Eastern Michigan University Football player and Oklahoma City cop, Daniel Ken...
Former Eastern Michigan University Football player and Oklahoma City cop, Daniel Ken Holtzclaw, provided additional ammunition for the old adage that “Power corrupts.” The 27-year-old Holtzclaw...
View ArticleNYPD targets blacks and the poor for arrest for harmless crime of fare...
With U.S. crime rates at historic lows not seen since the 1950s, the NYPD has decided to ramp up its harassment of citizens. After all, if there are fewer murders, rapes, and armed robberies, then law...
View ArticleSyracuse Soccer Player Makes Racist and Homophobic Rant (Warning: Explicit...
Hanna Strong, a senior women’s soccer player at Syracuse University, is the subject of a discrimination investigation after her homophobic and racist rant was caught on camera. Strong’s hateful remarks...
View Article“Blacks Are Animals” Says Florida Politician, Missouri Cop, and Texas 911...
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech before thousands on the National Mall in Washington, DC. In the speech, King said, I have a dream that my four little...
View ArticleBarriers Rooted in Race and Gender Bias Harm Educational Outcomes of African...
Race and gender disparities in opportunity and academic achievement lead to high dropout rates, limited job opportunities, and increased risk of poverty (Washington, D.C.) A comprehensive report...
View ArticleNew Walmart Surveillance Video Shows Unarmed Black Man, John Crawford III,...
On August 5, 2014, police shot an unarmed man, 22 year old John Crawford III, in a Walmart in Dayton, Ohio. Recently released video footage shows the moment police killed him. A 911 call reported on...
View ArticleGreatest Threat to Democracy: Police Violence Against Black Men?
According to Philly.com police violence and murders of mainly Black men is the greatest threat to American democracy. Certain events lend credence to this declaration. Trayvon Martin was shot and...
View ArticleGays Can Marry in Florida
Scores of gay and lesbian couples married in Florida as the ban against same sex marriages ended. One large-scale ceremony occurred in Orlando where mayor Buddy Dyer led a mass wedding of 44 couples in...
View ArticleWriting History by Righting History
The state of South Carolina (S.C.) has a history of trying to correct its civil rights wrongs. For example, a Democrat and a Republican governor have apologized for the 1968 incident in which state...
View ArticleAnother HBCU in Jeopardy: South Carolina State University May Close
Another HBCU in Jeopardy: South Carolina State University May Close A panel of The South Carolina House of Representatives’ Ways and Higher Education Means Committee submitted a proposal to suspend...
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