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Despite what you read in some history books — such as the Biographical Dictionary of Congressional Women — Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) was not in 1972 the first African-American candidate to run for

Khoudia Diop is a 19-year-old Senegalese model who was once bullied about her color. But now the self-proclaimed “Melanin Goddess” is taking the internet by storm with her beautifully rich skin tone.

A high school football player in Mississippi allegedly had a noose placed around his neck and pulled back by one or more fellow students during a break in practice earlier this month. The president

By Tom Slater 19 October 2016 'I don’t know what Black Lives Matter does, so I can’t tell you how it compares to what the Black Panther Party was. I know what the BPP was. I know the lives we lost

ATLANTA (FinalCall.com)—Thousands packed into the historic Fox Theater in Atlanta for a keynote address, filled with guidance, warning and direct marching orders from the Honorable Minister Louis Farr

A black Georgia teenager lost his leg about a month after a behavioral specialist working at his school threw him to the floor multiple times and then denied him medical treatment. The 13-year-old

NEW YORK -- The 66-year-old woman fatally shot by a cop after she charged at him with a baseball bat assailed gun violence and racism in tweets. Deborah Danner, who identified herself on social med

About 2,000 Seattle educators wore Black Lives Matter shirts at their schools Wednesday to call for racial equity in education. Schools across the district held “Black Lives Matter at School” ralli

HOUSTON: Houston OBGYN Dr. Tamika Cross is kicking up a storm on Facebook with a maddening story of prejudice that will surely make you grit your teeth in frustration. Cross was flying out of Detro

A small group gathered today in a hotel suite on the outskirts of Gary, Indiana. The nine formally dressed guests joined hands while standing around a table containing only a white box. Reverend John

Melanin is best known as the pigment that dictates our skin tones, but it is found just about everywhere—in our brains, in our hair. It is even found in cuttlefish. But as abundant as melanin is, its

JEREMIE, Haiti — Houses stood without tops, trees without leaves and the people without hope. What Hurricane Matthew’s Category 4 winds didn’t tear a hole in during its assault on this city, it sna

A company controlled by Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, secretly conducted business in Communist Cuba during Fidel Castro’s presidency despite strict American trade bans that made

Nine Philadelphia police officers fired a total of 109 shots Wednesday night at Christopher Sowell, killing him and ending a rampage in West Philadelphia in which he beat, choked or stabbed five peopl

A third grade student in Texas was surprised with a $10,000 scholarship and early admittance to a Texas university after a video of her saying her daily motivational mantra caught the eyes of universi

From DemocracyNow.org SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 Police in the San Diego, California, suburb of El Cajon shot and killed an unarmed African-American man Tuesday, after his sister called 911 to report

A little girl has made a desperate plea to Charlotte city council in a bid to end the deadly cop shootings of black people. Nine-year-old Zianna Oliphant broke down in tears as she delivered th

Serena Williams has spoken out against policing killings in America, vowing she “won't be silent”. The tennis champion posted a public message on Facebook two weeks after the fatal police shooting

Sunday at the Men’s Day program hosted at Union Temple Baptist Church in Washington, DC, Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan said to President Barack Obama, “Your people are suffering

Steve Harvey used his TV show Thursday to give black viewers some soberingly useful advice. The host held a town hall-style discussion on race and policing and, as part of the conversation, Har

Maryland police today defended the restraining and pepper-spraying of a 15-year-old girl they said was not cooperating after a traffic accident, saying that the actions of officers involved an app

WARNING !! HOME INVASIONS USING RUBBER BANDS !! We all want to assume that we’re safe inside our homes. But the truth is that criminals can and do go everywhere, and there’s no telling if your hom

Tuesday, September 6, 2016 7:16 By Michael Synder Could it be possible that Hillary Clinton is covering up a major illness that would make her unfit to serve as president? It has been my contentio