Posts in category Black News

Image of a black high school student carrying a fatally wounded fellow pupil away from the gunfire of apartheid police in 1976. PHOTO COURTESY OF …

NORTHWESTERN MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAJOR BLACK PROTEST EVANSTON, Ill.(AP) – Northwestern University is celebrating the 50th anniversary of a major protest by African American …

GOOD MEDICINE: Dr. Chris Miller works with young boys at Wiley Elementary School in Greensboro, North Carolina inspiring them to become medical doctors.  PHOTO COURTESY …

CRITICAL MASS: Kanye West was criticized for saying slavery was a choice. By JOHN N. MITCHELL The Philadelphia Tribune Rapper Kanye West’s controversial comment earlier …

CHICAGO (AP) _ The Chicago Police Department is struggling to hire more black officers despite a push to diversify the agency amid controversial shootings of …

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) _ The University of Southern Mississippi will award a posthumous honorary degree to a black U.S. Army veteran who was rejected when …

 PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS By KRISTEN DE GROOT and MICHAEL R. SISAK PHILADELPHIA (AP) Only a few days after his conviction, Bill Cosby has …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS  By MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) _ Black students are suspended from school, expelled and referred to law enforcement …

This new sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas will be part of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and Legacy Museum opening this week in …

Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons By SHEILA BURKE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ The man who snatched an AR-15 rifle from a gunman at …