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The “Rodney King Riots,” also known as the “Los Angeles Riots,” began April 29, 1992, after four LAPD officers were acquitted of charges in the savage beating of the unarmed Black motorist that was recorded on video. The racially sparked riots lasted more than six days, with thousands of Angelenos taking to the streets in an especially violent display of protest. Fifty-three people were killed and more than 2,000 were said to be injured.
The Chicago home where revolutionary activist Fred Hampton spent his childhood years has received landmark status.
Herschel Walker spent a couple decades promoting so-called health products that his own companies, Renaissance Man, Inc. and American Consolidated Management Group, had to admit weren't supported by medical science.
The federal government's movement to ban menthol cigarettes is gaining momentum with a new proposed rule to deter their consumption along with other flavored tobacco products that statistics show are preferred by Black smokers.
Josh Williams, a defensive back from Fayetteville State projected to be selected in the 2022 NFL Draft, told NewsOne in an exclusive interview that he wants to "rewrite what people think about HBCUs and their athletes."
Three Texas Black men were arrested and charged with felony drug possession in Clay County, Texas after police accused the men of having edibles in their car during a traffic stop.
A POLITICO headline referring to Vice President Kamala Harris by only her first name has prompted growing outrage over what is being called disrespect to the most powerful woman in the U.S.
Newsmax host Greg Kelly wrongly cited the interracial marriages and domestic partnerships of prominent figures like Ketanji Brown Jackson, Kamala Harris, and others as proof that systemic racism isn't real.
Supreme Court justices expressed sympathy for Joseph Kennedy, a white high school football coach fired for kneeling and praying on the field after games, drawing a stark contrast to the country's collective reaction to Colin Kaepernick's kneeling protest.
Harvard University, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college with an endowment of over $50 billion, will partner with HBCUs and implement other strategies to try to make amends for their involvement in slavery.
Thankfully, due to the power of Google, we're able to find answers to the world's most pressing questions, even those about Black people.
A recent clip has shown so-called "relationship guru" Kevin Samuels telling women who aren't married by 35 that they're "leftover" women, and that men know there's something wrong with them.
