Entrepreneur and television personality Daymond John was honored by the mayor of New York City on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. John, best known as one of the founders of clothing company FUBU, was shooting segments for the fourth annual Black Entrepreneurs Day, which will air globally via live...
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Judge Ignores Professor’s Plea for Mercy In Sentencing of Unrepentant Florida Man Who Attempted to Run Six Black Men Over While They Surveyed Rosewood Area for Historical Marker
One hundred years after the Rosewood race massacre, a federal judge sentenced a white Cedar Key, Florida, man on hate crimes for a vicious attack against six Black men in Florida. The man will spend the next year and a day in prison followed by two years of parole for his actions. After a conviction...
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‘Girl Why Is You Naked’: Social Media Drags Ex-‘Love & Hip Hop’ Star Nikki Mudarris for Half-Naked Family Photos with Newborn Son and LiAngelo Ball
Over the summer, entrepreneur Nikki “Miss Nikki Baby” Mudarris and her man, LiAngelo Ball, welcomed their newborn son into the world. To their millions of followers’ delight, they provided a glimpse of the little snookums on social media, carefully shielding his face from the public. While careful not to overshare regarding the infant, LaVelo Anthony...
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‘Didn’t State Who He Was’: Federal Drug Agents Seize Millions from Passengers at Atlanta Airport While Posing as Regular Travelers In Plainclothes In ‘Cold Consent Encounters’
Catching many travelers off guard is a new practice being stealthily carried out by drug agents dressed as plainclothes passengers at the Atlanta airport who are randomly searching people they suspect are transporting drug money. Atlanta News First Investigates reporters tailed Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force officers at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as...
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‘Gross Insult’: White Supremacists Hijack Charlottesville Council Meeting Calling for Race War In City Where Unite the Fight Rally Was Held
Elected officials in Charlottesville, the Virginia city that was the scene of the infamous Unite the Right rally in 2017, have decided to suspend virtual public comments during City Council meetings. The decision comes after white supremacists and anti-Semites crashed the Zoom stream used for the public meeting and called for a race war. Now,...
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Oklahoma Principal, Football Coach Who Allegedly Called Black Players Slurs Like ‘Porch Monkey,’ ‘Jigaboo’ Charged After Allegations of Physical and Emotional Abuse
A high school principal who was inducted into the Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2022 now faces a year in jail after being charged with outraging public decency. Authorities have been collecting accounts from players from the school’s football team that point to him cultivating a toxic environment for students. The Oklahoma State...