MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) _ As Shahidah Sharif, an African-American Muslim, joined millions of fellow pilgrims from around the world on the hajj this year,…
SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Dr. William Grier, a psychiatrist who co-authored the groundbreaking 1968 book, “Black Rage,” which offered the first psychological examination of Black…
Civil Rights Warrior Amelia Boynton Robinson, Dies At 104 America has lost a warrior of the Civil Rights Movement. Ms. Amelia Boynton Robinson died Wednesday in Alabama of a massive stroke. She was 104 years old. The world will miss the presence of Amelia Boynton, Civil Rights warrior whose contribution to the struggle made a difference. Be very clear that […]
Questions about the racial identity of a well-known activist in the “Black Lives Matter” movement have stirred controversy and drawn a blistering response. But the…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Under an outdoor tent a few blocks from Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sharon Simmons paused while cleaning up from the…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ The White House released the following text of President Barack Obama’s eulogy for The Rev. Clementa Pinckney on Friday. THE PRESIDENT:…
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul reaches out in his most direct way yet to African-Americans in a new book that highlights his…
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The prevailing images of protests in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri, over police killings of Black men were of police in riot gear,…
