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Stephon Marbury Said “Jordan Has Been Robbing the Hood..kids dying for shoes and the only face this dude makes is I don’t care.”
You might remember Marbury from his days of heating up the NBA courts with his And1 Mix Tape, street ball style. His crazy handles, high energy game that never seemed to disappoint the fans. However, you may not remember Marbury attempted to change the gym shoe...
Man who filmed Eric Garner chokehold video claims jail guards poisoned his food
Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the now infamous video of Eric Garner being put in a chokehold and killed by NYPD, says prison guards were putting rat poison in the food. Due to all of the bad publicity that his video brought on the NYPD, he believes they are looking...
34 Year old Woman’s Botched Butt Implant Surgery Death Ruled a Homicide by Medical Examiner
Kelly Mayhew, age 34, was the victim of botched butt implants in the United States this past June. Mayhew drove from Maryland to New York with her mother for the surgery. However, she didn’t leave the butt implant surgery with her life. The Medical Examiner...
Texas Mom Calls Out Textbook Publisher for Rewriting the History of Slavery As Immigration
We thought this story was a fake because who in their right mind would attempt to relabel slavery as immigration in 2015? Apparently, the publishing giant McGraw-Hill thought no one would care or pay attention if they started rewriting history, so they did this very...
Omarion Canceled Appearance At London Nightclub After Black Women Were Denied Entrance for Being “Too Dark” & “Overweight”
Worldwide unity in the black community has been a call we have longed for that seems to be making some headway lately among many in the celebrity community. Last week, singer Omarion joins the ranks of respected black people who will not tolerate blantant racism for a...
Ivy League Engineering Student Jonah Hepzibah Raises More Than $20,000 For Tuition In Two Days
On a sunny spring day this past May in the clock tower courtyard of the Santa Monica school that he would soon transfer from Cornel Engineering student Jonah Okike-Hepzibah spoke to me about being a young man who once desired to make the gadgets that he saw in movies....
Did You Know the Buy Black Empowerment Movement is Working in Kansas City? | Here Is How
The African-American community is being urged not to do any shopping Monday unless it's with a black-owned business. It's part of "Blackout Monday," a movement organized by the National Black United Front in response to civil unrest in Ferguson, Mo. Workers at Leon's...
Is Farrakhan Right About Black Christian Pastors Being ‘Pimps’ and ‘Whores’?
Black pastors have rejected and forsaken the younger generation in their churches, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said in his latest attack on black church leaders Sept. 29. In another video posted on his Facebook page, which may have been recorded as early as...
The Supremacy Factor: Jamaica should ‘move on from painful legacy of slavery’, Says British Prime Minister
David Cameron has called for Jamaica and the UK to “move on” from the deep wounds caused by slavery but ducked official calls for Britain to apologize for its role or pay reparations. Speaking to the Caribbean country’s parliament, the prime minister struck a defiant...
Did You Know: Oprah Donates $12 Million to New Smithsonian Black History Museum
Much can be said about entertainers in our community that do not support our community. They take much from us but give nothing. That is not the case with Oprah Winfrey. Well what is she doing that is show great? She has donated $12 million to the Smithsonian’s...
Another Milestone for Serena Williams as She Ties Evert for # of Weeks Ranked #1 Tennis Player in the World
To say it has been a good week for tennis superstar Serena Williams would be an understatement. The current world’s number 1 ranked female tennis player turned 34 years old, but also hit another major milestone in her historic career. Serena Williams first topped the...
Hip Hop Legend Nas To Receive Harvard’s W.E.B. DuBois Which Honors Those in the Field of African American Studies
The life and times of Nasir Jones, aka Nas, has been scrolled in the history of hip hop. The hip hop legend has penned some of the most influential and mind bending tracks the music industry has ever seen, but his influence on African American culture cannot be...
