Rapper Nelly joined the protestors in Ferguson, MO this week. Nelly, who is a native of University City, a suburb of St. Louis, returned home to...
Protester holds a picture of Michael Brown at a rally and vigil August 10. Photos: Cartan X. Mosley by Jihad Hassan Muhammad Special to the NNPA from...
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — An attorneys’ group is suing to try to get police records about the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder to Ferguson, Missouri, to meet with federal law enforcement authorities investigating the police...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police and protesters collided in the streets of Ferguson again late Monday, a day after the Missouri...
(The Washington Post) FERGUSON, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) gave control of security operations in riot-riven Ferguson to Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ronald S....
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — For President Barack Obama, the intersection of race and the law has revealed both the pitfalls...
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — Nearly two times a week in the United States, a white police officer killed a black person during a seven-year period...
FERGUSON, Mo. (New York Times) — In the five days since an unarmed young black man was fatally shot by a police officer here, the selective...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday appealed for “peace and calm” on the streets of a St....
by Kenya Vaughn Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “I want to dedicate this next song to a big dreamer,” rapper Young...
FERGUSON, Mo. (USA Today) — Hopes for peace here after three nights of rioting were dashed when another demonstration in the wake of teenager Michael Brown’s...
Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American (NNPA) – With deep humility, we admit we did not see this coming, and not where...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama says that while the shooting death of a Missouri teenager has prompted “strong...
DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown Sr. stood alone in the center of the narrow street where the blood of his...
(St. Louis-Dispatch) – At about 1 a.m. Wednesday, a St. Louis County Police officer shot and critically wounded a man who police said pointed a handgun...
by Chris King Special to the NNPA from The St. Louis American ST. LOUIS — Jesse Jackson told The American he hopes that the U.S....
(Reuters) – An uneasy calm settled over Ferguson, Missouri, early Tuesday after a second night of violent clashes between law enforcement and residents protesting the...
