Posts in category Black News

SAO PAULO — Brazil’s top court has backed sweeping affirmative action programs used in more than 1,000 universities across the nation which has more blacks …

Associated Press NEW YORK — Radio pioneer Harold “Hal” Jackson, a staple of New York radio, has died. He was in his late 90s.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. —  When civil rights activist Ray Robinson arrived at Wounded Knee in April 1973 to stand alongside Native Americans in their fight …

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) —LeRoy Walker, the first African American to lead the U.S. Olympic Committee and the first black man to coach an American Olympic …

Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tuesday marked the anniversary of 40 years of solitary confinement for two former Black Panthers convicted of murdering …

MIAMI (AP) _ The civil rights groups that turned outrage over Trayvon Martin’s death into action say their work is far from over now that …

AP National Writer PHILADELPHIA — I thought my son would be much older before I had to tell him about the Black Male Code. He’s …

Associated Press WASHINGTON — A financial audit of the nation’s oldest black sorority found significant accounting problems including a secret set of books used by …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The recording was forgotten and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled …

WEST PALM BEACH — Community leaders and entrepreneurs were recognized for excellence in the black business community at the 3rd Annual Ascension Awards sponsored by …