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 […]
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 […]
Allante Latrice Hill Case Type: Endangered Date of Birth: Jan. 1, 1994 Missing Date: November 2, 2013 Age Now: 19 Missing City: Flint Missing State: Michigan Gender: Female Race: Black Complexion: Medium Height: 5’11” Weight: 250 Hair Color: Black Hair Length: Shoulder Length Eye Color: Brown Wear Glasses or Contacts: No SEE ALSO: Son […]
Keshia Thomas (pictured below center), a Black woman who protected a White man at a Ku Klux Klan rally back in 1996, recently recalled her act, according to BBC News. SEE ALSO: Ohio Teacher Suspended Over Racist Facebook Post “I knew what it was like to be hurt,” Thomas said. “The many times that, that […]
Tonya Battle (pictured), an African-American nurse at the Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich., settled a lawsuit with the hospital, after administrators allowed a racist to stop her, and other Black nurses, from providing care, according to MyFoxDetroit. SEE ALSO: Shonda Rhimes: President Obama Appoints ‘Scandal’ Creator To Important Position When Battle was working in the […]
An unidentified nurse is suing Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich., over accusations of racism that resulted in her being reassigned to another area because the father of a newborn allegedly did not want his child being cared for by a Black woman, reports WNEM.com. The nurse, who has been employed by Hurley since 1988, worked […]
After a man approached an unidentified woman and apparently spits on her during a bus ride in Grand Rapids, Mich., she fired back with some “spit” of her own. Wood 8-TV reports that the woman immediately got up and sprayed the man in the face with pepper spray. The altercation began at the back of […]
Southgate Manor, an African-American owned nursing home in Southgate, Mich., has suspended all of its Black male workers over an allegation that one of them raped a female patient, Fox 2 News Detroit reports. SEE ALSO: Detroit Homeowner Says She And Baby Are Forced To Live With Squatter Nether the racial identity nor the age […]
Amanda Clayton (pictured), the $1 million Michigan Lottery winner who continued to collect food stamps after her big payday, was found dead from a possible drug overdose on Saturday, the Detroit Free Press reports. Scroll to bottom for video Friends found Clayton lying in bed holding her one and a half year old daughter, according […]
Michigan has enacted a law that takes welfare benefits from families whose children miss class, Fox 2 News Detroit reports. While the state believes the rule will ensure that kids attend school, welfare advocates and recipients feel the it is too harsh. Scroll down for news video SEE ALSO: Why Don’t Black Leaders Demand More […]
Homeless man Milton Hall was gunned down by policeman with 46 bullets, after refusing to put down a knife in a Saginaw, Mich., parking lot. On Wednesday, prosecutors overseeing the shooting made a controversial decision to clear the six policemen of all charges, according to CNN. RELATED: 6 Cops Shoot 30-Plus Shots At Knife-Wielding, ‘Mentally […]
Linda Chase, a 72-year-old woman from Jackson, Mich, reportedly kept the dead body of her longtime friend, Charles Zigler, in a chair in her home for months because she didn’t want to be alone, the Jackson Citizen Patriot reports. SEE ALSO: White Racist DNA Zigler died around Christmas time in December, according to Chase. A […]
