A novice educator returns home to Memphis. She's dedicated to teaching in a low-income Black community.
A woman lost her leg during a fight with another woman after discovering they were both in love with the same man, according to CBS 12. The incident occurred in Miami, where Kasheena Mordica and Ashley Weatherspoon both became enraged to discover they were caught up in a messy love triangle. The two began to […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve arrested a 26-year-old woman accused of performing a sex act inside a Florida courthouse and then posting a video online. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office records show Brittney Lahcell Jones was arrested Wednesday. The Florida Times-Union reports Jones and 35-year-old Jeremiah Isiah Robinson had been wanted on a charge of […]
Detroit businessman Mike Ilitch offered to pay Parks' housing for as long as necessary after a 1994 burglary.
The 59th Annual Grammy Awards aired last Sunday and the ceremony had its shares of ups and downs. Some fans are miffed that despite being up for a leading nine awards, Beyoncè only walked away with one trophy which moved her up in Grammy history nonetheless. Already the most-nominated woman in the award ceremony’s history, […]
As you may have heard, Mexican-American comedian George Lopez has been in little bit of hot water lately for throwing a woman out of his show, who objected to what has been considered – out of context – as a racially motivated joke. While social media set Lopez afire, the woman at the center of […]
A staple in the community is now looking to switch gears. When Jonathon L. Jackson walks on stage, he’s reminded of the greats that have come before him. Actors and writers like Langston Hughes, Ruby Dee and Bill Cobbs have all passed through or gotten their start at the Karamu House on East 89th Street […]
The Texas House County Affairs Committee has reportedly laid the groundwork for a new piece of legislation that would be known as the Sandra Bland Act.
On the first day of Black History Month, Donald Trump was under fire for a speech that spoke of the Black historical figure Fredrick Douglass has he was alive today. An escaped slave who was a key figure in race relations in the United States in the 1800’s, Trump said of Douglass, he “is an […]
