In a recent Your Black World survey, readers were asked to ascertain the racial implications of the case of Casey Anthony, a mother who was recently exonerated in the death of her two-year-old daughter, Caylee. After the surprising not guilty verdict, people across the nation were wondering if Casey would have received the same treatment […]
Armen Gilliam, who was part of the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels basketball team that made a run to the Final Four in 1987 and played for several NBA teams, has died. He was 47. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Wednesday that Gilliam died Tuesday night at the LA Fitness gym in Bridgeville while he […]
Casey Anthony’s jailhouse letters are surfacing a day after the 25-year-old was found not guilty of murdering her daughter Caylee. In the letters, Anthony describes life behind bars, what she misses and wanting more children when she’s finally released. “It was like having Cays all over again,” she wrote, referring to her dead daughter, Caylee. […]
A new debate is surfacing after last week’s reversal of Michigan’s 2006 ban of Affirmative Action. Now questions on whether the referendum process, which lets citizens petition to overturn laws already on the books, will hurt the efforts of Affirmative Action proponents. While this ruling will probably be ruled up by the full 6th Circuit, […]
While stories of black soldiers in WWII are normally an afterthought, one story of black heroism is finally being told. The Aubrey Stewart Project tells the story of James Aubrey Stewart, a soldier from Piedmont, West Virginia, who along with 10 other black soliders sacrificed their lives to save a family during the Battle of […]
PARK VISTA, FL — Eight Black Florida teenagers are rallying against what they claim to be racial discrimination after not one of them made their high school cheerleading team. Known locally as the “Park Vista 8,” the girls are alleging that they are being racially harassed by their peers. When Park Vista High School sophomore […]
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.— One of the most prestigious festivals honoring black cinema returned to Miami Beach on Wednesday to promote cultural diversity and recognize the contributions of black directors, writers and actors to the film industry. Now in its 15th year, the American Black Film Festival promotes cultural diversity within the film industry by strengthening […]
Today Facebook announced the addition of Skype video-chatting services to the ever popular social networking site. Facebook at present is the biggest social networking site in the world, having over 500 million active users. Skype had 663 million registered users as of 2010– with the two internet powerhouses joining together, the possibilities are endless. TheDailyBeast […]
On the heels of the violent police assault at a recent Pete Rock and Smif N’ Wessun show in New York City, we decided to compile a list of the top 5 most infamous police brutality incidents ever caught on tape. Below is the list. 5. Pete Rock, Smif N’ Wessun NYPD Police Brutality, 2011 […]
INDIANAPOLIS — When 18-year-old Tyell Morton put a blow-up sex doll in a bathroom stall on the last day of school, he didn’t expect school officials to call a bomb squad or that he’d be facing up to eight years in prison and a possible felony record. The senior prank gone awry has raised questions […]
NEW YORK — Despite being told that her book couldn’t be published because no one could relate to a protagonist who was Black and part Danish, Heidi W. Durrow’s novel “The Girl Who Fell From The Sky” is now featured within The New Yorker. Durrow is among a growing number of writers and authors who […]
“The Breakfast Club,” a popular New York urban radio station show on 105.1 FM aired a homophobic spoof of singer Miguel’s song “Sure Thing” early Wednesday morning. As the station played the Billboard #1 single, its lyric “You can bet that, you don’t have to sweat that” was replaced with “You can bet that, Miguel […]
