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  • Chicago Gang Leaders Allegedly Plotting an Attack on Police

    After the fatal police shooting of Paul O’Neal in Chicago, police say that leaders of three West Side gangs met to discuss an attack on the Chicago Police Department. An alert was issued to the Chicago Police Department a day after the supposed meeting took place, insinuating that leaders of the Vice Lords, Black Disciples…

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  • Judge Considers Adult Charges in High School Student’s Homicide

    During a Delaware Family Court hearing Monday in Wilmington, a video was shown featuring a fight in a high school bathroom in April that left 16-year-old Amy Joyner-Francis dead on the ground. The video was shown to decide whether or not her alleged attacker, another 16-year-old girl, should be brought up on adult homicide charges, CBS News…

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  • NBC's Al Trautwig Apologizes for Rude Comments About Simone Biles' Parents

    On Sunday, Al Trautwig mentioned Ron and Nellie Biles as being gymnast Simone Biles’ grandparents rather than as her parents. In response to his comment, a woman, Emily Mingus, tweeted at Trautwig saying, “Hey @AlTrautwig stop calling her PARENTS her grandfather and his wife. A. Nelly is more important than ‘his wife’ B. THEY ARE HER…

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  • White Neighbor Arrested After Fire Erupts in Home of Only Black Firefighter in Tonawanda, NY

    Matthew Jurado, 39, had recently been removed from the Gratwick Hose Volunteer Fire Co. when a suspicious fire broke out at the home of Kenneth Walker, the only black firefighter in Tonawanda, N.Y. Two days before the incident, Walker had received a racist and threatening letter in his mailbox, NBC News reports. According to the news station,…

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  • #SomedayIsToday: Members of Black Hollywood Launch PSA to Speak Out Against Mistreatment of Black Americans 

    Once again, celebrities of black Hollywood have used their platform for change, this time in a new, moving visual campaign titled, “#SomedayIsToday PSA.” Meagan Good, Boris Kodjoe, Marlon Wayans and several others come together in a video to recite the words of the famous civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome.” The campaign went live Wednesday along with the hashtag #SomedayIsToday. In…

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  • Video Shows Houston Officer Attack Woman at Traffic Stop Who Called 911 Because She Feared Him

    In March a black woman by the name of Earledreka White was pulled over by a Houston police officer for crossing the double white line. Soon afterward she called 911 because she was afraid of the cop. She said to the dispatcher, “I would like another officer to come out here. My heart is racing.…

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  • Apple's Focus on Diversity

    As Apple’s new, updated Inclusion & Diversity page shows, the company’s numbers regarding the hiring of, and pay equity for, minorities and women have improved significantly over time. The company states, “We strive to better represent the communities we’re part of. We believe this will help to break down historical barriers in tech.” The data shows…

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  • Kevin Young Named Director of Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

    The New York Public Library has chosen Kevin Young, a distinguished scholar and poet, to be the new director of its Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The research library focuses on documenting and sharing black life, history and culture around the world. Regarding Young’s appointment to head the library, NYPL President Tony Marx said, “The…

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  • Report: Ex-University Cop Beat Girlfriend to Death With Help From Best Friend

    Aaron Wright, a former Temple University officer, has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend, 24-year-old Joyce Quaweay. He has also been charged with aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, conspiracy to commit murder and abuse of a corpse. His best friend, Temple Police Officer Marquis Robinson, 41, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault…

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  • 16th Street Baptist Church Bomber Is Denied Parole

    Thomas Blanton Jr., 86, the last living convicted bomber in the 1963 attack on the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., asked for his freedom from a parole board Wednesday and was denied, CNN reports. Blanton was a member of the Ku Klux Klan when the church was bombed on Sept. 15, 1963. The tragedy, which…

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