Wrongfully Convicted Tenn. Man Only Gets $75 After 31 Years In Prison

Wrongfully Convicted Tenn. Man Only Gets $75 After 31 Years In Prison

A Tennessee man released from prison after a wrongful conviction put him away for 31 years is fighting for an exoneration case that could grant him $1 million in compensation. Lawrence McKinney, 60, of Memphis, Tenn., was convicted of rape and burglary in 1978 and was...

Chance The Rapper Joins DuSable Museum Board In Shake-Up

Chance The Rapper Joins DuSable Museum Board In Shake-Up

Chance the Rapper is one of the newest board members at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago's Washington Park. His appointment is part of a larger board makeover that includes six to eight new members. Another is Dr. Eric Whitaker, a close friend...

High Schoolers Protest To Make Black History A Full-Year Course

High Schoolers Protest To Make Black History A Full-Year Course

Students at a Jacksonville, Florida high school protested on Monday demanding that their African American history course be taught year-round. Police were called to Terry Parker High School, according to First Coast News though they don’t report by who, when a group...