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Richard Jenkins, an 18-year-old homeless teenager, fought over all of his high school classmates to win the best student title and a scholarship to Harvard, in 2018. Richard Jenkins and his family spent the majority of their childhood in homeless shelters. They were evicted from their home owing to foreclosure and ended up homeless for […]

A scholarship from a historically Black college and the university will pay for an 11-year-old Florida boy’s college education. Carter Bonas, a Coral Springs entrepreneur, received a full scholarship from Florida Memorial University earlier this month at the South Florida HBCU Golf Classic. Carter has established himself in the golf industry by launching a golf […]

An entire Mississippi community is on high alert in the hope of finding a missing college student. The family has requested the assistance of local police authorities in the search for the 20-year-old, who has been missing for more than a week. The FBI’s Oxford Field Office and the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office have joined […]

Three New York men who spent more than 25 years in jail for the heinous murder of a subway token clerk had their convictions overturned recently after prosecutors discovered evidence of misconduct by the case’s primary detectives. Thomas Malik, James Irons, and Vincent Ellerbe were 18 and 17 years old, respectively, when they admitted to […]

One of the two men, Muhammad Aziz, who was cleared last year of murdering civil rights activist Malcolm X in 1965, has sued New York, asking $40 million in damages for the wrongfully convicted conviction. Two of the three men convicted of the murder, Aziz, 84, and Khalil Islam, were cleared by a judge in […]

According to Variety, the British-Ugandan actor Daniel Kaluuya won’t be appearing in the Black Panther sequel when it hits theaters later this year. In the 2018 film Black Panther, Kaluuya played W’Kabi, the head of security for the Wakanda Border Tribe and King T’Challa’s closest friend and confidant. According to sources who spoke with the […]

Protesters seeking justice for Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy killed in Mississippi in 1955, crossed state lines to voice their fury at police failing to arrest the lady at the core of his murder weeks after the discovery of a warrant issued for her arrest nearly 70 years ago. The campaigners hope that local […]

Every cup of coffee that Melanin Café customers in Alabama receive has a dash of Black history. The Opelika-based café was started by Catrice Hixon and her husband Jakyra Hixon and features drinks with names of what she says are lesser-known Black contributors and landmarks. For instance, the espresso coffee “Check-Up” with coconut-vanilla flavor honors […]

Recently, a group of educators proposed that slavery be taught in second grade as “involuntary relocation” to the Texas State Board of Education. The idea was created by a designated work group for the Texas State Board of Education, according to the Texas Tribune. The panel was instructed to incorporate the study of slavery into […]

Following an investigation, it was found that two London police officers had shared “inexcusable” WhatsApp conversations, and they have been fired from the force. One of the comments compared Meghan Markle to a racist caricature toy. PC Sukhdev Jeer and PC Paul Hefford, who was fired, worked for the Metropolitan Police’s Forensic Services division. According […]

Senegalese businessman Iny Samba is the co-founder and CEO of Le Lionceau, the first infant food company created entirely in Senegal. She previously held the position of R&D engineer at Danone’s Blédina, the baby food branch of French food multinational Danone. She previously held the position of R&D engineer at Danone’s Blédina, the baby food […]

According to the FBI, the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday, which left ten people dead and three more injured, is being investigated as a hate crime. But the truth which won’t be published is that America is unconsciously grooming a young and deadly sect of terrorists. Now, the rest of the News: […]

They were among ten people killed in a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday, which investigators think was racially motivated. Thirteen people were shot, ranging in age from 20 to 86. Buffalo police report says 11 of the victims were black and two were white. The victims were identified by authorities […]