Brook Bello has starred in a number of commercials, stage plays and TV shows, most notably science fiction hit Stargate SGI. SEE ALSO: What Really Killed Whitney Also an author and poet, Bello (Born Brook Susan Parker) released a collection of poems To Soar Without Leaving The Ground. Although her striking good looks belie her […]
Although predominately White Nebraska has experienced a growth in racial diversity, the change in numbers also highlights how women of color in the state are suffering under the weight of health concerns impacted by a lack of adequate care. A three-year study from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services released late last week […]
Comedian, actor and educator Bill Cosby launched his iconic sitcom “The Cosby Show” in the fall of 1984, introducing a successful African-American couple and their children in the borough of Brooklyn. RELATED: Rodney King Riots In Los Angeles Began On This Day In 1992 The show ran for eight years, joining a small and elite class of […]
With the conviction of former Liberian president and warlord Charles Taylor (pictured) in the Netherlands today, the case casts a glaring spotlight over other war-ravaged countries of Africa that have buckled under the weight of dictatorships and oppression. Here, NewsOne takes a brief look at other African dictators of times past. SEE ALSO: South Sudan’s […]
For nearly five decades, South Africa’s apartheid system proved to be an ugly reminder that racism and segregation was an issue worthy of the protests and outcry from within the country and around the globe. After years of political machinations, demands for reforms and opposition from within, apartheid would be dissolved in 1994 by way […]
Jazz queen Ella Fitzgerald (pictured) is firmly positioned as one of the most-heralded jazz vocalists to have ever picked up a microphone. SEE ALSO: Ku Klux Klan Holds 1st National Meeting On This Day In 1867 With a three-octave vocal range, booming histrionics and the uncanny ability to improvise with her signature scats, Ms. Fitzgerald […]
A small and predominately White town in central Kentucky has been the birthplace of many inaugural events. SEE ALSO: Will Obama Be Able To Win PA In November? Stars Surprising Heritages Called the “City of Firsts” by its residents, Danville has now added Tony Gray as its first African-American police chief, reports local paper The […]
The case of brothers Avi and Eliyahu Werdesheim (pictured left and right, respectively), who were accused of assaulting a Black teen in an orthodox Jewish neighborhood while on Neighborhood Watch, has taken a new turn. Instead of facing a jury in the 2010 beating of the then-15-year-old boy, the attorneys for the Werdesheim brothers were granted […]
The story of pioneering Black scholar Richard T. Greener and his achievements have not been discussed as often as many of his historic contemporaries. As the first Black person to graduate from Harvard, teaching in the racially divided south and becoming dean of Howard University’s law school, Greener’s legacy doesn’t resonate as loudly compared to […]
In New York, Westchester County’s police force has found themselves in yet another shooting that some are saying was motivated by racist and overzealous officers. The shooting death of Kenneth Chamberlain is just another in a long and oddly familiar set of issues walloping the Westchester community, prompting a prominent preacher to levy charges of […]
The practice of capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is one of the most-heavily contended social issues in America and abroad. There have been many cases involving African Americans that question the racial fairness of the death penalty; most recently, the execution of inmate Troy Davis inspired similar debate. A report from The […]
Controversial Washington Ward 8 Councilman Marion Barry has toiled in the political spotlight for both positive gains and infamously negative reasons as well. Barry’s recent “dirty shops” comments toward Asian business owners in his district ignited a firestorm of bad press; however, Barry responded to the unsavory buzz that has ensued over the comments, saying […]