12 Year Old Hog-Tied & Choked By Two Ferguson Police Officers
Just when you think the Ferguson police department couldn't come under any more negative scrutiny, more information surfaces about their police force. This week, the Huffington Post reports, Ferguson police officers Justin Cosma and Richard Carter are involved in a...
$11 Million in Grants for Sickle Cell Research Awarded to Howard Hospital
Great news coming out of Howard University this week. Howard University Hospital's Center for Sickle Cell Disease received $11 million dollars in grants to advance their research in the world of sickle cell. The grant comes from the National Institute of Health for...
Cop Fired After Choking White Student, But Paid Leave For Killing Black Teen?
An incident involving Knox County Sheriffs and a college student has left an officer without a job for using excessive force. Frank Phillips was fired after photos were released of an arrest gone wrong. The pictures show Phillips with his hands around 21-year-old...
South LA Teens Pitch Tech Startups During Demo Day
Teen groups of teenage boys from South Los Angeles came together at USC on August 2nd to participate in a live pitch competition. South Los Angeles Demo Day 2014 was an event hosted by Teens Exploring Technology (TxT), an organization serving "young men of color...
Muhammad Ali Says What Black Sports Athletes Should Be Saying in 2014
Muhammad Ali is the greatest boxer of all time, but it is quickly becoming evident that he stands tall among the greatest activist for black, civil and moral rights of all time as well. Never one to back down, he gave up a fortune refusing to participate in the Army...
Beautiful Sight: Fathers Came Out Today To Welcome Kids Back To School!
We are always asking for positive images and media in our community. Well, here is some wonderful footage you should love as black fathers get out to support the kids and welcome them back to school on the first day. The event occurred at the Lucy Craft Laney...
New Audio Reveals A Pause in the Police Killing of Michael Brown
New insight to the shooting and killing by Ferguson, MO police officer, Darren Wilson, of unarmed, black boy Michael Brown was released today. A man claiming to have captured audio of the incident came forth with the evidence and has spoken with the FBI in regards to...
Retired NYPD Detective Teaches You What To Do & Tell Your Kids When They Are Stopped By Police
It is sad we need to have this discussion in 2014, but we would be foolish not to. In the awake of police violence and brutality toward black people over the past few decades, it is about time we arm ourselves with some basic knowledge and understanding. In this...
The Example That Aaliyah Set
“Aaliyah was such a role model. Even in the crazy music industry, she still kept her family and friends first and remained the same. Her swag was out of this world too. I mean, what female artist was dressing like Aaliyah before she came out?” - Aaliyah Anderson, “The...
White Man, Car Full of Explosives Outside of a Michigan Mosque, But No Media Coverage?
Have you heard of this story? We are willing to bet you haven't and that is the reason we wanted to bring it to your attention. The media bias in this country is unbelievable. Just based on the title, imagine if this would have been a Muslim man about to blow up a...
Darren Wilson Started At A Police Force So Racist Everyone Was Fired
Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson, got his start as a police officer in Jennings, Missouri. This police force was disbanded, everyone was fired, because of the racial tensions according to the Washington Post. Authorities felt the racial tensions and performance...
Black Woman & Children Mistakenly Pulled Over At Gun Point By Texas Police Officers
Texas police officers pulled over a black woman and her four children at gun point, recently. Shockingly, they admitted the mistake, but refuse to apologize for doing their job. The incident was caught on the police officer's in-car dashboard camera for the world to...
Marked For Death (A Personal Narrative)
“All we want to do is take the chains off All we want to do is be free All we want to do is be free…” -J. Cole, “Be Free” If you study the history of this country you’ll see that law enforcement has never been ingratiating to black people, especially black men. Even...
JRW Is the First All Black Little League Team To Represent USA in Little League World Series, Won 7-5
Despite the odds and disbelief of millions of people, Chicago's own Jackie Robinson West baseball team did the impossible. They came from behind to beat the tough Nevada team that beat them by the mercy rule (10 run lead) in their first meeting to win the USA finals...
Why It Is Time For Black Economic Boycotts & Unity Beyond Ferguson
Black people all around the country are mad, frustrated and outraged over the routine killing of unarmed, black men around this country and the regular police brutality we experience as well as a community. But the time has come to stop ONLY marching and protesting....
Surprise: The Grand Jury Is Predominately White In Case of Killing Michael Brown
This will come as no surprise to many of you, but the Grand Jury in the Michael Brown case is majority white. There are 12 people total on the Grand Jury. It is comprised of 9 white people, 6 men and 3 women. There are 3 black people, 2 women and 1 man. The racial...
Cop Fired For Killing A Dog, Paid Leave for Killing A Black Man
According to sources, a cop from Hometown, Illinois was fired for shooting and killing a family dog. The incident happened in July of 2014, just a few weeks before Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, MO, despite being unarmed. ABC 7 reported Apollo, a 14...
Fake, Agitator Protesters Caught And Dismissed in Ferguson, MO 2014
Video evidence protesters in Ferguson, MO want to assemble in peace and are willing to dismiss those who are embedded among them to agitate the situation with police by throwing bricks, rocks and bottles. Many have been saying the protesters in Ferguson, MO over the...
Jesse Williams & Talib Kweli Live in Ferguson on MSNBC
Missouri talking about the Situation Live on MSNBC. - Jesse Williams talk about the police treating the people like Savages and a great deal more. - Talib Kweli explains how the Police treated him and many others like Animals, chasing, tackling and putting them on the...
Talib Kweli Handles Don Lemon Over CNN’s Ferguson Coverage
This is one of the reasons I love Talib Kewli. He is one of the only hip hop artist that has the gall to speak truth to the media and power. He uses his platform to expound on the realities of our existence. Check him out here handling Don Lemon over CNN's coverage of...
