LUCAS L. JOHNSON II, Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A diamond and gold pendant Elvis Presley gave Sammy Davis Jr. was among 160 authenticated artifacts...
(The Washington Post) – President Obama brought six books with him on his summer vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. And if he started reading at noon on...
TOM FOREMAN Jr., Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — As prosecutors attempted to discredit him, a white Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer completed nearly six hours of testimony...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press GLOUCESTER, Mass. – The young woman nursing a fresh black eye has come to the police station in this old fishing...
DON THOMPSON, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hugo Pinell, a notorious killer with ties to the 1960s and 1970s black revolutionary movement, spent the last...
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple says it more than doubled the numbers of women, blacks and Hispanics hired in the last...
(The Washington Post) – On July 31, the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad published a review of several books on race and racism in the United States. The series, written...
(The Michigan Chronicle) – Hundreds attended the farewell ceremony of former Detroit Lions running back and Ford dealership owner Mel Farr. Farr’s wife, Jasmine, who is...
(Salon) – The brutal and iniquitous treatment African-Americans suffer at the hands of their criminal justice system has been a chief topic of conversation in the...
(New York Times) – On July 20, 2006, the United States Senate voted to renew the Voting Rights Act for 25 more years. The vote was unanimous,...
