Black women are three times more likely than white women to deliver their babies prematurely, a new study reveals. Even worse, they are four times…
A fifth grade teacher of southwest Atlanta’s Dobbs Elementary School Shayla Smith (pictured) is facing being terminated from her job because she allegedly had a simple reason for helping her students cheat in her class two years ago: “They were dumb as hell.” Or at least, that is what another teacher alleges Smith said at a recent […]
A Georgia teenager who shot his 8-year-old cousin dead last summer pleaded guilty to the shooting on Tuesday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. SEE ALSO: Mike Epps Has Hilarious Advice For The Jackson Family Charlie Oliver, 17, will serve ten years in prison for shooting Solomon Zellner in the face with a 9-mm handgun. The Journal-Constitutional […]
In the 1990s, four young Black and Latino men on their way to a basketball game in the state of New Jersey suddenly became the victims of a police shooting that nearly ended their lives. I was among those in the civil rights leadership that raised the country’s awareness on the outrageous policing practice of […]
Former gridiron player Terrell Owens (pictured left), who just got axed from what could very well be his last chance at securing a stable position on an NFL team, will not be able to slide away from his baby momma drama that easily, reports TMZ. Apparently, Owens’ fourth baby momma, Melanie Paige Smith, (pictured) hightailed it to […]
Times Square is arguably the most desired destination for any tourist visiting the Big Apple. SEE ALSO: Gabby Douglas: Teammates Called Me A Slave But one unlucky tourist is probably wishing he had planned a trip to Brooklyn instead. For reasons still unknown, a tourist and a man who appears to be homeless went toe-to-toe […]
Standing as one of the most-heinous, race-motivated crimes in America’s history, the kidnapping and savage lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till (pictured) in Mississippi still stirs embers of anger in the minds of many who have endured racism and injustice. Considered a transformative moment in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, Till’s death shocked a nation and […]
Most women–we assume–would love the thought of experiencing multiple orgasms within a 24-hour time frame. SEE ALSO: Gabby Douglas: Teammates Called Me A Slave But Kim Ramsey (pictured), originally from the United Kingdom, doesn’t seem to enjoy the 100 orgasms she has each day, according to The Huffington Post (UK). SEE ALSO: GOP Have Unexpected […]
This past Sunday, two-time Olympic gold gymnast Gabrielle Douglas (pictured left) told Oprah Winfrey on her “Next Chapter” show that her teammates at Excalibur Gym in her native Virginia bullied and racially taunted her. Citing alleged “slave” remarks during training, the comments were reportedly behind Douglas’ decision to move to Iowa to continue her gymnastics career. […]
It seems that unemployed NFL player Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson’s (pictured left) engagement, then marriage to reality star Evelyn Lozada (pictured right) did not seem to get in the way of his alleged philandering ways: Johnson reportedly entertained a “string of mistresses,” cheating on his wife of nearly two months with three different women, according to various reports. […]
School Name: Hampton University Location: Hampton, Virginia Year Founded: 1868 Number of Students: 5,402 undergraduate students Specialty Programs: Public Safety Administration and Pastoral Counseling Greek Life: • Sororities: Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Inc. • Fraternities: Alpha Phi Alpha Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Inc., Omega […]
Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African Americans also tend to receive less media coverage than missing Whites, with missing men of color getting even less attention. NewsOne has partnered with the […]
