Alabama May Consider Wiping the Arrest Records Clean for Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa ParksAlabama officials are considering a bid to clear arrest records of civil rights icons Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedNovember 2, 2021
Jay-Z, Tina Turner, LL Cool J and More Inducted Into the Rock & Roll Hall of FameThe ceremony, which took place on Saturday, is set to air on HBO and HBOMax Nov. 20.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedNovember 1, 2021
Donald Glover Dropped the Link to an Ominous Atlanta Season 3 Trailer to End Spooky SeasonIt’s after the end of the world. Don’t you know that yet?ByRachel PilgrimPublishedNovember 1, 2021
Ain’t Nothing Funny: Nassau County School District Says Video of White Students Using the N-Word, Wearing White Hood Was Meant to Be a ‘Joke’The school district says they did not discipline the students because the video was taken during the summer, before…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 29, 2021
Head of Prep School Who Uninvited Nikole Hannah-Jones Is Taking a Leave of AbsenceDavid Beare and the board of trustees say disinviting Hannah-Jones from the Massachusetts prep school was a…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 29, 2021
Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight Donates $1.34 Million to Cancel Medical DebtThe donation will help eliminate the medical debt of 108,000 people across the South who owe more than $210 million…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 29, 2021
U.S. Marshal and Georgia Officer Indicted in Shooting Death of Jamarion RobinsonIn 2016, Robinson died with 76 bullet wounds. Now five years later, U.S. Marshal Eric Heinze and Officer Kristopher…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 28, 2021
Civil War Era Law Used by Slave Catchers and Lynch Mobs to Be Used by the Three Men in Ahmaud Arbery TrialThe 1863 citizen’s arrest law was repealed in May of this year, but the defense plans to use it anyway.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 28, 2021
Letitia James Will Announce Run for NY Governor, Sources Say: Report [Update: It's Official. She's Running]James, who is currently New York’s attorney general, is expected to announce her run in the coming days.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 28, 2021
How My Mom Used the New Peloton x Beyoncé Classes to Say She Missed MeOne weekend of classes from the Source Your Power series brought this mother-daughter duo back together for the…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 27, 2021
Man Arrested and Charged in Vandalism of George Floyd Statue in New York CityMichael Beals was charged after allegedly throwing paint onto the George Floyd Statue in Union Square Park.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 27, 2021
‘An Avid Swimmer Doesn’t Drown Himself’: Jelani Day’s Family Disagrees With Coroner’s Report That Says He DrownedDay’s mother, Carmen Bolden Day, says that her son never would have gone into those woods where his car and…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 27, 2021
Judge Decides That Prosecutors Cannot Call the People Kyle Rittenhouse Is Accused of Shooting 'Victims’Judge Bruce Schroeder also decided that Rittenhouse’s defense attorneys can call the victims 'rioters,' 'arsonists'…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 27, 2021
Black Newspaper Carrier Files Lawsuit After Confrontation With Washington SheriffPierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer is already facing charges for falsely claiming newspaper carrier Sedrick Altheimer…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 26, 2021
It’s Time to Officially Clear the Names of the ‘Groveland Four’In 1949, three young Black men and a teenager were wrongfully accused of raping a white teen girl. Now, a state…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 26, 2021
Judicial Inquiry Begins in Eric Garner Case, 7 Years After His DeathFormer NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo has already been disciplined, but some think more public officials should be…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 26, 2021
Black Panther Party Celebrates Its 55th Anniversary With Unveiling of Huey Newton BustThe bust is the first permanent piece of art to honor the Black Panther Party in Oakland, the city where the group…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 25, 2021
Statue Honoring Black Civil War Soldiers Erected Across From Confederate Monument in TennesseeThe statue is a part of an art initiative intended to tell the full story about slavery, Reconstruction and Jim Crow…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 25, 2021
Minneapolis Officer Charged in Fatal Car Crash Death of Leneal FrazierLeneal Frazier was the uncle of Darnella Frazier, the teenager who captured George Floyd’s death at the hands of…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 25, 2021
Mistrial Declared in Case of Kansas City Police Officers' Wrongful Arrest of Black TeenagerTyree Bell, who was 15 years old, spent three weeks in jail before police reviewed their dashcam footage and…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 22, 2021