Haley Taylor Schlitz, 16-Year-Old Girl from Texas Accepted Into 9 Law Schools
Haley Taylor Schlitz, a 16-year-old college senior at Texas Women’s University, has been accepted into nine law schools. Schlitz appeared on "Go... Read More...
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Tarana Burke Announces ‘Me Too’ HBCU Tour For Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April
Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, has announced a five-stop HBCU tour during of April which is designated as sexual awareness month. Burke ... Read More...
Congressional Black Caucus Supports NABJ Campaign For Diversity At CNN
The National Association of Black Journalists announced
Tuesday that the Congressional Black Caucus was joining their efforts to bring
diversity to CNN. Ear... Read More...
Joe Biden Considering Stacey Abrams as VP Running Mate in 2020
Axios reported
Thursday that advisers to former Vice President Joe Biden are considering a 2020
presidential bid with a pledge that Stacey Abrams would be his ... Read More...
San Francisco To Pay $13.1 Million Settlement To Jamal Trulove, Man Framed By Police For Murder
Jamal Trulove will receive a $13.1 million settlement as a result of being framed by police for a murder he did not commit. NPR reported that San Franc... Read More...
Slave’s Descendant Sues Harvard Over Photo Of Her Great-Great-Great Grandfather Renty
Tamara Lanier sued Harvard University Wednesday to gain ownership of photographs of her enslaved family members that the school has financially profited from f... Read More...
Patricia Okoumou, Statue of Liberty Climber, Won’t Go To Jail for July 4 Protest
Patricia
Okoumou,
a
naturalized Congolese immigrant from Staten Island,
will
not be going to jail for climbing the Statue of Liberty last Fourth
of July in pro... Read More...
Florida Republicans Pass Amendment That Adds Restrictions to Felon Voting Rights
Florida Republicans passed a bill Tuesday that would require that court fines, fees and other “financial obligations” such as civil court judgments must be pai... Read More...
Mozambique’s President Says Cyclone Idai Death Toll May Be 1,000
Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi said Monday that more than 1,000 may have by killed by Cyclone Idai. Nyusi spoke to state Radio Mozambique about the na... Read More...
Mother Charged In Murder of Trinity Love Jones
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department arrested Taquesta Graham Monday for the murder of her 9-year-old daughter, Trinity Love Jones. The 28-year-old i... Read More...
Homeless 8-Year-Old Nigerian Boy Wins New York Chess State Championship
Tanitoluwa Adewumi, a Nigerian refugee, won
the New York state chess champion. The New York Times reported that the 8-year-old placed first in the New York ... Read More...
Tyler Perry Pays For Funeral of Tynesha Evans, Woman Killed In Bank Shooting
Tyler Perry is paying for the funeral of a woman who was
recently killed and the cost of living and tuition for the children she left
behind. WSB-TV of Atla... Read More...
Michael Jackson Items Removed by Indianapolis Children’s Museum and Louis Vuitton
Many brands and companies have distanced themselves from Michael Jackson amid renewed allegations that he sexually abused children following the HBO documentar... Read More...
Scholarship Created In Honor of Slain Dr. Tamara O’Neal Killed in Mercy Hospital Shooting
A scholarship has been created in the memory of Dr. Tamara O’Neal who was killed in the Mercy Hospital shooting last November. The Chicago Sun-Times reporte... Read More...
