Marc Veasey, U.S. Representative from Texas’ 33rd Congressional District, joined Roland Martin and “NewsOne Now” Tuesday to talk about what he calls efforts at voter suppression in his state. Listen to Veasey’s full interview with Martin below. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at 7 a.m. EST and watch at 9 a.m. EST on TV One.
When David Spivey installed a hidden camera to find out who was stealing money from his truck, he never guessed the culprit would be his personal trainer. But that turned out to be the case, according to KLTV. SEE ALSO: Did You Know: Popular Video Game Set In American Slavery Spivey was shocked to find […]
Ray Jasper (pictured), a Death Row inmate in Texas scheduled for execution in two weeks, has written a lengthy letter from prison where he blasts the justice system and the specter of racial disparity. Jasper, who was a young rap artist at the time, was accused of the brutal robbing and killing of a recording studio […]
The release of the Nike Air Jordan Gamma Blue 11 sneakers (pictured) this weekend caused fights in shoe stores nationwide, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Duck, Duck, Tongue In A Noose In one Instagram video clip, multiple customers exchange blows at a store in Weberstown Mall in California. One shirtless individual is […]
A Texas death row inmate who has been fighting for an appeal in his capital punishment case was denied the opportunity for a new trial today. Despite testimony from a psychologist displaying obvious racial bias during his trial back in the late 1990s, Duane Buck‘s case was heard by a divided Texas Court of Criminal […]
When Isaiah Smith (pictured) was allegedly bullied for being Christian and gay and carrying a Bible to school with him, the 18-year-old senior at Birdville High School in North Richland Hills, Texas, tore out scripture in protest. After being handed a three-day suspension for his actions, Smith is now looking to sue, according to the […]
Months after her termination from a sports specialist position near Dallas, Carlita Kilpatrick (pictured left) is dealing with a newly released video showing investigators questioning her over several hundred dollars of cash in her office drawer, the Detroit News reports. RELATED: Kwame Kilpatrick Found Guilty On Federal Charges The video, released on Sept. 16th, shows two […]
Despite the 1954 “Brown v. Board Of Education” Supreme Court ruling, which struck down the segregation of public schools, a White mob in a small Texas town used violence to bar Black students from attending classes. On this day in 1956, 12 students were approved for registering in to Mansfield High School only to be […]
A 5-year-old boy (pictured) was not allowed to enroll at the Roberts Road Elementary School in Hockley, Texas, because school officials allegedly do not approve of his shoulder-length hair. Even though the school claims to be merely enforcing a strict dress code, the child’s mom, Ursula Martin, insists that her son’s long hair is a […]
A police officer and his partner are under investigation for video showing them roughly arresting a teenager in Hurst, Texas. SEE ALSO: HBO To Air Beyonce Documentary In February The clip, which recently went viral, shows the officer getting violent with 17-year-old Andrew Rodriguez. According to CBS DFW, the first officer stopped Rodriguez and his […]
Officials in San Antonio, Texas have arrested a woman after she allegedly struck a 10-year-old-girl who refused to share ice cream with her four-year-old daughter. SEE ALSO: Detroit’s Top Cop Resigns Amid Sex Scandal According to Bexar County Sheriff Deputies, 29-year-old Talysa Herron (pictured) chased the girl down and struck her in the face after […]
A Texas man is being held on $2 million bond after he reportedly confessed to killing a teenage girl who was scheduled to testify against him during his upcoming trial, NBC 5 in Dallas-Fort Worth reports. SEE ALSO: Michelle Obama Teaches Dr. Oz How To Dougie (VIDEO) Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? LIKE Us […]
