Ivy Taylor: San Antonio Elects First Black Mayor
Nigel Roberts of The Root is reporting the city of San Antonio, TX has elected Ivy Taylor as its first African...
African Canadian Community Fights to Save Co-op Housing
Lincoln Depradine of Pride News Magazine is reporting that Trinidad-born activist Nicole Waldron is campaigning to save Co-Op Housing in Canada.
Waldron, is a part of...
Nigerians Await Presidential Election Results
BBC Africa is reporting that Nigeria's election body expects to announce the first results of Saturday's hotly contested presidential poll on...
Barbados to Become a Republic? Farewell to the Queen
Caribbean 360 is reporting that Barbados' Prime Minister Fruendel Stuart has announced that Barbados will be moving towards a Republican form...
Jamaica: President Obama to Meet With Caribbean Leaders
Caribbean 360 is reporting that Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has announced that United States president Barack Obama will meet...
Bloody Sunday: President Obama Delivers Rousing Speech
United States President Barack Obama spoke today in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. to commemorate the anniversary...
Edward Brooke: First Elected Black U.S. Senator Dies
NBC News is reporting that Edward Brooke, the first African-American in U.S. history to win popular election to the Senate, died...
VIDEO: Brawl Breaks Out in Parliament Over Passage of Kenya’s Anti-Terrorism Law
New anti-terrorism law requires journalists to get approval from police before publishing or broadcasting stories, imposes anti-stripping sentence and says terrorist...
Illinois Legislation Would Make Recording Police a Felony
The Grio is reporting that the Illinois House Senate has passed legislation that would make it a crime to record any...
George Stinney Jr. Exonerated: 14-Year-Old Executed for Crime is Cleared
NBC News is reporting that 70 years after South Carolina executed a 14-year-old boy so small he sat on a phone...
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