Study: Interracial Marriage, Acceptance Growing
Forty-five years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a ban on interracial marriage, the rate of marriage across racial and ethnic lines in the United States is on the rise, according to a new study released Thursday. And while such “intermarriages” continue to grow, so too does public acceptance of such unions, according to the study More...
Syndicated Radio Host Michael Baisden Donates $10,000 to Invest in Mentoring Brothers in Action Initiative
Popular nationally syndicated radio host Michael Baisden has donated $10,000 to support Mentoring Brothers in Action, Big Brothers Big Sisters’ collaborative enterprise with the three largest historically More...
Study: Segregation In U.S. On Decline, Disparities Still Persist
Segregation of African-Americans in cities and towns across the United States has dropped to its lowest level in more than a century, according to a recent study. The Manhattan Institute report, released two days More...
Air Marshals Gone Wild! Tales Of Sexism, Suicide and Bigotry
Managers at the Federal Air Marshal Service regularly made fun of blacks, Latinos and gays, took taxpayer-paid trips to visit families and vacation spots, and acted like a “bunch of school kid punks,” More...
Mamadou Ndiaye, 7-foot-5 High School Basketball Player
In the world of sports, stars are usually born not made. Some players come to play with natural gifts that their competitors just can’t match. In the world of high school basketball, no one is as gifted as More...
Knicks Forward Amar’e Stoudemire Takes Leave After His Brother’s Death
New York Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire will miss tonight’s game against the Utah Jazz after the death of his brother. Stoudemire, 29, has taken a leave of absence from the National Basketball Association More...
Student Rediscovers Lost Malcolm X Speech
The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America’s top diplomats. The audiotape of Malcolm X’s More...
Publishing Giant John H. Johnson Honored With Stamp
One of the nation’s highest honors today was presented to pioneering entrepreneur and publisher John H. Johnson who was commemorated on this year’s Black Heritage Forever Stamp by the United States Postal Service. Johnson, More...
Black Conservatives Gather To Talk About Gaining Strength
It’s a lonely world out there, black conservatives said Monday, especially as they try to recruit more African-American voters to their ranks. Many black voters will quietly tell conservative African-American More...
New York Police Officer Pleads Guilty In Civil Rights Case
A New York City police officer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal charges that he violated an African-American man’s civil rights by arresting him on false charges. Michael Daragjati, an eight-year veteran More...
