FERGUSON, Mo. – A day of peaceful protests to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s shooting death turned violent Sunday night when gunfire erupted between…
Caucasian Americans seem to know full well they are the benefactors of “white privilege” and enjoy the fruits of that perch in society over minorities.…
*As we reported earlier, former NBA player and now broadcaster Charles Barkley has basically come out against the prevailing sentiment in the black community regarding the Ferguson grand jury’s decision to not indict former police office Darren Wilson for the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Barkley went on Philadelphia’s 97.5 Fanatic radio […]
*The emotion of Michael Brown’s stepfather may have put him in the sights of the authorities. CNN reports that Ferguson police are considering whether or not to charge Louis Head for inciting a riot after the grand jury’s decision to not indict police officer Darren Wilson for killing Brown by yelling “Burn this b*tch down.” […]
*The above title is misleading because the criminal justice system of Ferguson, Missouri raised the ante. Instead of finding Officer Darren Wilson not guilty of any crime associated with killing Michael Brown – a result that most African-Americans would have expected, a grand jury decided that Brown’s death didn’t even warrant a trial. The incident […]
Ebenezer Baptist Church had already planned a Ferguson-related race forum for Monday evening. But the injection of Attorney General Eric Holder, the head of the…
Benjamin Watson, a tight end with New Orleans Saints of the NFL has been praised for his poignant and introspective Facebook post following the St. Louis…
*(Via The Detroit News) – President Barack Obama said Tuesday the anger and frustration of minority communities in dealing with law enforcement are no excuse for the violence and destruction of property that erupted in Missouri the night before. Obama spoke in Chicago a day after a grand jury declined to indict a white police […]