The mother of slain Bronx teen Ramarley Graham is demanding justice in the case of her son, who was shot and killed at the hands of NYPD officer Richard Haste in 2012. Constance Malcolm was critical about the ongoing Justice Department investigation and accused the Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara‘s office of “dragging their feet.” […]
Days before the federal government announced a probe of the San Francisco Police in the shooting death of Mario Woods, the department's officers took a pledge to stamp out racism and intolerance.
Don’t let Diane Nash’s small role in the film "Selma" fool you. She was a crucial figure in the Freedom Rides, the lunch counter sit-ins, protests for Blacks’ voting rights and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1965.
A year after Bobbi Kristina Brown was found unconscious and face down in the bathtub of her Atlanta, Georgia townhouse, fans, relatives, and admirers alike are still awaiting details about just what happened to the 22-year-old daughter of pop diva Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.
The Rev. Dr. Betty Deas Clark has been appointed the first female pastor at historic Emanuel AME Church.