Eddie C. Brown and C. Sylvia Brown, class of ‘61 and ‘62, have recently made an historic donation to Howard University. The couple $5 million donation was to the school’s Graduation Retention Access to Continued Excellence Grant. GRACE, the need-to-base program created in 2014, promises on-time graduation for students who’ve completed their freshman year, Philanthropy […]
Dr. Bernice A. King shares what her mother, Coretta Scott King, would think of the protests against racial police violence, clarifies some of her father’s most famous quotes and talks about how everyone can protest online. Subscribe NOW to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: http://bit.ly/1nwT1aN Watch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Weeknights 11:35/10:35c […]
A former St. Louis police officer has been sentenced to 52 months in prison, after four years after he beat a Black officer who was working undercover during a protest in 2017. Randy Hays, 34, was facing up to 10 years in prison for being apart in the beating of Detective Luther Hall, however, will […]
Charlotte, North Carolina, is a city of appearances according to visual artist and Durag Fest co-founder Dammit Wesley — and this Juneteenth, he intends to call the city’s bluff. “From outside the city, Charlotte looks like a very white place. It looks like a place for soccer moms. It seems like a city where you would […]