Another employee, standing nearby, said Curry was “using the race card.” “So we got an Uncle Tom saying ‘I’m doing the race card,’ but he’s hanging with this dude,” the comedian said as he showed both employees on camera. As the standoff continued, Curry expressed he felt threatened by the two employees standing near him. […]
A video captured shows a woman calling a University of Kentucky student racial slurs while verbally and physically assaulting is now facing criminal charges according to LEX 18. Sophia Rosing has been arrested after a video shows her calling a student employee racial slurs. The incident took place last Sunday morning at Boyd Hall’s front […]
SOMERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man whose violent arrest for alleged traffic violations is under investigation by state police said Monday that he was stopped because he was a young Black man driving a nice car. Brandon Calloway and some of his family members spoke with an Associated Press reporter outside a courthouse in […]
(BPRW) ON NOV 8, NEW YORK CITY COULD BE FIRST IN THE NATION TO PASS RACIAL EQUITY BALLOT PROPOSALS (Black PR Wire) New York, NY – FPWA (The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies), New York City’s leading anti-poverty policy and advocacy organization, is leading a GOTV effort ahead of the November 8 general election, encouraging voters to […]
(BPRW) FACING RACE TO BE LARGEST, POST-ELECTION MEET-UP OF RACIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES; NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER IBRAM X. KENDI TO KEYNOTE Conference will be Held Nov. 17-19 in Phoenix, Arizona (Black PR Wire) The national racial justice organization Race Forward today announced Ibram X. Kendi as the keynote speaker for their bi-annual Facing Race conference, Nov. 17-19 in Phoenix, AZ. […]
A former graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rose Brown has filed a lawsuit against the school according to NBC News. The discrimination suit was filed on Aug. 30, in which Brown, 28, accused multiple faculty members at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the school of belittling her competence and encouraging […]
(BPRW) Color Of Change Launches Black Tech Agenda as a Roadmap for Racial Equity in Tech Policy Racial justice organization outlines series of policy priorities to combat Big Tech’s unchecked power (Black PR Wire) Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, recently launched the “Black Tech Agenda” which is endorsed by several prominent […]
An investigation by Brigham Young University into allegations that fans engaged in racial heckling and uttered racial slurs at a Duke volleyball player last month found no evidence to support the claim. BYU issued the results of its investigation into the Aug. 26 match on Friday, reiterating it will not tolerate conduct threatening any student-athlete. The school […]
(BPRW) Reflecting on the 10th Year Anniversary of PrEP, HIV Prevention Advocates Announce “PrEP In Black America” Summit to Create Plan to Address Racial Disparities (Black PR Wire) Atlanta, GA – As many advocates are reflecting on the 10th anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the first medication for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (known as “PrEP”), […]
(BPRW) Free Program Addressing Racial Disparities in Parkinson’s Disease on July 9 in Atlanta Hosted by the Parkinson’s Foundation and Morehouse School of Medicine (Black PR Wire) ATLANTA, GA – The Parkinson’s Foundation and Morehouse School of Medicine will host “Parkinson’s Disease and the African American Community” on Saturday, July 9 at Morehouse School of […]