Posts in category Black News

First, it was voting while black. Then, it was driving while black. Now, it’s being at home while black. What’s next? Breathing while black??

BOSTON  – Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped disorderly-conduct charges against prominent African-American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. after he was arrested on Thursday while trying to …

PARIS, Texas (AP) _ A day after murder charges were dropped in the racially charged dragging death of a black man in east Texas, both …

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) _ Leaders of historically black colleges say they’ll fight a reduction in a federal program they call a financial lifeline at …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — They’re no longer the only option for African-American students, but the country’s historically black colleges and universities brag that they provide …

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama should specifically address disparities in black unemployment, foreclosures, education and health care, the National Urban League says in …

NEW YORK – The National Urban League is urging President Barack Obama to specifically address disparities in black unemployment, foreclosures, education and health care, according …

NEW YORK (AP) _ The head of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization on Saturday urged readers to boycott the New York Post, calling a …

WASHINGTON _ Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele on Friday became the first black person to head the Republican National Committee, according to news reports.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and forever changed the course of American history.  On Tuesday, President Barack Obama …