© Provided by News18 Black Teenager Makhia Bryant Shot Dead by US Police in Ohio, Less Than an Hour Before Derek Chauvin’s Conviction By News18 Police in the US state of Ohio fatally shot a Black teenager who appeared to be lunging at another person with a knife, less than an […]
A Black Woman Is Hosting The Academy Of Country Music Awards For The First Time
By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Country music singer Mickey Guyton will make history Sunday when she hosts the Academy of Country Music Awards with Keith Urban. The 37-year-old singer from Arlington, Texas, will be the first Black woman to host the awards ceremony.And this isn’t Guyton’s first time making history in the […]
Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death
By AMY FORLITI, STEPHEN GROVES, TAMMY WEBBER and STEVE KARNOWSKI People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn…. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was […]
Mompreneur and Her 7-Year Old Son Launch Black Heroes Coloring Book Series
Nationwide — Quinn Cummings and her 7-year old son, Aidyn, have together launched a new Black hero coloring book series via their publishing company Aidyn’s Books LLC.At a time where families have had the opportunity to be together more in the last two years, routines and structure have saved many households from […]
Adam Toledo: Chicago police release video of officer shooting boy
By BBC News Photo by todd kent on Unsplash Chicago police have released graphic footage of an officer shooting dead a 13-year-old boy in a dark alley. Bodycam video shows the policeman shouting “drop it” before shooting Adam Toledo once in the chest on 29 March. The boy does not […]
‘He Must Have Been Scared’: Witness Accounts Clash with Those of Police In Slaying of Metro Atlanta Black Man at His Home, Family Demands Bodycam Video Be Released
Matthew Williams (Credit: Family photo) By Matt Bruce A Georgia family finds itself in crisis, questioning why one of their loved ones was gunned down by police inside his home Monday, April 12. DeKalb County police officers shot and killed Matthew Zadok Williams, a 35-year-old Black man, during a confrontation at […]
House Panel Advances Bill On Slavery Reparations
NEARLY 30 YEARS AFTER IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED, THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE APPROVED H.R. 40 BY A VOTE OF 25-17. BY D’SHONDA BROWN On Wednesday, April 14, the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 40 by a vote of 25-17, as reported by CNN, which will create a commission to study reparations for direct descendants of […]
Hulu to produce, release ’1619 Project’ documentary series
by Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hulu will produce a documentary series based on “ The 1619 Project,” stories in The New York Times that examined the legacy of slavery in America dating from the arrival of the first slave ship from Africa. Roger Ross Williams, an Academy Award-winning director for his […]
Black Army Officer Pepper-Sprayed in Traffic Stop Accuses Officers of Assault
Second Lt. Caron Nazario was in uniform when two Windsor, Va., police officers ordered him to stop his car, pointed their weapons at him and doused him with pepper spray. By Mike Ives and Maria Cramer © Provided by NBC News on MSN UPDATEThe officer who pepper-sprayed a Black Army medic has been […]
TRIGGER WARNING: MINNESOTA POLICE OFFICER KIM POTTER, POLICE CHIEF TIM GANNON RESIGN FOLLOWING FATAL SHOOTING OF DAUNTE WRIGHT
by Derek Major The police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a Black man in Minnesota, during a traffic stop last weekend, which her police chief says was accidental, has resigned. Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter handed in her resignation in a short letter to Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliot […]