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Years spent homeless were no barrier to Yale medical student

Chelesa Fearce knows how to make a home for herself. That's true at Yale University, where she's a first-year medical student and a... [Read More]

5th church vandalized; police consider acts hate crimes - McKinnon Broadcasting

1 hr ago AP - CROWLEY, La.

A string of church vandalisms in a predominantly African American Louisiana community is prompting local police to get federal authorities to investigate the possible hate... [Read More]

NAACP calls on Corvallis to fight racism

2 hr ago Corvallis Gazette-Times - Bennett Hall

NAACP representatives held a press conference outside the Benton County Courthouse in downtown Corvallis on Tuesday morning to denounce the treatment of an African-American bicyclist... [Read More]

New 'You Must Remember This' Season Explores History of Racist Disney Cartoon

2 hr ago Connecticut Post - Ej Dickson

When the lineup for Disney's new streaming service , was released last week, there were so many obscure titles on the list that even... [Read More]

Free Financial Seminar from the African American Male Wellness Initiative

2 hr ago WCMH NBC Columbus

Sponsored Content by African American Male Wellness Initiative The National African American Male Wellness Initiative and Walk began in 2004 to raise awareness for men's... [Read More]

5th church vandalized; police consider acts hate crimes

2 hr ago AP - CROWLEY, La.

A string of church vandalisms in a predominantly African American Louisiana community is prompting local police to get federal authorities to investigate the possible hate... [Read More]

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's dad releases must-read book

3 hr ago Leesburg Daily Commercial

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's dad, Rocky Johnson, was one of the first African American wrestling champions in the US and his new autobiography "Soulman: The... [Read More]

Police chief calls alleged racial abuse at high school football game 'egregious'

4 hr ago CNN - Eric Levenson

Two 17-year-old boys are accused of directing the n-word at a group of younger African-American girls -- one of whom was also urinated on --... [Read More]

Lawmakers react to President Trump's description of impeachment inquiry as 'a lynching'

5 hr ago AP

"That is one word no president ought to apply to himself," said Democratic Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, the highest-ranking African American in Congress.... [Read More]

Allegations of racial abuse at high school football game 'egregious,' New Jersey police chief says

5 hr ago CNN - Eric Levenson

Two 17-year-old boys are accused of directing the n-word at a group of younger African-American girls -- one of whom was also urinated on --... [Read More]

Trump compares impeachment probe to 'lynching,' draws widespread condemnation

11:02 AM Laredo Morning Times

President Donald Trump's likening the House impeachment inquiry to a "lynching" elicited an immediate rebuke from Democrats and several Republicans, who condemned the president's use... [Read More]

Trump compares House impeachment inquiry to 'a lynching'

10:57 AM Las Vegas Review-Journal

President Donald Trump injected racial overtones into the House impeachment inquiry Tuesday by comparing the Democratic-led investigation into his handling of U.S. policy toward Ukraine... [Read More]

Reaction strong as Trump compares his impeachment to 'lynching'

10:57 AM Las Vegas Review-Journal

Photos of East Austin, Before the Boom

10:30 AM Texas Monthly - Jeff Salamon

A new book celebrates a pair of well-established African-American and Latino communities that are disappearing from Texas's fastest-growing city. [Read More]

Fabu: Marlon Anderson was right, and MMSD was wrong

10:00 AM Madison.com

Anderson, as an African American man, in the context of the Oct. 9 confrontation, had the personal, historical and racial right to tell the student... [Read More]

Teen sentenced to 8 years in prison for gang-related hate crime of student caught on tape

9:04 AM WWTI ABC Watertown

A California teenager has been sentenced to eight years in prison for a gang-affiliated hate crime assault on another student, according to the Los Angeles County... [Read More]

Teens Who Allegedly Using Racial Slurs, Urinated On Victim At High School Football Game Face Charges

8:23 AM WWJ CBS Detroit

Police say the boys called an African-American middle school-aged girl and her friends racial slurs, including the n-word. But that wasn't where it ended. [Read More]

"N-Word" Firing Shows That Zero Tolerance Means Zero Common Sense

8:00 AM Forbes - Evan Gerstmann

An African American school guard was fired for telling a student not to call him the n-word. Although the school re-hired him after facing a... [Read More]

Nonprofit Holds Community Drive To Help Children In Foster & Adoptive Care

7:32 AM KWTV CBS Oklahoma City

A local nonprofit is asking for the communities help getting hair and hygiene products for African American children in foster and adoptive care. [Read More]

130 artworks at the Atheneum tell the truth about the Black American experience. Here are 8 of them.

6:01 AM WTIC FOX Hartford - Susan Dunne

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art's exhibit "Afrocosmologies" explores uniquely African-American traditions in modern and contemporary art. [Read More]

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