Will Smith’s upcoming film is stirring up some controversy, and it hasn’t even hit theaters yet. The movie is called Concussion, and it’s reportedly causing the NFL a bit of a headache.
The Sony biopic tells the story of Nigerian forensic patholog ...
Posted Tuesday, November 24th 2015 at 5:36PM
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told a group of African-American civic leaders on Saturday that he is still waiting to see evidence of racial bias by law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
The only major White House ho ...
Posted Tuesday, November 24th 2015 at 5:09PM
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The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan addresses the student activists at University of Missouri November 18, 2015. ...
Posted Tuesday, November 24th 2015 at 12:24PM
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Hurricane Patricia -- deemed at one point the strongest storm in the Western Hemisphere -- made landfall in Mexico Friday night, coming ashore with 165 mph winds near Cuixmala, the National Hurricane Center said.
The Category 5 storm could cause s ...
Posted Friday, October 23rd 2015 at 8:14PM
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BY: STEPHEN A. CROCKETT JR.
Posted: Oct. 21 2015 10:47 AM
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants to ban flights from New Jersey to Cuba until Assata Shakur (formerly known as Joanne Chesimard), who was convicted in 1977 for the murder of a New Jers ...
Posted Friday, October 23rd 2015 at 11:12AM
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Thessalonika Arzu-Embry is no ordinary 16 year old. She is an astounding young women who is inspiring to many. At the young age of 11 years old she began taking college courses. By age 14 she had earned her bachelor’s degree. This year she will be co ...
Posted Friday, October 23rd 2015 at 10:41AM
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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — WJZ has learned the mother of Freddie Gray, the man who died in police custody last April, has attempted suicide.
Rick Ritter has more on what happened.
WJZ has confirmed with multiple sources in the past hour that Gloria Da ...
Posted Friday, October 23rd 2015 at 8:54AM
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By: Evette Champion
As a little girl, Jedidah Isler was fascinated by the night sky. She has taken that love and worked her way toward becoming an astrophysicist though the Astrophysics program at Yale University. Now, she studies blazars—super ma ...
Posted Thursday, October 22nd 2015 at 4:28PM
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One of America's finest R&B singers, Etta James became an “Honorable Elijah Muhammad Muslim” using the name “Jamesetta X” in the early 1960s, after hearing Minister Louis Farrakhan preach. For 10 years she called herself a Muslim, later reflecting: “ ...
Posted Thursday, October 22nd 2015 at 4:01PM
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From New York Daily News
October 19, 2015
A well-known Florida drummer, who doubled as the assistant manager of the Delray Beach Housing Authority, was shot dead by a plain clothes Palm Beach Gardens police officer in an unmarked car after his ca ...
Posted Tuesday, October 20th 2015 at 11:54AM
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A European-manufactured pirate ship toy set includes a shackled slave character, and instructions on how to place the slave cuff around the Black character’s neck. What could go wrong?
As CBS13 in Sacramento reported, Ida Lockett, a Black mother ...
Posted Monday, October 12th 2015 at 9:31PM
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