A Black juror who voted to convict George Floyd’s murderer, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, has come out to defend his decision to attend a social justice demonstration last August. Brandon Mitchell, also known as juror #52, is now under fire after an image circulated showing Mitchell attending the 57th anniversary of the March…
Rev. Al Sharpton recently caught up with Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins to discuss the branded casino proposals for the city of Richmond, Virginia. What started out with six companies competing for one contract has now been whittled down to two: Urban One’s proposal on the Southside of Richmond near the Philip Morris cigarette manufacturing…
The 2021 NFL draft took place on Thursday, April 29. It ended Saturday, May 1, without a single athlete from a Historically Black College and University being chosen, and former NLF star Deion Sanders is not happy about it. HBCU Game Day reported that this marked the ninth time since 2000 that no players from a Black…
Source: Twitter / Violence In Boston A candlelight vigil has been planned to demand answers following the death of a Black LGBTQ teenage girl who was found hanging from a tree last month in a mostly white suburb of Boston. Her mother has reportedly described the death in terms similar to a lynching. Mikayla Miller…
Buffalo State Police are continuing their search for a missing college student who has not been seen for 10 days. Saniyya Dennis, a 19-year-old Bronx native and sophomore at SUNY Buffalo State College, was last seen on Saturday, April 24, when she was spotted leaving her dorm at Bishop Hall and walking away from campus….
Tamar Braxton had tongues wagging on Saturday, May 1, after the singer displayed her snatched figure in a new video while sharing the significance of loving yourself. Braxton, who was wearing a black bodysuit with sheer stockings, is seen twirling around in a circle, excitedly shouting “Period!” In the caption, the “Let Me Know” vocalist expressed…
As schools reopen across the country, Black students have been less likely than white students to enroll in in-person learning — a trend attributed to virus concerns and a lack of trust Before schools shuttered during the pandemic, Ayaana Johnson worried every time she dropped her daughters off at school. Johnson, a Black woman, says…
A California environmental agency unintentionally incited chaos in its workplace when it sent a mass email to its employees about an available “safe space” for discussion following the Derek Chauvin murder conviction late last month, The Sacramento Bee reported. Soon afterward, workers began voicing their opinions and accusing management of “caving to the mob.” The…
The announcement is set to come a month after the company found that its shot also provided protection for youngsters ages 12 to 15 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for youngsters ages 12 to 15 by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar…
The Knowles-Carter family posed for an ever-rare photo of their clan, captured by Beyonce’s hair stylist, Neal Farinah. The Knowles-Carter family posed for an ever-rare photo of their entire clan. The photo was captured by salon owner Neal Farinah, the acclaimed longtime hair stylist for Beyoncé, and shared by gossip site The Shade Room. The eldest…
