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Ifa Bayeza to lead workshop exploring history of African-American experience in New Iberia

An eight-week writing and performance workshop designed to explore the untold history of the African-American experience in New Iberia will be held in October and... [Read More]

Eric Garner's daughter says firing Daniel Pantaleo 'should have happened a long time ago'

1 hr ago Raw Story - Amy Goodman

Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer who killed Eric Garner in 2014 by using an illegal chokehold, was fired Monday and stripped of his pension benefits.... [Read More]

Emerald Garner, Eric Garner's Daughter, Says Firing Pantaleo "Should Have Happened a Long Time Ago"

1 hr ago Democracy Now!

Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer who killed Eric Garner in 2014 by using an illegal chokehold, was fired Monday and stripped of his pension benefits.... [Read More]

Portland Rejects Proud Boys & Other Ultra-Right Groups as Trump Tries to Criminalize Antifa

1 hr ago Democracy Now!

A crowd of white nationalists took to the streets of Portland, Oregon, over the weekend for what they dubbed the "End Domestic Terrorism" rally. But... [Read More]

NYPD Fires Daniel Pantaleo 5 Years After He Killed Eric Garner

1 hr ago Democracy Now!

The New York City police officer who killed Eric Garner in 2014 by using an illegal chokehold has been fired. New York Police Department Commissioner... [Read More]

Prompted by the city's legal battles, two women lead a free tours of Charlottesville's Confederate monuments

2 hr ago Alton Telegraph - Hannah Natanson

Once a month, the two African American women walk to the former slave auction block in Charlottesville, Virginia. They stand before a crowd... [Read More]

Pioneering Educator Dr. Robert Haynes to be Featured on CUTV News Radio

2 hr ago KLKN ABC Lincoln

BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY, UNITED STATES, August 20, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In 1967, Dr. Robert Haynes was asked to teach the first class about African American... [Read More]

Police apologize after detaining man who woman said was staring at her

2 hr ago WPXI NBC Pittsburgh

Police in Michigan apologized to an African American man Thursday after he was briefly detained by police because a white woman said he was staring... [Read More]

Warren takes aim at crime policies once embraced by Biden, Harris and Booker

3 hr ago Stamford Advocate - Annie Linskey - WASHINGTON

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Tuesday that as president she would eliminate the death penalty, end the use of private prisons, curtail the cash bail... [Read More]

Billie Full Of Grace

3 hr ago NPR

To consider a women's Hall of Fame in American music is to come face-to-face with that music's debt to African-American religious life. The biggest names... [Read More]

The Hopefulness and Hopelessness of 1619

5 hr ago Atlantic

Marking the 400-year African American struggle to survive and to be free of racism... [Read More]

UGA study shows Facebook groups aid breastfeeding support

6 hr ago Athens Banner Herald

Facebook could be the key to helping mothers overcome breastfeeding challenges.That's according to a new study from the University of Georgia.Researchers found that mom-to-mom breastfeeding... [Read More]

Forum on black gun ownership scheduled for Thursday

4:45 AM Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Rosalind Bentley

"Guns & Southern Black Culture" to explore the diversity of thought around gun ownership within the African-American community. [Read More]

KACP elects first African-American president

12:31 AM WTVQ ABC Lexington - Tom Kenny

Owensboro Police Chief Art Ealum became the first African-American elected president of the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police (KACP). [Read More]

UofM announces creation of new African American Male Academy

Monday, August 19 - 11:52 PM WMC NBC Memphis - Chris Luther

The program will begin with students in middle school -- recruiting African American males and helping them get an early exposure to academic and career... [Read More]

Rachael Parker sworn in as Peoria County clerk

Monday, August 19 - 9:42 PM Peoria Journal Star - Chris Kaergard

PEORIA — To smiles and two standing ovations, Rachael Parker was sworn in Monday morning as Peoria County clerk."I know there's many folks whose shoulders I'm... [Read More]

Sen. Tim Scott: Democratic presidential candidates trying to dupe African-American voters - WVII / Fox Bangor

Monday, August 19 - 9:40 PM WFVX FOX Bangor

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., defended President Trump and his policies as Democrats take to his home state to court the…... [Read More]

1st African American adjutant general of NV National Guard

Monday, August 19 - 9:21 PM AP - RENO, Nev.

A 32-year veteran of the Nevada Air National Guard who worked as assistant Reno police chief and a casino executive has been named the Nevada... [Read More]

Tim Scott: Beto, Democrats Trying To 'Dupe' African-American Voters

Monday, August 19 - 9:17 PM Daily Caller - Scott Morefield

'There is nothing left to try to reel in the African-American community'... [Read More]

NOIR Black Chamber of Commerce bringing new support to local business owners

Monday, August 19 - 9:06 PM WAVE NBC Louisville

NOIR Black Business Social Club INC. announces new chamber of commerce plans to expand support for African American business owners. [Read More]

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