Posts in category Black News

CRITICAL MASS: Kanye West was criticized for saying slavery was a choice. By JOHN N. MITCHELL The Philadelphia Tribune Rapper Kanye West’s controversial comment earlier …

CHICAGO (AP) _ The Chicago Police Department is struggling to hire more black officers despite a push to diversify the agency amid controversial shootings of …

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) _ The University of Southern Mississippi will award a posthumous honorary degree to a black U.S. Army veteran who was rejected when …

 PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS By KRISTEN DE GROOT and MICHAEL R. SISAK PHILADELPHIA (AP) Only a few days after his conviction, Bill Cosby has …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS  By MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) _ Black students are suspended from school, expelled and referred to law enforcement …

This new sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas will be part of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and Legacy Museum opening this week in …

Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons By SHEILA BURKE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ The man who snatched an AR-15 rifle from a gunman at …

Tommy Burns in the ring with Jack Johnson. Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ President …

Photo Courtesy of Pinterest  By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) _ Amnesty International gave former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick its Ambassador of Conscience Award …

Malcolm X takes Ali’s photo.  PHOTO COURTESY OF HISTORIC HAMPTON HOUSE MIAMI – The image of one of the nation’s seminal civil rights leaders aiming …