Yusuf Hawkins, a Black teen killed by a white mob, Brooklyn has renamed a street to honor him after thirty years after his death. A ceremony took place in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood on Hawkins’ birthday, with the community coming together on the corner of Verona Place and Fulton Street which has now been co-named Yusuf […]
Journalists in Los Angeles are in mourning after the death of Margo Spann, a beloved TV reporter who was killed in a hit-and-run last Thursday, according to her former workplace News 3 Now. Canyon News reported that Spann was crossing the street in Arlington Heights, on Venice Boulevard and Wilton Place around 6:30 a.m. when a white Chevrolet […]
A Minnesota judge declared a mistrial in the case of Anthony James Trifiletti, who was on trial for second-degree murder after shooting 39-year-old Douglas Lewis during a traffic incident in May 2020, according to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office. Dennis Gerhardstein, public information officer for the county attorney, explained to Blavity in a statement that the office […]
A physics researcher was tragically killed by a falling tree outside his job in the Bay Area. Kahlil Gay, 23, graduated from Cal State East Bay in December 2020 and was looking forward his future in physics or engineering. However, tragedy took place on Friday, March 5, when a tree fell on him as he […]
Andrew Young was an aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and was there when the civil rights icon was killed. April 4 marks 50 years since the tragedy and those who witnessed it say it is still fresh in their memories. A college student at the time, Clara Ester was at the Lorraine Motel […]
Miami police are investigating the “vicious” homicide of a 45-year-old, Black transgender woman who was killed in her apartment earlier this month. The woman, identified by family as Alexus Braxton, was found dead on Feb. 4 inside her apartment in northeast Miami-Dade, according to People. Police said Braxton’s family grew suspicious after not hearing from […]