WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Friday he’s dispatching roughly 100 U.S. troops to central Africa to help battle the Lord’s Resistance Army, which the administration accuses of a campaign of murder, rape and kidnapping children that spans two decades.
This week has been a busy one with Occupy Wall Street Protests and prowling Presidential hopefuls. Here are the top Tweets this week from notable Black politicians, entrepreneurs, celebrities, etc. Did Twitter Erase Troy Davis As A Trending Topic Rihanna And Ciara Beef On Twitter
A football coach in Chicago has been arrested for arranging the beating of a student. Cassius Chambers of Fenger High School has turned himself in to police and been charged with simple assault. The charges were brought forth after Chambers allegedly helped over 20 football players come to the home of 16-year old Darion Jones, […]
A 9-year-old girl’s wheelchair was stolen from a Georgia family’s van last weekend, and the family is asking their community to return it. Aysia Clements requires a wheelchair because of her medical condition, cerebral palsy. Without her custom made wheelchair, Aysia Clements is homebound and unable to attend school. Read more at theGrio.com RELATED: […]
LIVERPOOL, England — LeBron James took his talents to Liverpool on Friday – and finally got his hands on a championship trophy.
According to financial documents obtained by the Associated Press, the builders of the new Martin Luther King Jr., memorial in Washington D.C., had to pay $761,160 for the right to use King’s words and images to the family. So this begs the question: “Did the King family commit extortion?” The money went to Intellectual Properties […]
Rain or shine, thousands will be converging on Washington, D.C., our nation’s capital, for festivities and marches marking the dedication of the first memorial on our National Mall to an African-American: Martin Luther King, Jr. Click or print the map below for details! Check out more of our MLK Memorial coverage here: Top 5 MLK […]
Martin Luther King isn’t the first African American to be immortalized with his own monument. There are several memorials across the country paying tribute to African American leaders, artists, and academics. Check out our list of the Top 10 monuments to African Americans. We positioned them in the order we think Is there anyone you […]
Rapper Rick Ross lost consciousness after boarding a plane in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, today, and is being administered CPR from paramedics, according to TMZ.com. EMT workers are attempting to resuscitate the rapper, as his entourage standby and watch. UPDATE: Rick Ross exited the airplane in a wheelchair, and is now conscious. Celebrities contact Rick Ross […]
Open your eyes: this is the revolution. Yesterday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives spent an entire legislative session debating a hollow abortion bill.
The latest NBC/WSJ poll is reporting that former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain is the top choice for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. According to the poll, Cain leads the field with 27 percent support of the those polled. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney came in second with 23 percent of the vote. While Texas governor […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maya Angelou is the latest prominent Black figure to voice reservations with the newly erected Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington D.C. Angelou, who consulted on the project, has an issue with a quote on the wall by the Tidal Basin of the memorial that reads: “I was a drum major for […]
