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As part of the continuing coverage in honor of Women’s  History Month, Black Enterprise has compiled a list of suggestions for how women can develop or reinforce their professional profile. ALSO READ: 25 Black Women You Should Know About The article also cites a Catalyst study that reports women in corporate positions are often seen […]

A postponement was announced for the case of the former bakery owner who was charged with masterminding the killing of Oakland Post editor, Chauncey Bailey. ALSO READ: Rihanna Reveals Sexual Fantasies May Be Linked To Childhood Abuse Bailey was writing an expose on the bakery’s financial problems and the Black Muslim group that operated it. […]

An Alabama woman will receive an apology by the state for its mishandling of her 1944 rape case. ALSO READ: Rihanna Reveals Sexual Fantasies May Be Linked To Childhood Abuse Almost 70 years ago, Recy Taylor (now 91-years-old) was raped by a gang of white men as she walked home from church. Two all-white and […]

FLORIDA —  Governor Rick Scott wants welfare applicants to pay for a drug test before they are made eligible for assistance. ALSO READ: Alica Keys To Direct Lifetime Movie About Cancer In addition, the Governor wants to add a rule mandating that state employees submit drug tests at least four times a year. READ MORE […]

MICHIGAN — Security was stepped up at Michigan’s Port Huron Northern High School after a “hit-list” was found scrawled on the wall of a bathroom that used racial slurs against African-Americans and threatened to injure eight students. ALSO READ: Charlie Sheen, Diddy, and Snoop Dogg to make a song? Superintendent Ronald Wollen said an increased […]

DALLAS  — Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant is facing two lawsuits seeking more than $850,000 for unpaid jewelry bills, NFL and NBA tickets and loans. ALSO READ: Chrissy Lampkin talks proposing to Jim Jones A Tarrant County man is suing Bryant for $588,500 worth of watches, earrings, bracelets, rings and other jewelry, plus $15,850 worth […]

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Sekondi Landry is a 12-year-old boy who launched a campaign to keep his neighborhood library open, making signs and collecting signatures in protest of the closure. ALSO READ: Foxy Brown Kicked Off Of Cruise Ship After Manicure Mishap Moved by the efforts of Landry, the library’s trustees voted to keep the […]

Here is a transcript of last night’s speech by President Obama on Libya. Also Read: Beyonce’s father splits as manager THE PRESIDENT: Tonight, I’d like to update the American people on the international effort that we have led in Libya –- what we’ve done, what we plan to do, and why this matters to us. […]

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. — Members of a Southern California gang raped an 11-year-old girl in the bathroom of a neighborhood park, leading to six arrests and a manhunt for a seventh suspect in a crime that has stunned seasoned law enforcement officials. ALSO READ: Ray Charles’ Mistress Brags About Stealing His Cash & Aborting Baby […]

Abiodun Oyewole is a founding member of The Last Poets – a group that is widely considered to have inspired the birth of modern hip hop. ALSO READ: Is Drinking Cold Water Bad For Your Health? For more than 30 years, Oyewole hosted”Open House Sundays” for poets and musicians at his Morningside Drive apartment. But […]

SHREVEPORT, La. — Rapper Rick Ross has been arrested in Louisiana on a marijuana possession charge. ALSO READ: Nicki Minaj Gives Lil Wayne A Lapdance On Stage (Video) Police spokesman Bill Goodin said Monday that Ross was arrested after police responded to a complaint about the smell of marijuana at the Hilton Hotel. Upon checking, […]

A gallery on The Root highlights 22 of the most influential Black women in the art world. The art world is one field where many African-Americans don’t expect to see themselves in positions of power. But with names like Faith Ringgold, Elizabeth Catlett, Leslie King-Hammond, and many more leading the way, the list is definitely […]