Georgia Teen Montré Merritt Files $12.5M Lawsuit for Police Brutality
News One is reporting that Georgia teen Montré Merritt has filed a $12.5 million lawsuit alleging police brutality and excessive force over a seatbelt violation....
Haiti: President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated at Home
Reports are swirling Haiti's President was assassinated at his home early this morning. According to acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph, at approximately 1 a.m.,...
Juneteenth: NMAAM and Nearest Green Distillery Host Grand Openings
Nashville (TBW) - Like many cities in the United States, Black excellence was on full display Juneteenth weekend in Nashville, TN. Twenty-two years in...
Jacob Zuma: Former South African President Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison
A South African court has ordered the arrest of former South African President Jacob Zuma on obstruction charges. Zuma refused an order to appear...
Breaking: Open Letter to Hannah Jones Written Under Pseudonym
The open letter to recently appointed Howard University (HU) Knight Chair Professor Nikole Hannah Jones is making noise again as it is being reported...
A Kofi Awoonor Poem: ‘We Have Found a New Land’
We Have Found a New Land by Kofi Awoonor
The smart professionals in three piece
Sweating away their humanity in dribblets
And wiping the blood...
Kendrick Johnson’s Body Exhumed for Second Autopsy
WTXL-TV in Tallahassee is reporting that the body of Kendrick Johnson, the 17-year-old high school student whose body was found rolled up in a...
Oscar Pistorius Found Guilty of Culpable Homicide
Celebrated athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013. Culpable...
Ghana: Former President Jerry ‘J.J.’ Rawlings Dies
BBC is reporting Ghana's former president Jerry "J.J. Rawlings has died after a brief illness at a hospital in Accra. Rumors are swirling that...
Carnival and Jouvert: A Repository of Spirit, Community and Culture
It was a beautiful crisp day. A perfect sky absent of clouds and filled to the brim with the deepest blues. It hung so...
