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I didn’t know ‘Strolling While Black’ was an issue – until now. Donald Sherman, a lawyer and father, is confused and frustrated. Sherman, who is African-American, was pushing a stroller carrying his baby, Caleb, at Kingman and Heritage Islands Park near the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. last week when racism took hold. A white […]

The incident highlights the lingering tension between Asians and the Black community.

You can't keep Black folks down.

Jemele Hill has emerged as one of the top sports journalists of her era and continues to shine in a field primarily and perhaps unfairly dominated by men. The National Association of Black Journalists named Hill as its 2018 Journalist Of The Year, and she called the honor the biggest accomplishment of her career. “It […]

Cops were called to the Preakness horse race to arrest an African-American photographer who was just doing his job.

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Rev. Michael R. Jordan, pastor of New Era Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, is defending his decision to put up a church sign that says “Black Folks Need to Stay Out of White Churches.” Mayor Randall Woodfin condemned the sign, calling it “a spirit of racism and division” that he says still remains in the […]

Why the murders of Brown and Rice should never be deleted from history.

Sherita Dixon Cole is still being held in Ellis County Jail after an officer kidnapped her and threatened “if you tell your fiancé what happened, he will be armed and his fire are will be visible when I shoot him.”