Dov Hikind‘s apology for donning blackface at a party in his Brooklyn home is falling on deaf ears, as Black leaders are calling for the…

Editor in Chief of JET Magazine, Mitzi Miller  (pictured left), apologized today for her off-the-cuff Facebook remarks about singer Fantasia’s (pictured right) struggle with illiteracy,…

CHARDON, Ohio – Eighteen-year-old TJ Lane has pleaded guilty to killing three high school students and injuring three more during a shooting rampage Feb. 27,…

Today marks the one year anniversary of the Trayvon Martin shooting, the incident that sparked an international conversation about race, gun control and law enforcement.…

Cleotha ”Cleedi” Staples (pictured), the eldest member of the famed soul/gospel group, The Staple Singers, passed away on Feb. 21 of causes related to Alzheimer’s disease. The…

The Census Bureau finally gets rid of a word that was more suited for the 1960's: negro.

A Flint, Michigan hospital accused of honoring a racist man’s request that Black nurses not care for his newborn said Friday that the “situation … was trigged by conduct which is not consistent with Hurley’s policies.”

via WOIO Admitted Chardon shooter TJ Lane changed his plea to guilty during a hearing this morning. Lane entered a guilty plea to all six counts – three counts of aggravated murder and three counts of attempted murder all with firearms specifications. Lane had previously pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Lane cannot be sentenced to […]

A New York assemblyman who at first defended his decision to sport blackface, an Afro wig and a basketball jersey to a costume party apologized Monday, saying he didn’t mean to hurt anyone.

The North Chicago Police Department is being criticized for a brochure that was littered with African-American stereotypes of images many found disturbing, reports the U.K. Daily Mail. SEE ALSO:…

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The man accused of killing Atlanta-based rapper Slim Dunkin will spend the next 25 years of his life in prison, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Watch…