Dennoriss Richardson, a Black man in Alabama who recently filed a lawsuit against police for brutality, is now dead. On Sept. 28, his body was found in an abandoned house near the Mississippi line in Colbert County, Alabama. Civil rights attorney Roderick Van Daniel said Richardson was hanging by a rope. While Richardson’s loved ones […]
(BPRW) Tennessee State, Alabama A&M universities clinch 2024 HBCU National Tennis Championship titles (Black PR Wire) CITY OF SOUTH FULTON, GA – Twenty-six student-athletes from eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) took six singles and four doubles championships during the 23rd annual HBCU National Tennis Championship in the City of South Fulton on Saturday. […]
The women of Delta Sigma Theta do not play when it comes to STYLE and SISTERHOOD! To celebrate their 20th crossing anniversary, the women of the Spring 2004 “25 Reflections of E.S.S.E.N.C.E” line of the Lambda Zeta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. at The University of Alabama teamed up with photographer Oluwapelumi Bamidele (@ovia_reflex) for […]
Black Mayors of small towns are under attack by White bigots. This video is a update and awareness about Black Mayors Of Small Towns and the racism, the White supremacy they deal with. Patrick Braxton a Black man who says he was elected mayor of of a Alabama town but has been kept from taking […]
In an effort to highlight the people who are leading colleges and universities across the nation, we at Watch The Yard reached out to Alabama State University and did an interview with Landon Hale the 2023-2024 Student Government Association president. The position of SGA president is a highly respected role and there is a special […]
On this day, March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama, a peaceful civil rights march led by activists, including John Lewis and Martin Luther King Jr., was violently confronted by state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The brutal attack, known as Bloody Sunday, shocked the nation and galvanized support for the Voting Rights Act of […]
New York City physician Yves Duroseau and his wife Claude were hosting a party at their home recently when their white neighbor became annoyed with the festivities and allegedly picked up the water hose to attack the doctor and his guests, who were mostly Black. In a lawsuit filed after the incident, the Black couple […]
Although she’s younger than her classmates, Roberts said her UA peers and professors have made her feel right at home. Most are unaware of the age difference, so the 16-year-old considers herself a normal student, keeping busy and experiencing college life right alongside her peers. Furthermore, she has never let her age define her or […]
In an effort to highlight the people who are leading colleges and universities across the nation, we at Watch The Yard reached out to Alabama State University and did an interview with Dylan Hill Stallworth the 2022-2023 Student Government Association president. The position of SGA president is a highly respected role and there is a […]
Jamea Jonae Harris, a 23-year-old Birmingham mother to a 5-year-old boy, was fatally shot early Sunday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Former University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles was detained, facing a capital murder charge for pulling the trigger. Miles allegedly opened fire on a car she was riding near “The Strip,” — a neighborhood close […]