Kenneth Chamberlain was shot and killed by police after being zapped with a stun gun during a conflict in his White Plains, New York, apartment last November. SEE ALSO: Did The KKK Assassinate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The police claimed that they acted in self-defense after the 68-year-old former Marine and corrections officer came […]
Just as the Civil Rights Movement was beginning to reach new heights, one of its most-prominent leaders and vocal proponents was gunned down in a heinous assassination. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was slain by a gunshot as he stood outside a Memphis hotel on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. Central time. The details […]
Greedy! Greedy! Greedy! More than likely, that’s what a number of McDonald’s workers in Maryland are saying about their now former co-worker, Mirlande Wilson (pictured), who says she doesn’t owe them a single cent of her Mega Millions winnings — with a lot of expletives I’m sure. SEE ALSO: The Gated-Community Mentality Wilson was one […]
NEW ORLEANS — A case that became the centerpiece of the Justice Department’s push to clean up the troubled New Orleans Police Department was expected to close a chapter Wednesday with a federal judge sentencing five former police officers for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a bridge in the chaotic days […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court judge on Tuesday seemed to take offense to comments President Barack Obama made earlier this week in which he warned that if the Supreme Court overturned his signature health care overhaul it would amount to overreach by an “unelected” court. SEE ALSO: What Black Movies Can Do Better […]
Information from a study released on Monday revealed that Blacks are more likely to dip into their 401k plans before they actually retire. The withdrawals were based on hardship situations according to Aon Hewitt, the human resources division of Aon Corp., and Ariel Education Initiative, a nonprofit affiliate of Chicago-based Ariel Investments, LLC. SEE ALSO: California […]
