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BATON ROUGE--Mychal Bell, who made national headlines a few years ago as part of the ‘Jena Six,’ has graduated from Southern University. According to a graduate list supplied by the school, Bell re

PORTLAND, OREGON--Mariann Hyland made a vow 10 years ago, after Portland Police fatally shot 21-year-old Kendra James during a routine traffic stop. Hyland, a Portland lawyer who is African Americ

CHICAGO--DuPage County sheriff’s records allege that 911 received a frantic call from the boy’s dad, Michael Cattron Sr., 46, stating his son had been shot and was laying in a pool of blood. When inve

Researchers working with Brockington Cultural Resources Consulting believe they have found the remnants of Gadsden’s Wharf in South Carolina, where an estimated 100,000 enslaved Africans arrived in Am

In recent weeks, the list of celebrities who have publicly defended Bill Cosby against his multiple sexual abuse accusations have included from Jill Scott, Whoopi Goldberg, and Cee Lo Green. And now l

A letter to our African-American sons Emma McElvaney Talbott, Special to The Courier-Journal 12:07 a.m. EST December 6, 2014 Dear African-American sons: What just played out in Ferguson, Mo.,

In life, Marion Barry Jr. was known for his entrances, his sense of when to step into a room, light up a crowd and put himself at the center of the action — often conspicuously late. In death, Bar

Autopsy Shows Mentally Ill Man Shot From Behind and Above, 14 Times December 3, 2014 BreakingBrown reported in October that the officer who killed Dontre Hamilton had been fired from the Milwaukee

'Why did you have to shoot him?' Devastated girl, 9, writes letter to Phoenix cop who killed her father Dec 4th 2014 5:26PM By RYAN GORMAN The young daughter of an unarmed black male gunned d

ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- A white man who was the police chief in a small South Carolina town was charged with murder Wednesday in the shooting death of an unarmed black man nearly four years ago. A gran

KANO, Nigeria (AP) — The father of a 14-year-old child bride accused of murdering her husband said Thursday he was appealing to a Nigerian court to spare his daughter the death sentence. Wasilat T

The following article contains excerpts from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s address delivered October 24, 1987 on “The Police Slaying of Michael Taylor.” Michael Taylor was a 16-year-old Bla

The award-winning songwriter gave his thoughts on the unrest in Ferguson after a grand jury decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in Michael Brown’s shooting death. Pharrell Williams FREDE

The award-winning songwriter gave his thoughts on the unrest in Ferguson after a grand jury decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in Michael Brown’s shooting death. Pharrell Williams FREDE

November 22, 2014, 10:20 PM In a speech Saturday at Morgan State University, Louis Farrakhan predicted violence in Ferguson this week and castigated black leaders — from fellow preachers to Preside

November 18, 2014 by Angela P. Moore-Thorpe With anticipation building across the nation over the imminent decision by a Ferguson, Missouri grand jury to indict or not indict a white police offic

Cedric the Entertainer is famous for comedy, but the St. Louis bred comedian definitely also has a serious side. As the world prepares for the grand jury decision about whether white police office

CRYSTAL CITY, Mo. – A possible Ebola case is being investigated at Mercy Jefferson Hospital in Crystal City. According to Warren Robinson, director of emergency management for Jefferson County, the

Following the viral scandal of iconic comedian Bill Cosby’s sexual abuse allegations, meet the latest gal involved in such claims. 34-year-old Lachele Elizabeth Covington is really not a new face

Fox & Friends welcomed Geraldo Rivera onto their morning panel, and as Media Matters for America reported, it was not long before he blamed minorities not only for their own failures, but of those of

WASHINGTON--The extensive private art collection of Bill and Camille Cosby opens to the public Sunday at the Smithsonian Institution as part of a major exhibition. More than 60 rarely seen African-