Georgia

According to the Center of Disease Control’s most recent report, Georgia ranks sixth in the country in reported AIDS cases. Now, a program aims to curtail the rates of infection using a variety of approaches towards African-American women who are diagnosed 12 times more than their White counterparts. SEE ALSO: Nationwide Study To Examine Why Black […]

Civil rights leaders Rev. Joseph Lowery and Rep. David Scott expressed their reservations about President Obama‘s judicial choices for Georgia this morning on “NewsOne Now.” Lowery noted that since 1978, only three judicial nominees have been African-American. “That’s not fair,” he said. “That’s not judicial. That’s not democratic.” Rep. David Scott also spoke out about the lack of color […]

Michela Duplechain (pictured above) was wallowing in grief over the death of her 14-year-old son, Anthony (pictured), and feeling as though she no longer had purpose before she made the decision to turn her life around. Now five years after her son’s untimely death at the hands of her own husband, Duplechain has earned a […]

A new online DeKalb County, Ga., court juror questionnaire has raised not only a few eyebrows but the ire of some prospective jurors with its “slave” occupation option, according to 11 Alive. SEE ALSO: 2 Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of Eastern Michigan’s Demarius Reed The off-putting “occupation” was flagged by a potential server on Monday. […]

T.J. Ellison (pictured) is an unstoppable opponent on the football field despite being deaf.  The teen, who attends Clarke Central High School in Athens, Ga., is held in the highest regard by his coaches and teammates for his can-do and non-defeatist attitude, which they say is infectious, according to My Fox Atlanta. SEE ALSO: Study: Just 1.5 […]

Camden County, Ga., Deputy Sheriff Chad Palmer (pictured) has been suspended without pay and put on probation for a year, after a disturbing photo emerged of him in an offensive Halloween costume dressed in blackface as an inmate. Palmer was captured in the controversial photograph crouched on the floor simulating picking cotton, according to the First Coast […]

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 […]

The town of Stone Mountain, Ga., holds the distinction of being the birthplace of the 20th Century revival of the Ku Klux Klan. The Dekalb County town and suburb of Atlanta also made history of another sort, when it elected its first African-American mayor on this day in 1997. SEE ALSO: Hampton’s Mary Peake Led 1st […]

A Georgia man upset with his beard trimming, was stabbed with a straight razor by the barber who performed the cut last Wednesday. Carl Gilbert turned himself into the authorities shortly after the incident took place. SEE ALSO: Man Who Allegedly Punched White Man In Union Square Hit With Charges The stabbing occurred at C-Lo’s Barber Shop […]

Additional photos in the Kendrick Johnson (pictured) case were recently made public by CNN, RELATED: Second Autopsy In Kendrick Johnson Case Returned, Claims Teen Died Of Blunt Force Trauma After  Johnson’s body was found in the upright, rolled up wrestling mat at Valdosta High School in January, state medical examiners ruled his death accidental. Johnson’s family didn’t […]

When alleged home invader Musa Lang (pictured below) entered Shawndrea Smith’s (pictured above) Dekalb County, Ga., home on Friday and reportedly tried to snatch her two young children away, it was on and popping!  Instead of fearing for her life, Smith reportedly gave the suspect a beatdown, forcing him to flee, according to WSB-TV. SEE ALSO: […]

This week, another autopsy was released of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson (pictured) who was found dead in his school’s gym. The autopsy indicates that Johnson was actually murdered, according to the Valdosta Daily Times. SEE ALSO: Twerk Fail: Girl Sets Herself On Fire Twerking Johnson’s body was found inside a rolled-up wrestling mat in Lowndes High School’s […]