Joseph Mann's family wants justice after the Sacramento, Calif., Police Department released videos showing exactly…
It is a trying time to be black in America.
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s apparent president for life and serial human rights abuser, spoke at a place known for…
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department announced Thursday that it will show body-camera video to Keith Lamont…
Jimmy Warren was arrested Dec. 18, 2011, in Roxbury, Mass., after being approached by police who thought that he met…
On Sept. 14, the Library of Congress made history as Carla Hayden became the first black—and first female—librarian…
The season 2 Empire finale was an episode packed with surprises. We learned that Lucious isn’t the devil’s spawn.…
A 21-year-old Essex, Md., man who was hospitalized after a fight with Baltimore County Police has died.
A group of University of North Dakota students took to Snapchat to post images of themselves after reportedly…
A former St. Louis police officer is facing first-degree murder charges in the 2011 fatal shooting of a driver…
Joyce J. Scott was an artist in utero. She will tell you that while she was safely inside the womb, her mother, an…
At their weekly Wednesday meeting, members of the Congressional Black Caucus discussed the problem of police…
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At the International Bar Association's 2016 Annual Conference on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch…
The woman accusing Derrick Rose of rape will have to reveal her name during an upcoming civil trial, a Los Angeles…
Marshawn Lynch is a man of few words, but when he does say something, it's usually powerful.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick will give $100,000 a month to 10 organizations over the next 10…
Long before Hollywood entertained modern-day diversity or inclusion conversations, Urbanworld, founded by onetime…
When I typically think of black Republicans, I put them in a basket of deplorables alongside Beyoncé haters…
There will be no criminal charges filed against any of the officers who were involved in the fatal shooting of…