After elevating to 5-2 last week against the New Orleans Saints, many wondered could the Detroit Lions continue to their wining streak and increase to…
The family of slain teen Michael Brown, who senselessly died early last month at the hands of Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson, are now in Atlanta to kick off a nationwide effort to arm police with body cameras, according to WSB-TV. SEE ALSO: DOJ Announces Law Enforcement Initiative In Wake Of Ferguson Incident Brown’s […]
Movie mogul, playwright, director and actor extraordinaire Tyler Perry (pictured with kids) is known for being generous with his fortune. Perry has supported such causes as HIV/AIDS research, the NAACP, and organizations that champion forgotten issues. Now he has rallied around an Atlanta youth center, Young People Matter (YPM), which was on the brink of closing its doors. Thanks to […]
The Atlanta school district wants to remove a sixth grade teacher for playing Beyonce’s “Drunk in Love” in class, but that’s the least of her alleged failings. “This song is not [in] alignment with Teacher Keys Standard 9, Professionalism,” read a a district document outlining the charges against the teacher, Nikki Turner. “This song contained profanity, vulgarity, […]
What you see above is a map of Detroit. The small colorful dots represent people, plotted to show where they live and their race. Whites are represented by blue dots, Blacks with green dots, Asians with red and Latinos with orange. All others are represented using the color brown. Again, what you see is Detroit, but also […]
TV anchor Michelle Burdo (pictured) has apologized for using the offensive and derogatory term “colored” when she referred to an African-American woman during a summer hair tips segment Monday morning on her program “CBS Better Mornings Atlanta,” according to Access Atlanta. SEE ALSO: Louis Vuitton Employee Sues Company Due to Manager Saying ‘Black People Are Slaves’ […]
An Atlanta teen used a rope to climb 15 feet down a storm drain to rescue a 3-year-old boy who had fallen in. Duntrey Murray, 14, had been playing basketball nearby with pal Ransom McCain in northwest Atlanta when neighbors heard the cries of Jaylin Willis, reports area news outlet WSB-TV. Jaylin had plummeted down the uncovered sewer […]
A Georgia SWAT team acting on a search warrant threw a grenade into a Habersham County home in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, critically burning 19-month-old Bounkham Phonesavanh, reports WSBTV. The toddler’s mother, Alecia Phonesavanh, said that the grenade landed in her son’s crib on his pillow and exploded in his face. Read more […]
Janese Carthon Case Type: Endangered Date of Birth: January 1, 2000 Missing Date: April 12, 2014 Age Now: 14 Missing City: Atlanta Missing State: Georgia Gender: Female Race: Black Complexion: Medium Height: 4-11 Weight: 127 Hair Color: Black Hair Length: Medium Eye Color: Brown Wear Glasses or Contacts: No Location Last Seen: Around 8 a.m. […]
In 2009, Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks created Black Girls RUN! in an effort to tackle the growing obesity epidemic in the black community and provide encouragement and resources to both new and veteran runners. The mission of Black Girls RUN! is to encourage African-American women to make fitness and healthy living a priority. Carey […]
A woman who was exposed to HIV by an Atlanta minister joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” Wednesday to talk about the man’s recent sentencing to 10 years in prison. Also See: Pastor Craig Davis Sentenced To 10 Years For Knowingly Exposing Women In Congregation To HIV Ronita McAfee says she met minister Craig Davis […]
For Black History Month, NewsOne honors GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME CHANGERS HERE. Rony Delgarde Place of Residence: Atlanta Why He’s a Game Changer: Delgarde launched Global Paint for Charity, an organization that recycles unwanted paint and sends it to underdeveloped countries […]
