Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU)’s Board of Trustees has voted to renew the contract of President Edison O. Jackson until 2018. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that at the late-October meeting, the […]
Category: Afro Briefs
Police: Chicago’s 9-Yr.-Old Tyshawn Lee ‘Lured’ into Alley and Shot
A reward sign hangs near where Tyshawn Lee was fatally shot in Chicago. Lee, 9, was shot Monday in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford) CHICAGO (AP) — A […]
Reward growing in hunt for killer of 9-year-old Chicago boy
Tyshawn Lee was killed in Chicago by a person or persons unknown. Police are seeking answers. (Courtesy photo) A reward offer is growing for information leading to the capture of […]
Police Violence & The Legal System—How Black & White Millennial Treatment Beliefs Differ
In this Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, file photo, protesters march to mark the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown being shot and killed by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. Years before […]
Former US Rep. Gus Savage of Chicago Dies at Age 90
In this March 30, 1990 file photo, Rep. Gus Savage, D-Ill., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Savage, a civil rights activist and journalist who represented […]
Woman Arrested for Posing as Nurse at Bobbi Kristina Brown Hospice
This photo provided by the Wake County (N.C.) Jail shows Taiwo Sobamowo. Police say Sobamowo, in charge of Bobbi Kristina Brown’s care at the hospice where she died, was impersonating […]
S.C. Students Rally Behind Officer who Flipped Student from Desk
Screenshot from students protest via Twitter) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group of South Carolina high school students has staged a brief, peaceful walkout in support of a sheriff’s deputy […]
Va. State Univ. President Hammond to Step Down
Twelve months after making history as Virginia State University (VSU)’s first female president, Pamela V. Hammond has announced she will step down as the institution’s interim chief administrator. Hammond began […]
New Crowdfunding Approval May Boost Minority Business
For years, minority owned businesses have helped support the American economy, but many have a hard time receiving funding. Among them, African American-owned businesses receive the lowest share of funding […]
Hampton University Professor Crowned Miss Virginia USA 2016
Desiree Williams is the new Miss Virginia USA 2016. Hampton University is buzzing with excitement after learning that one of their own will compete in the upcoming Miss USA pageant. […]
Black Man Arrested in String of St. Louis Church Fires
35 year-old David Lopez Jackson (shown in photo insert) has been charged with arson following fires at two predominantly African-American churches in St. Louis. The background photo shown is of […]
Sheriff: White School Officer Fired after Tossing Black Student in Class
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A deputy was fired Wednesday after video showed him flipping a teen backward out of her desk and tossing her across a classroom, with the sheriff […]