Criminal charges coming in FAMU band hazing case
Prosecutors will announce criminal charges Wednesday, five months after the hazing death of a Florida A&M marching band member. CBS News has learned around a dozen people will be arrested and charges will include both felonies and misdemeanors. The student, 26-year-old drum major Robert Champion, Jr. died last November after a severe beating. The More...
First Black To Lead U.S. Olympic Body, LeRoy Walker Dies At 93
LeRoy Walker, the first African American to lead the U.S. Olympic Committee and the first black man to coach an American Olympic team, died Monday in Durham, N.C. He was 93. Walker’s death was confirmed by More...
20 years later, history haunts Rodney King
It has been 20 years this month since rioting brought Los Angeles to its knees, after a jury had acquitted four police officers in the beating of a black motorist. There were 54 riot-related deaths and nearly $1 More...
Los Angeles Chess Master Receives Award For Helping Youth
Chess master Damen Fletcher expands his enrichment program Train of Thought (TOT) into 24 inner-city schools and community organizations in 2012, culminating with a UCLA case study examining the effects of chess More...
Number of African-American baseball players dips again
Major League Baseball, celebrating Jackie Robinson Day on Sunday, has the lowest percentage of African-American players since the earliest days of the sport’s integration, according to research conducted by More...
Jackie Robinson honored with MLB ballpark tributes
LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball. And about what it More...
Idaho’s only African-American legislator receives letter from KKK
Idaho’s only African-American legislator is drawing national attention for something she received in the mail. Boise Rep. Cherie Buckner-Webb says she received a letter last week from the KKK. Buckner-Webb More...
Prosecutor won’t use grand jury in Trayvon Martin shooting case
Special prosecutor Angela Corey has decided against using a grand jury in the case involving the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, her office said Monday. “The decision should not be considered More...
FOX hires Jesse Jackson’s daughter, Santita Jackson
Morning news program “FOX & Friends” just got a new, unexpected friend. The popular show welcomes civil rights activist Jesse Jackson’s daughter, Santita Jackson Jackson’s older daughter is radio station More...
Parents Plead For Arrest In FAMU Hazing Death
The parents of the Florida A&M University drum major who died during a hazing incident are pleading with Florida authorities to either charge someone or close the case.Robert Champion Sr. and his wife Pam held More...
