A 25-year-old military vet is charged with attempted murder after shooting a Black teenager at rally for President Donald Trump near the state Capitol in Iowa last month. Michael McKinney, a St. Charles, Iowa, resident, told police he fired into a car of Black teens at the Dec. 6 rally in Des Moines in self-defense….
Source: David J. Becker / Getty Howard University alumni and students who were likely disappointed that the famous HBCU‘s annual homecoming festivities were canceled last fall, it looks like they’re getting a second chance at it on Inauguration Day on Wednesday. That’s when one of its own, Kamala Harris, will officially be sworn into office…
A police officer witnessed Scott Marberblatt spitting on Marcus Johnson, who self-quarantined and took a COVID-19 test. A Trump supporter in Massachusetts who spit and coughed on a Black man in December has been charged with assault and battery. Marcus Johnson was counter-protesting at a pro-President Donald Trump rally in Swampscott, carrying a sign that…
White Americans must more deeply understand Dr. King’s philosophies and values, as well as his critiques of them “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” is the…
‘I invite us to stop asking ‘What is wrong with them?’ and instead relentlessly ask, ‘What is wrong with us?” Grammy Award winner Lady Gaga was honored Sunday at the 2021 Beloved Community Awards organized by the King Center, and she decried white supremacy in her acceptance speech. The singer/actress was awarded the Yolanda Denise…
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has made it no secret that her early childhood growing up in an impoverished Mississippi during the 1950s, moving to live with her father during her adolescence, and her first big break in local news are all significant milestones in her life’s story. Now, with a career spanning three decades, the…
The lobbying for pardons got hotter once Trump allies realized he wouldn’t be returning to the White House. Outgoing President Donald Trump is reportedly poised to issue around 100 pardons and sentence commutations on Tuesday, the last official day of his presidency. Trump allies have reportedly been actively attempting to cash in on the final…
A New York man was arrested and remains in FBI custody for what authorities say is his involvement in plotting a potential second attack on the U.S. Capitol. Eduard Florea, a 40-year-old father of two and software engineer was arrested in front of his Queens home on Jan. 12. He has been charged with being a…
Source: – / Getty The National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, stands as a monument to Dr. Martin Luther King‘s legacy while also documenting the ongoing civil rights struggle in America. Memphis holds a special place in Dr. King’s narrative as a turning point and final marking place in…
Happy MLK Day! President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be honoring and celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a National Day of Service held on the civil rights icon’s eponymous federal holiday, which comes just two days before their historic inaugurations. The National Day of Service…
