Rochester, New York, Mayor Lovely Warren on Monday fired Police Chief La’Ron Singletary and suspended two city officials over the handling of the asphyxiation death of Daniel Prude in police custody, as she called for a federal review of the case.
The Army has promoted an African American woman chaplain to the rank of colonel for the first time.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul’s dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded respect. When the former playwright suited up as Black Panther, he brought cool […]
A veteran firefighter in Detroit was found dead on Saturday after he dived into a river to save three young girls from drowning, authorities said.
Firebrand North Carolina Bishop Patrick Wooden Sr., of the conservative Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, slammed newly minted Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris as “ain’t good for black folk” in a politically charged sermon Sunday.
Netflix is looking to celebrate Black voices and authors with a new live-action preschool series.
The president of the Young Democrats of Maryland was found dead in Washington, D.C., more than a week after he went missing in Maryland. Prince George’s County police announced the death of Joseph Kitchen on Sunday night, a day after the department asked for the public’s […]
A California couple who were married for 35 years both died of coronavirus complications just 11 days apart from one another, according to local reports.
Lauren Stevens still remembers the confusion she felt at a childhood birthday party when her frustrated mother took away the new Barbies she’d received as presents from classmates.
Laticia James lost her husband to Covid-19. Moments after his funeral, she joined CNN’s Brooke Baldwin to honor his memory.
The family of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died last year after police officers in Aurora, Colorado, put him in a chokehold and then injected him with ketamine while he was handcuffed, filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday alleging that the officers violated his civil rights.
The Shaka King-directed film is being produced by Ryan Coogler and also stars Lakeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith, Dominique Fishback and Martin Sheen.
