The headline was stretched across the top of The Washington Post last week: Therapists say African Americans are increasingly seeking help for mental illness. While…
Rachel Jeantel, 19, appeared on Piers Morgan Live in her first ever television interview to share how “disappointed, upset and angry” she was that George…
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told members of the NAACP Tuesday that Trayvon Martin’s death was “unnecessary” and “tragic” and questioned the wisdom of stand-your-ground…
MSN.com reports on two teenage boys who chased a man in a car around a Pennsylvania neighborhood on their bicycles after recognizing a little girl inside who…
Colonel Wayne Black has become the first black Brigadier General in the Indiana National Guard. After serving for 30 years, Black was promoted this past…
A Milwaukee man accused of shooting his preteen neighbor to death last year is set to stand trial this week, reports the Milwaukee Journal. SEE ALSO: Shakers And Stirrers NYC According to prosecutors, 76-year-old John Henry Spooner (pictured left) suspected 13-year-old Darius Simmons (pictured in photograph) of stealing three shotguns from his home. Spooner confronted Simmons as […]
As if the “not guilty” verdict in the George Zimmerman trial was not enough, another blow has been dealt to the Martin family and the African American community. Two days after reaching a verdict, the woman known only as Juror B37, has inked a deal with literary agent, Sharlene Martin, to write a book about […]
The woman behind the Twitter and Change.org campaigns that put Juror B37‘s book deal to a screeching halt is New York-bred Genie Lauren. Twitter and…
Everyone remembers Charles Ramsey, the Cleveland man that discovered the three women who were kidnapped and held against their will for years by his neighbor, Ariel Castro. Well, after making his discovery, Ramsey racked up over $30,000 in donations from supporters across the world and speaking engagements. Not to mention, he has been booked for […]
Rachel Jeantel (pictured right), the last person to speak with slain Trayvon Martin before his unfortunate murder, was offered a full scholarship by radio host…
Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of…
VIA Hotspot ATL Floyd Mayweather and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez are in the middle of an 11-city tour promoting their upcoming fight. The two boxers are slated to go head-to-head on September 14 in Las Vegas. They stopped in Atlanta at Centennial Olympic Park a few days ago to promote the big fight! Read here.
