Vanessa Bryant was visibly moved during the unveiling of a statue dedicated to her late husband, Kobe Bryant. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. (Terms and conditions). The bronze statue, honoring the NBA legend who tragically passed away in 2020 at the age of 41, was revealed in […]
The Jackie Robinson statue stolen last week has been recovered, but not in the condition many had hoped. After being chopped off from the ankle up, only the cleats of Robinson’s statue remained at a public park in Wichita, Kansas. As authorities searched for the perpetrators, they reviewed surveillance footage showing several people entering the […]
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks was honored with a commemorative statue in Montgomery, Alabama marking the 64th anniversary of her refusal to give up her seat to a white patron on a segregated local bus route.
Octavius Valentine Catto was an educator and civil rights activist
