DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Free Press says sports columnist Drew Sharp has died. He was 56. In this May 19, 2015, Detroit Free Press columnist Drew Sharp poses at Comerica Park in Detroit. Sharp, a longtime Detroit sports columnist, died Friday, Oct. 21 2016, at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., a Detroit suburb, […]
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Commission Rejects Move of Confederate Statue from Park
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Historical Commission is blocking a plan by Memphis city leaders to move a statue honoring a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader out of the downtown area. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2dVcIM7) that the commission denied an application to waive criteria for the statue’s removal under […]
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DA: Racist Graffiti on Virginia Historic Black School No Hate Crime
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office says five teenagers have been charged with spray-painting racist graffiti on a 19th century schoolhouse that once served Black children in northern Virginia. The former Ashburn Colored School in Northern, Virginia was spray painted with racist graffiti. Several teenagers have been charged with felony destruction of […]
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50 Years Later, Black Panthers Look Back at Party’s Founding
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Black Panthers emerged from this gritty Northern California city 50 years ago, declaring to a nation in turmoil a new party dedicated to defending African-Americans against police brutality and protecting the right of a downtrodden people to determine their own future. FILE – In this Aug. 13, 1971 file photo, […]
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DOJ Launches Campaign to Help Children Exposed to Violence
The White House and the Department of Justice recently launched a campaign to help lessen the impact of violence on the nation’s youth. The Changing Minds campaign is being used to generate awareness that will educate and inspire the public to address children’s exposure to violence. It is a collaboration led by DOJ’s Office of […]
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End of an Era: The Obama’s Last State Dinner
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama prepare to greet Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife Agnese Landini, for the final State Dinner of the Obama presidency on Oct. 18. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Obama Recognizes Snubbed 1936 Black Olympic Athletes
Jesse “the Buckeye Bullet” Owens was the poster child of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. He was not alone, however, in defying the Aryan superiority complex that plagued Adolph Hitler and likeminded Whites—17 other African-American athletes combined to win a quarter of the medals won by the U.S. team. Their courageous achievements, however, […]
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Barbara Marshall, Football Star’s Mother, Speaks Out
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month, a single mother of two told her story of domestic violence and her work with helping abuse victims. Barbara Marshall, born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, is retired and recently relocated to Colorado to do volunteer work to help domestic violence victims. Barbara Marshall, mother of Brandon […]
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Hitler Won’t Shake Hands Intentional Discourtesy Is Shown Owens, Johnson
August 8, 1936 Adolf Hitler, German dictator, showed the white flag of Nordic prejudice Monday when he declined to welcome and shake hands with Cornelius Johnson, first American to win a championship at the Olympic Games. The Nazi leader greeted Hilda Fleisher of Germany, winner of the women’s javelin throw, in his private box, shook […]
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Effort to Mobilize Black Female Vote is Underway
Black women are poised to make the difference in who wins the Nov. 8 general election and African-American female leaders want to make sure that turnout is high among them. On Oct. 14, the Black Women’s Roundtable Public Policy Network held a teleconference with the media on getting Black women to vote in the general election. […]
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The Youngstown Story: From Renaissance to Ruin
Part of a series of articles and commentaries describing the impact the change in the manufacturing industry has had on the Black Community in major American cities Most American consumers are familiar with Black Friday—the day after Thanksgiving when bargain hunters go on a retail blitz that officially kicks off Christmas holiday shopping. But in my […]
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Ohio Dad of 2-Yr. Old Girl Who Was Starved, Beaten Gets Death Sentence
CINCINNATI (AP) — The father of a 2-year-old girl who was starved and badly beaten before she died was sentenced to death Monday for aggravated murder. Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Shanahan followed the jury’s recommendation that 34-year-old Glen Bates should be executed for the death of his daughter Glenara. Glen Bates is […]