The history of Officer John Milledge should be retold
I have never been able to shake the image of John Milledge standing proudly in his police uniform of starched white shirt and bowtie with …
Posts in category Black News
The CBC is gaming the nation’s African-American vote
It is the preverbal chicken or the egg debate where religion and politics are assessed: which is preeminent in persuading, containing and thereby controlling …
The conversation about being black in America has gone south
The conversation has gone south. Way south. Notably, to South Carolina and New Orleans. In South Carolina, the focus is on the black vote. And …
Man who walked miles to work settles into new life
TROY, Mich. – About a year after his story was first reported, a Detroit-area man who said he walked 21 miles a day to and …
N. Florida hospital cited for failing to properly examine woman who died
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The hospital where a black woman died after she was forcibly removed from the emergency room by a white police officer was …
DOJ, Miami police near settlement in federal civil rights investigation
MIAMI – The U.S. Justice Department and city of Miami are close to a settlement in a civil rights case stemming from questionable police shootings …
President Clinton stumps for Hillary
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. – Former President Bill Clinton got rock star applause as he entered the room Monday at the Port of Palm Beach in …
Scalia’s death means loss of key vote in divided cases
WASHINGTON – Justice Antonin Scalia’s death deprives conservatives of a key vote that could change the outcome in some major Supreme Court cases, including one …
Obama will nominate Scalia successor ‘in due time’
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama declared Saturday night he would seek to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin …
Film and panelists promote wealth-building in black community
Staff Report A new movie is attempting to awaken the black community to its reported buying power of $1.3 trillion by 2017 (Nielsen). It’s no …