Legendary basketball player Allen Iverson received the Game Changer Award at the 2015 BET Players Awards. The award was presented to him by NBA star Chris Paul and Hip-Hop icon Lil’ Wayne. Iverson received the award for brin...
Caribbean 360 is reporting that United States officials have submitted a formal request to extradite Austin ‘Jack’ Warner, a former Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) executive who is accused of r...
Yvonne Wenger of the Baltimore Sun is reporting Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has fired police commissioner Anthony W. Batts due to the surge in violence in Charm City. Wenger reports: “We cannot grow Baltimore wi...
ABC News is reporting that pioneering educator and activist Marva Collins has died. Collins started West Side Preparatory School in Chicago’s Garfield Park neighborhood in 1975. She also founded a style of education that cam...
The New York Times is reporting that ballet star Albert Evans has died. Evans, a former New York City Ballet principal dancer and one of the most prominent African-Americans in classical dance, passed away Monday night at Mt. Sina...
They did it for Aiyana Stanley-Jones, a seven-year-old black Detroit girl whose life ended when a SWAT officer allegedly barged through the door of her family’s home during a raid and shot her in the head. The SWAT officer had all...
Ben Ratliff of the New York Times is reporting jazz pioneer and innovator Ornette Coleman has died. Coleman, an alto saxophonist and composer who was one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz, died...
McKinney, TX police officer Eric Casebolt has been placed on administrative leave after a video of the officer assaulting teenagers at a pool party, including slamming a a 15-year-old girl to the ground wearing a bikini, went vira...
Foodies and libations connoisseurs are gathering this weekend for the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival (AF&WF). Now in its fifth year, the mouth-watering extravaganza is chock full of savory dishes, yummy treats and refreshing...
Atlanta Jazz Festival is returning for its 38th year this coming Memorial Day Weekend. Held outdoors in midtown’s Piedmont Park, the three-day extravaganza will feature a variety of performers spanning the globe that promise to st...
