Yes, Jamie Foxx is known as an award-winning actor and a singer, but his origins as a comedian come through in his impersonations, from President Obama, to Prince to his recent one of Richard Sherman. But Saturday in the Carol City area of Miami Gardens, FL, where NewsOne was on the scene, the particular impersonation […]

The current reigning champ of political stunts, shows, and spectacle Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX, pictured) continues to illustrate the need for four letter words, after arguing that Black people actually benefit from Stand Your Ground laws during a Senate hearing on the controversial legislation and other public safety measures. RELATED: Trayvon Martin Shooting Reenacted In […]

There will always be questions surrounding the effectiveness of marches, peaceful demonstrations and commemorative gatherings in the name of social justice. Those who find the practices meaningless, or as Kevin Powell put it, “useless,” have the right to hold those positions. This past weekend’s “Realize The Dream” march in the Nation’s Capital was at least […]

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The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence has released a bone-chilling digital PSA reenacting the night that 17-year-old Travyon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman in efforts to bring an end to racist and controversial ‘Stand-Your-Ground’ laws. Using painful details from the case, including actual audio from the 911 calls during which Trayvon Martin can be […]

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Sybrina Fulton, mother of slain Miami teenager Trayvon Martin, heavily critiqued New York’s controversial Stop-and-Frisk laws in a Sunday appearance on Meet the Press. Trayvon was 17-years-old on the night of February 26, 2012 when he was gunned down by former neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, who said that the Black teen looked “suspicious” walking in […]

Following Sybrina Fulton‘s powerful and emotional plea Friday to the National Urban League, conservative Black token du jour, Crystal Wright, who has coined the moniker, Conservative Black Chick, took to Twitter and attacked the grieving mother as being opportunistic and dishonest. Wright cruelly accused Fulton of “manufacturing a race war” and suggests that she “move […]

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Trayvon Martin‘s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, reacted Thursday night to a juror in George Zimmerman’s murder trial admitting in an ABC interview that she believes the former neighborhood watch captain “got away with murder.” As previously reported by NewsOne, juror B29 — or Maddy — claims that she felt pressured to find Zimmerman […]

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The Rev Al. Sharpton’s National Action Network held a series of “Justice For Trayvon”  peace rallies across 100 American cities Saturday afternoon, with Sharpton hosting the N.Y.C. rally at One Police Plaza with Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin’s mother. RELATED: President Obama Weighs In On Trayvon Martin Killing “Around the country today, we called for a […]

UPDATE — 7/14/13: Jahvaris Fulton, brother of Trayvon Martin, responded to Zimmerman ‘not guilty’ verdict via Twitter: ————————————————————————————————————– Six women found George Zimmerman, 29, “not guilty” on all charges for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and the slain teen’s parents have spoken out about the verdict: “God blessed Me & Sybrina with Tray […]

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The parents of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin have settled a wrongful-death claim with the homeowners association of the Sanford gated community where their son was gunned down by neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012, reports the Chicago Tribune. According to numerous reports, the settlement is believed to be more than $1,000,000, but […]

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Sybrina Fulton has been all over the United States fighting for justice for 17-year-old son Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, 28, on February 26. Taking “funeral leave, four weeks of accumulated sick leave and 60 hours of vacation” from her job with the Miami-Dade County Housing Authority where she’s worked […]

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I haven’t spoken with Rev. Al Sharpton in a few months.  But if we were still speaking and he were to ask me what to do with the mother of Trayvon Martin, my answer would be very simple: Get her off the stage right now. SEE MORE: NAACP reacts to second degree murder charge of […]