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Dubbed "cop city" by local organizers and some community members are making a last push to get the council to vote no on the proposal.  

Michael K. Williams, the veteran actor who rose to fame playing the role of Omar Little, a hitman for hire in the award-winning drama, "The Wire," has reportedly died at the age of 54.

We pay tribute to 20 of the best Black comedians in the biz over the years in honor of the countless times they've kept us in stitches.

It was 1865, the American Civil War was coming to a close. The Confederate's chokehold on the South was coming to an end.

Do the write thing!

Reading books may be going out of style in America, but there are seemingly more published Black authors today than ever before.

Jackson State edged FAMU by one point as the HBCUs battled during a nationally televised game, but ESPN took home the loss after viewers sounded off because the network didn't show the bands perform at halftime, ignoring a cultural tradition.

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction in the sixth trial in 2019 and found the district attorney had a “relentless, determined effort to rid the jury of black individuals” over the various trials. 

North Carolina A&T recently hit a historic enrollment milestone.

On Sept. 2, the Emmett Till Center discovered that another historical marker paying tribute to the slain-teen was tampered with as the sign had been toppled over.

Crystal R. Emery's new documentary exposes the inequities of the American healthcare system and re-establishes the humanity of Black, Brown, and indigenous Americans.

The Smithsonian has acquired images captured by the first Black photographers.