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TOLEDO, OH (Toledo News Now) - The Toledo Police Department is launching an internal investigation after an officer was caught on video slapping a man in handcuffs. TPD Chief George Kral says he is c

Like the Duggars and Kate Gosselin, people with lots of kids need a way to make money. A reality show can certainly help pay the bills. When life coach extraordinaire Iyanla VanZant 

Jacksonville, FL - A Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO) officer shot an unarmed Black man multiple times, at around 9:00 a.m., March 29, at the Cleveland Arms apartment complex. Neighbors say he is i

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By Paul Street March 11, 2015 Black Agenda Report   Image: Scene from 12 Years a Slave.     “The uncompensated crime and tragedy of racial oppression in before and after sl

CLAIBORNE COUNTY, MS - A Port Gibson man found hanging from a tree was laid to rest on Friday afternoon. A memorial service for Otis Byrd was held at Mt. Burner Baptist in rural Clairborne County. A

NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Dr. Yosef A. A. ben-Jochannon, engineer, linguist, anthropologist and historian died in a New York City nursing home on March 19 at the age of 97. “Dr. Ben” as

INDIANA--The Assistant Fire Chief in Marion is being reprimanded after racist allegations involving a noose. It started off as a work exercise. Fire officials say Assistant Chief Rick Backs was prac

  SOUTH CAROLINA--Upper Marlboro solo practitioner Jimmy Bell usually files documents alleging discrimination and harassment on behalf of of his clients, such as the lawsuit earlier this week by

    R&B singer/actress Angie Stone has been charged with domestic aggravated assault after allegedly knocking out her adult daughter’s front teeth during a fight on Monday nigh

  March 10, 2015 The Georgia Bureauu of Investigation has been brought in to investigate the fatal police shooting of an Dekalb County man with a history of mental illness who was both unarmed

Ola Orekunrin is a British-Nigerian medical doctor and Managing director of Flying Doctors of Nigeria; a charity based in Lagos, Nigeria.   Ola was born in London, England and grew up under the

From GlobalResearch.com Sunday, March 8, 2015 Police were calling for restraint Saturday in Madison, Wis., after the fatal shooting of an African-American teenager that sparked demonstrations. Poli

Victoria Gray Adams was born Victoria Jackson on November 5, 1926 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Her mother died when Adams was just three years old, and she was raised on her paternal grandparents&rsqu

Last month the U.S. Postal Service announced a Dr. Maya Angelou Forever stamp was in the works. Tuesday, the U.S. Postal Service offered a first look at the Dr. Maya Angelou Forever Stamp. The postal

(FinalCall.com) - As news articles and media reports are replete with stories of people across the globe targeted and killed because of their religious beliefs and groups like ISIS killing Christians,

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the world's first elected black female president and Africa's first elected female head of state.   Born in Liberia in 1938, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wa

Elizabeth Freeman (c. 1742 – December 28, 1829), in early life known as Bett and later Mum Bett, was among the first black slaves in Massachusetts to file a "freedom suit" and win in court under

Louis Farrakhan says as rappers are becoming conscious, white folks are upset Louis Farrakhan discusses how rappers are changing while delivering comments to the Nation of Islam’s annual Sa

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It has been 150 years since the Civil War ended and yet the American government still has failed to fund a museum dedicated purely to the history of slavery in the nation. Where the government fell sh

Elijah Muhammad was the leader of the Nation of Islam ("Black Muslims") during their period of greatest growth in the mid-twentieth century. He was a major promoter of independent, black-operated busi

  Born Albert Turner Reid in Hampton, Virginia, November 13, 1927, this world-renowned mathematician earned his bachelor’s degree at Iowa State University in 1949 but never completed a gra

The Deacons for Defense and Justice were an armed self defense African American civil rights organization in the U.S. Southern states during the 1960s.The organization practiced self-defense methods i

Fannie Jackson was born a slave in Washington D.C. on October 15, 1837. She gained her freedom when her aunt was able to purchase her at the age of twelve. Through her teen years Jackson worked as a s