Elijah Cummings, Prominent Figure in the Civil Rights Movement and Powerful Democratic Congressman, Dead at 68

Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper’s son who rose to become the powerful chairman of a U.S. House committee that investigated President Donald Trump, died early Thursday of complications from longstanding health issues, his office said. He was 68. Cummings was a formidable orator who passionately advocated for the poor in his black-majority district, which...

Fort Worth Police Chief Says Releasing Photo of Black Woman’s Gun After She Was Killed by Officer Was Inappropriate

After a white Fort Worth police officer fatally shot a black woman inside her home, police swiftly released body camera footage that depicted the moments before the shooting, saying they were doing so in the interest of transparency. But that footage also included blurry photos of a handgun found inside the home, leading many to...

Neo-Nazi Group Says It Left Racist Flyers Outside Church With Many Black Members

A neo-Nazi group that promotes violence against Jews and people of color is claiming responsibility for racist flyers that appeared outside a church in Spokane. The flyers were taped to signposts and electrical poles near Morning Star Baptist Church on Monday. The Spokesman-Review says the flyers featured swastikas and other neo-Nazi symbols and messages such...

New York Gov. Cuomo Criticized for Using the Word ‘Nigger’ During Interview

Some criticized New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Tuesday for using a racial slur for African Americans while discussing historical discrimination toward darker-skinned Italian immigrants. The Democrat used the slur in an interview on WAMC radio while speaking about Columbus Day and a recent New York Times article about how Italians overcame bigotry in the U.S....

Intel to Pay $5M to Settle Pay Discrimination Allegations Against Female, Black, and Hispanic Employees

The Labor Department says it has reached a $5 million settlement with chip maker Intel Corp. over allegations of pay discrimination against its female, African American and Hispanic employees. As part of the agreement, Intel will pay $3.5 million in back wages and interest. It is also allocating at least $1.5 million in pay adjustments...

University of Connecticut Police Investigating White Students’ Reported Use of Racial Slurs Against Black Students

University of Connecticut police are investigating a report that a group of white students used racial slurs in a parking lot as they walked past the open windows of black students’ apartments. A student who took video of the incident at UConn’s Charter Oak Apartments told WTNH-TV that he was shocked and called on school officials to...

Suicide Attempts by Black Teens Are on the Rise, Study Says

From 1991 to 2017, the rate of reported suicide attempts by African-American teens rose, especially the rate among black boys, according to a study published Monday in the medical journal Pediatrics. The rate for black youths grew even as the rate of suicide attempts by teens in other racial and ethnic groups fell. Suicide is...

White Texas Police Officer Charged With Murder After Killing a Black Woman in Her Home Released on Bond

A white former Fort Worth police officer charged with murder after shooting a black woman through a window of her home has been released on bond, and the department told a grieving community that investigators would ensure “no stone is left unturned” in the search for answers. Jail records show Aaron Dean, 34, was out...

White Fort Worth Officer who Fatally Shot ‘Smart, Kind’ Black Woman in Her Own Home Has Resigned, May Face Charges, Police Say

The white Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old black woman, in her home has resigned and could face criminal charges, police said Monday. The officer’s resignation and the outcome of multiple investigations into his actions are likely to serve as a stress test of relations between law enforcement and the...

Cincinnati Civil Rights Icon Marian Spencer to Be Honored With Statue

The plan for a statue of a Cincinnati civil rights leader is in progress. The Woman’s City Club is behind the effort unveiled Friday to honor civil rights leader Marian Spencer with a statue of her in Cincinnati. Spencer died in July at the age of 99. She was the first African American woman to...

National Black MBA Association Announces 42nd Annual Conference and Exposition

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 14, 2019-- The National Black MBA Association® is excited to announce Washington, DC as the home for their 42nd Annual Conference and Exposition, taking place September 22-26, 2020. The organization will also celebrate a major milestone as it commemorates its 50 th anniversary year. The NBMBAA® just concluded another successful conference in Houston,...

White Fort Worth Police Officer Resigns After Killing Black Woman in Her Own Home

A white Fort Worth police officer who shot and killed a black woman through a back window of her home while responding to a call about an open front door acted without justification and resigned Monday before he could be fired, the police chief said. Police bodycam video showed Aaron Dean approaching the door of the home...

Civil Rights Activist and #MeToo Founder Tarana Burke to Receive Harvard Kennedy School’s Gleitsman Award

Tarana Burke, civil rights activist and founder of the global ‘me too.’ movement for survivors of sexual assault, has been chosen as this year’s recipient of Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership Gleitsman Award. The annual award honors Burke for her leadership of the global fight for survivor justice and her decades-long campaign to...

Dallas NAACP Calls for Independent Investigation Into Witness Joshua Brown’s Murder

Joshua Brown, a witness in the Amber Guyger Murder Trial was shot dead a week ago. Ms. Guyger, the former police officer, was found guilty of murdering business exec, Botham Jean, after “mistakenly” entering his apartment. According to Attorney Lee Merritt, who represents the Jean family and now, Mr. Brown’s family, Mr. Brown was nervous...

‘Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools’ to Screen at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on International Day of the Girl

On October 11 from 4 to 8 pm in New York City, “Black Girl Takeover Weekend” kicks off with a screening of PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The screening is a part of: a summit for girls and their advocates – a special program for girls and educators...