Tulsa / George Kaiser Family Foundation One-hundred-and-three years ago this past Friday, a catastrophic tragedy known to many either as The Tulsa Massacre, Tulsa Race Riots, The Black Wall Street Massacre or anything along the lines of those variations came to an end after 48 hours of deadly racism that resulted in…
Former Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Garnett hooped with the best of the best during his NBA career, but to the surprise of some, one of the most memorable competitors he witnessed was none other than the multi-talented entertainer Prince. In the latest episode of “Ticket & The Truth,” the retired power forward recalled catching a…
Senior Airman Roger Fortson. | Source: U.S. Air Force The family of a young Black airman officer who was shot to death by a police officer in his own Florida home are set to speak out publicly for the first time since the cop who killed their loved one was fired last week. Roger Fortson‘s…
California police arrested and jailed eight young girls following a brawl at a San Francisco-area middle school that caused a stampede and left several students with minor injuries. The group of students from Sinaloa Middle School, who range in age from 12 to 14, were booked May 28 into the Marin County Juvenile Hall on…
Source: CBS / CBS Minneapolis prosecutors plan to dismiss murder charges against a white state trooper who shot and killed Black motorist Ricky Cobb. According to AP, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty filed a notice to dismiss murder and manslaughter charges against Ryan Londregan after in April, his defense team revealed testimony that the officer believed…
Tiffany Haddish thinks that whatever connection she shared with Common was a product of circumstance and less of an encounter with true love. The two stars dated for about a year before breaking up in 2021. Since then, the comedienne has been asked about her ex countless times, and now is no different as she…
House Homeland Security Committee member Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX) questions witnesses during a hearing on ‘worldwide threats to the homeland’ in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill September 17, 2020 in Washington, D.C. | Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Prayers up. Longtime Democratic Congresswoman U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, 74, on Sunday announced…
A boycott against fashion company Zara is gaining support on social media after South Sudanese supermodel Anok Yai exposed the retailer’s lack of response to the racism she faced at a photo shoot. The 26-year-old trailblazing beauty said she worked with the brand in 2019, just two years after she was discovered. Yai was dubbed…
A white Michigan state trooper was charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter this week for striking and killing a Black man with his SUV while pursuing him for a probation violation last month. Michigan State Police Sgt. Brian Keely is facing up to life in prison for killing Samuel Sterling, a 25-year-old father of…
In 2022, one of country music’s most iconic names told then-late-night talk show host Trevor Noah that she wanted superstar Beyoncé to cover her 1973 hit “Jolene” and make it a megahit like Whitney Houston did with “I Will Always Love You” in 1992. Country singer Dolly Parton got her wish. Some fans didn’t see…
