St. John the Baptist Parish sheriffs said over 60 people were at the party, but there were no witnesses. Nine children were shot at a 12-year-old’s birthday party in LaPlace, Louisiana this weekend after a “verbal confrontation” broke out at a private home. In a statement on Facebook, the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s…
Chicago community members held a vigil on Monday in honor of Jaslyn Adams, a 7-year-old girl who was shot and killed on Sunday while sitting in the car with her father at a McDonald’s drive-thru. Jaslyn’s father, Jontae Adams was also injured in the shooting and remains hospitalized. Paying homage to Jaslyn’s nickname “Pinky” a…
Wilson will attend two in-person ceremonies scheduled on May 14 and 15 NFL quarterback and N.C. State University alumnus Russell Wilson will return to the school this spring as a commencement speaker for the 2021 graduation ceremonies. A news release from the university on Monday said Wilson will attend two in-person ceremonies scheduled on May…
The HBCUs that comprise the AUCC want their in-person attendees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The historically-Black campuses that make up the Atlanta University Center Consortium have announced they will require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend in-person classes this fall. By the start of the semester, all students and staff at Clark…
The jury of six white people and six people who are Black or multiracial resumed deliberations Tuesday morning The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death moved into the spotlight Tuesday, still out of sight but now in control of verdicts awaited by a skittish city. The…
The fate of Derek Chauvin now hangs in the balance of the outcome of a Minneapolis jury’s verdict. Closing arguments were made in the ex-police officer’s murder trial Monday, and the jury was sequestered to begin its deliberations. They will decide if Chauvin, a 19-year veteran of the Minneapolis Police Department, used excessive force and…
The payout will settle a long-running lawsuit brought by Jerime Mitchell over a shooting that had sparked protests and exposed tensions An insurer for the City of Cedar Rapids will pay $8 million to a Black motorist who was paralyzed after a white police officer shot him during a 2016 traffic stop, the city announced…
Jimmy Hoffmeyer said Monday he also is considering taking his daughter, Jurnee, out of public schools and enrolling her in a private school A Michigan father has moved his 7-year-old biracial daughter from one school to another after the child’s hair was cut on separate occasions by a classmate and a teacher. Jimmy Hoffmeyer said…
The FX series is prepping to air its third and final season this spring As the hit series Pose prepares to air its third and final season, the Human Rights Campaign has announced plans to honor the show at its virtual event, Time for Equality Live. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), which is the “nation’s…
An online petition calling for the recasting of the character of King T’Challa in “Black Panther” following the tragic death of the film’s star, Chadwick Boseman, is asking Marvel Studios to consider the larger impact of moving on from such an iconic character. In the months since “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman’s tragic August 2020…
