A video posted on Facebook has gone viral on the internet, featuring Black men of all ages, professions, and shades, wearing a black t-shirt over their favorite jerseys.
The movement is called #BLACKOUTNFL. It is in response to the NFL blackballing Colin Kaepernick for taking a knee at football games in protest of police brutality.
In the video, Pastor Debliare Snell, explains why this movement is so important. He says, “Since the end of last season, as a result of this protest, Colin Kaepernic
The University of Texas has begun removing four Confederate-era statues from a main area of campus because the monuments “represent the subjugation of African Americans.” University of Texas President Greg Fenves announced the move late Sunday night, saying the monuments have become “symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism.” Crews were in place Sunday night to dismantle the statues, and they were expected to be gone by Monday morning. Fenves linked his decision to the “horrific displays
Pastor Kenneth McNeil showed up to work late Tuesday morning and immediately noticed the doors at the McLennan County church hall had been damaged.
Inside, as the Waco Tribune-Herald reported, McNeil found much worse: A swastika and other Nazi symbolism, along with the words “Satan” and “Trump,” scrawled in mustard and ketchup on the walls of Willow Grove Baptist Church’s fellowship hall.
“We are determined not to allow that fear and that hate to win,” McNeil told the newspaper. “We keep g
Kaepernick’s football career remains tenuous, at best, while I am able to cash in on the wages of whiteness. Like dozens of white quarterbacks, 32 owners, countless media pundits, and millions of fans, my decision to speak or
Several Black activists, journalists, and political leaders have denounced a White supremacist rally that has stirred chaos in Charlottesville, Virginia, reports the Huffington Post.
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According to the outlet, some of the Black leaders blamed President Donald Trumpfor encouraging hate and bigot
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The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth apologized this week after a photo showing white faculty posing as rappers sparked backlash on social media.
Five seminary professors, including the dean of the School of Preaching, put on bandannas, hoodies and gold chains and used their hands to flash signs for the camera. One held what appeared to be a handgun close to his chest. Written above them graffiti-style are the words “Notorious S.O.P” — a reference to the
(Image: Wikimedia)Diversity is profitable, but when will Hollywood get the picture?
Jordan Peele’s Get Out will make you cringe, scream, and feel incredibly uncomfortable—and apparently, people can’t get enough of it.
Since it’s release on February 24, the socially conscious horror flick has raked in over $117 million, as of March 15. This makes Peele the first African American writer and director to earn over $100 million at the box office with a debut feature film. To top it
Colleges across the U.S. continue to be plagued with fliers promoting racism.
On Monday, multiple fliers posted by members of Vanguard America ― a white supremacy group ― were found on the University of Maryland Campus.
“A notice to all white Americans,” one flier read. “It is your civic duty to report any and all illegal aliens. …They are criminals. America is a white nation.”
“Carry the torch of your people,” another said. It was the third time in three months that fliers were found on the c
Mike Ilitch paid for Rosa Parks' housing for more than a decade
Mike Ilitch was known for the charitable work he did throughout the city of Detroit, but some people may not know how he helped a civil rights leader.
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For over ten years, the Detroit businessman paid the rent of civil righ
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The notion that ancient African education was oral and not written is only a myth. In his book, “Reversing Sail: A History of the African Diaspora,” Dr. Michael Gomez, an author and professor of history and Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University, declares that, from 300 B.C. to A.D. 350, the Meroë civilization had developed a writing system of its own.
The month of February is over and those within the United States have officially stopped celebrating Black History Month. Even though Black History Month is over for many people, the truth of the matter is that people of color are always making historical strides. Let’s face it – we are living in a world that refuses to honor and celebrate those who break the glass ceiling.
Because March is designated as Women’s History Month, it’s important to celebrate Stephanie Johnson, Delta Airlines First
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By: Martin M.
At first glance on such a topic, one would wonder, can black youth really suffer from something as common as an identity crisis?
The answer is not as clear as most people may think or expect. See, the average African American can relate to the many past years of s
By: James Swift, Jr.
While you’ve probably read a lot of modern Arkansas news here, this day in Black history in 1859, Arkansas enacted a law that called for the exile and ban of free Black and mixed people from living within the state. The bill passed on February 12 and needed for Conway—who was all too happy to be rid of Black people in Arkansas—to sign off on it.
The main conditions of the bill gave free Black people until January 1, 1860, to leave Arkansas or they would be sold into slave
By Victor Ochieng
February is Black History Month, a month set aside in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom for the celebration of events and important people in the African American history.
Because it’s Black History Month, a teacher in a Baton Rouge Catholic School saw fit to ask students to write an essay about the month. It’s a topic that could’ve been quite interesting to write about, especially for someone with a little knowledge of history. One of the students wrote an
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When the 81-year-old woman died in a Maryland suburb just outside the nation’s capital 17 years ago, she was living alone. Neither her few acquaintances nor her neighbors had any idea whether she had any family. But to ensure Hoover received a proper burial, a few good folks managed to piece together an incomplete portrait of a life they barely knew.
Now, all these years later, the blockbuster
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Singer Rebecca Ferguson during the final of the talent show "The Voice of Germany."
Donald Trump is in quite the political pickle.
Jan. 20 is fast approaching and the president-elect is still having trouble finding celebrities who want to perform at his inauguration.
Well have no fear, Donald — British singer and X Factor alum, Rebecca Ferguson, has agreed to perform on your big day...as long as you approve her song c
Actor Tom Arnold arrives at the premiere of Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ “Straight Outta Compton” at the Microsoft Theatre on August 10, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
*As if anyone needed any more proof of Donald Trump’s racial insensitivity, Tom Arnold claims to have the receipts.
In the midst of the “Access Hollywood” footage that leaked in October showing the future President-elect making lewd comments about women, there were reports that Trump made even worse remarks regard
The Huffington Post analyzed the 13 police shooting trials since August 2014 that juries decided. Majority-White juries decided all but two of those case
