Grammys: Common, John Legend to Sing ‘Glory'; LL Returns as Host Wednesday, January 21, 2015 The Recording Academy announced today that LL Cool J will host the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, marking the “NCIS: LA” star’s fourth con...Read More
Obama Invites Letter Writers to State of the Union Address [VIDEO] Tuesday, January 20, 2015 Read More
Selma’s Youngest Marcher, Lynda Blackmon Lowery Reveals What It Was Like To Change The World As A Teen Tuesday, January 20, 2015 Read More
St. Louis County Officer Apologizes For Arresting & Beating Wrong Man Tuesday, January 20, 2015 Read More
#BlackLivesMatter Holds Sing-In For M.L.K.’s Birthday In N.Y.C. [VIDEO] Friday, January 16, 2015 A small #BlackLivesMatter contingent celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s birthday Thursday by hosting a sing-in throughout the N....Read More
Protests Rock Ore. School Board Meeting On Racial Segregation Friday, January 16, 2015 Protesters stormed a Portland, Ore ., school board meeting earlier this week, demanding more time to learn about a bid to reduce racia...Read More
Will Pres. Obama’s Free Community College Plan Undermine HBCUs? Thursday, January 15, 2015 President Barack Obama’s “ America’s College Promise “ plan seeks to make two years of community or technical college “as free and uni...Read More
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Prayer Thursday, January 15, 2015 From Coretta Scott King: Prayer was a wellspring of strength and inspiration during the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout the movemen...Read More
Obama Pushes Harder For Paid Family Leave Thursday, January 15, 2015 WASHINGTON (AP) — Renewing a push for paid leave for workers, President Barack Obama on Thursday will call on Congress, states and cities...Read More
Two Tuskegee Airmen, Lifelong Friends, Die On Same Day Monday, January 12, 2015 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two members of the Tuskegee Airmen — the famed all-black squadron that flew in World War II — died on the same day. Th...Read More
Sheriff's office: Man at Texas hospital has surrendered Sunday, January 11, 2015 TOMBALL, Texas (AP) — The father of a patient at a southeast Texas hospital who became distraught over his son's condition surrendere...Read More
Witness: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Town - Slaguhters Hundreds If Not Thousands Of People Sunday, January 11, 2015 Boko Haram is said to have massacred the town of Baga in northern Nigeria, killing hundreds in the process, according to witnesses. Read More
FBI Releases Sketch of Person of Interest in Colorado NAACP Bombing Saturday, January 10, 2015 The FBI has released a sketch of a person of interest connected with an explosion Tuesday outside of an NAACP office in Colorado Springs...Read More
So You Say You're Loving... Saturday, January 10, 2015 One of the greatest longings in life is to love and be loved. Love is talked about in the music we listen too. Love is portrayed in the...Read More
George Zimmerman arrested on aggravated assault charge Saturday, January 10, 2015 SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities say George Zimmerman , whose acquittal of murdering an unarmed black teen sparked a national ...Read More
Should The Media Be Ashamed For How We Covered The #NAACPBombing? Friday, January 09, 2015 #TeamBeautiful promptly covered the attempted bombing of Colorado Springs’ NAACP building (and to be fair, online newspapers like the Los ...Read More
President Obama Wants Community College To Be Free…But Can It Happen? Friday, January 09, 2015 WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday announced a proposal that President Barack Obama said would make community college “free fo...Read More