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Yale University said it would continue to name a residential college after John C. Calhoun, a 19th century slavery defender. University officials decided, however, to stop addressing residential faculty as masters.
Prince helped to launch a technology initiative to teach coding to Black youths. An emotional Van Jones said Prince worked generously behind the scenes to uplift African-American youths.
A 16-year-old victim of sexual assault by her assistant principal may have helped police to uncover other students that had a similar relationship with the administrator based on intimidation and an abuse of power.
Plus, 107-year-old woman who danced with POTUS, finally gets her ID, "Daughters of The Dust" to be restored and screened in theaters this fall, and more news.
The Black Lives Matter activist came in 6th, while State Sen. Catherine E. Pugh came in first with 37 percent of the city's support.
Thankfully, the teen's wounds are non-threatening, but his mother has been taken in for questioning for "knowing" her son left the house with a fake weapon.
A surge of passport applications and renewals has increased wait times extending to 2018 for processing applications over the coming months.
A federal judge ruled to keep a controversial North Carolina voter ID law in place, despite outcry from civil rights activists and residents who claim it has a negative impact on people of color. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder decided to dismiss lawsuits filed against state election laws. Judge Schroeder said there isn’t any substantial […]
Virginia McLaurin, the 107-year-old woman whose dance with the Obamas went viral, has finally received a photo ID card. On Tuesday, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser passed a new law that would make it easier for individuals over 70 to obtain an ID, the Houston Chronicle reports. After Virginia McLaurin became an internet sensation, […]
Amongst the nearly 500 players in the recent 13th Annual KCF All-Girls National Championships, the University Prep Science & Math team earned first place in the “Under 14” category".
Prince‘s longtime lawyer, L. Londell McMillen, vehemently denied rumors that the artist was a drug abuser, arguing that he led a clean and healthy lifestyle, reports The Associated Press: McMillan told the news outlet in a phone interview Monday night that he “spoke to Prince the Sunday before he died, after it was reported that […]
A Texas death row inmate has battled to get an appeal of his sentence over an expert witness who said Black people are dangerous. His problem is that his own lawyer retained the expert.
