Latter-day rap disrespect of civil rights icons raises concerns
Malcolm X and rap music have always fit together like a needle in the groove, connected by struggle, strength and defiance. But three recent episodes …
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Self-defense key to hung jury
JACKSONVILLE — Jurors in the trial of a white man charged with first- degree murder for shooting a 17-year-old black male in a dispute over …
Use of Malcolm X photo causes outrage
NEW YORK (AP) — Nicki Minaj has apologized for using a famous photo of Malcolm X with a rifle in his hands and juxtaposing it …
Rival Chicago groups clash over Obama library bid
CHICAGO (AP) – Barack Obama’s journey from community organizer to lawmaker to president was also a journey through several different Chicagos, from the city’s isolated …
Artis tapped as FMU first female president
MIAMI GARDENS — Roslyn Clark Artis, who has served for six months as interim president of Florida Memorial University, was given the job permanently, according …
Challenges remain for equal access to education
Five decades and $1 billion after an infamous racial episode made Little Rock, Ark., a national symbol of school segregation, the legal fight to ensure …
Study reveals nearly half of black men arrested by age 23
NEW YORK — Nearly 50 percent of black men and 40 percent of white men are arrested at least once on non-traffic-related crimes by the …
Activist poet-playwright Amiri Baraka dies at 79
NEW YORK – Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and …
DETROIT (AP) – Harold Varner, an architect on the design team for Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum
DETROIT (AP) – Harold Varner, an architect on the design team for Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, has died at age …
Black girls being wrongly criminalized
Nationwide, African-American girls continue to be disproportionately over-represented among girls in confinement and court-ordered residential placements.