A 19th-century cemetery, believed to hold the remains of slaves, has been uncovered at a former cotton plantation in Florida, archaeologists announced Thursday. The discovery of six gravesites was made last year at the Kingsley Plantation in Jacksonville, but the announcement was delayed to allow for further research and to alert possible descendants of those buried there. It brought a sense of accomplishment to those who spent years…
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November 11, 2011
We love our black marching bands. What would black college football be without those high-stepping majorettes and the rhythmic drumlines and horn sections that make such glorious spectacles of the HBCU experience? Well, if you didn’t attend a black college and have never been to a black college football game, you have your chance to check it out starting tonight on ESPN’s five-part series “The Battle,” which starts…
LOS ANGELES – After serving 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Obie Anthony walked out of a Los Angeles County Jail Oct. 4 and joined the ranks of many men and women across the U.S., who were incarcerated on the basis of flawed or false eyewitness testimony. “It’s really overwhelming at this point. It’s going to take a couple of days before everything…
Are Drake and Wayne showing respect to the “Throne” or are they afraid to face the Kings on the charts? In a recent interview with XXL, Drake explained that he and Lil Wayne have decided to put their collaborative album joint on hold and maybe for good. The reason, because he felt fans would compare the project to Watch The Throne rather than judge it as an individual…
Who knew there was a hierarchy in the world of basketball wives? Well, NBA wifey Jackie Christie called herself the “First Lady of the NBA,” recently and didn’t even bat an eye. In an interview with VH1, she broke it down, justifying her comments. “That’s how I felt at that time, meeting all the girls and what they were there for and me trying to mentor them and…
Facebook has become a landmine of exes (ex-boyfriends, ex-girlfriends, ex-bosses, ex-friends). It has also become a melting pot of stalkers and salesmen pitching everything from cheap shoes to weird threesomes. When you throw in family you’d rather not talk to to and classmates you’d rather not remember, many people are finding they need some assistance navigating the cyber-social landscape. Clutch Magazine’s,Luvvie Ajayi, creates a hilarious list of people one should…
Teenagers have found a new way of getting drunk by inserting vodka-soaked tampons into their vaginas, says a Phoenix police resource officer. And its not just girls, boys are inserting the alcohol drenched feminine hygiene products in their rectums. Read more.
A University of Memphis freshman recovered from surgery at the MED Thursday after his family said he was beaten up on campus by football players. “Very angry,” said the victim’s mother, Teresa McFarland. “This is my child. I sent him to school to learn and this happened. I’m very upset.” Brandon Transou, 18, had his jaw wired shut after surgery. His family said he has a permanent metal…
TOWSON, Md. – An African-American waitress, who was terminated earlier this year, has filed a discrimination complaint against Applebee’s after she claims a manager harassed her on the job and only allowed her to only serve tables taken by black customers. 23 year-old Courtney Haywood started working at the Towson Applebee’s in 2007 as a server and bartender. In May of 2011, she claims new management at the…
Your Black Politics reports: It’s amazing that all the main people who made the Obama Administration so, well, cool, are slowly leaving. First, “Green Czar”, Van Jones, was pressured into leaving; then, Desiree Rogers, rumored to be getting too much attention for First Lady Michele Obama‘s liking, made her graceful exit. Rahm Emmanuel, the Chicago Bully with the big mouth that we all loved to hate, left to run the…
Hes got 99 problems, and now “the 99%” might be another one. Rapper Jay-Z is plastering Occupy Wall Streets message onto a new line of T-shirts, to be released Friday under his Rocawear clothing label. Photos of Jay-Z sporting one of the shirts while he was backstage at one of his concerts with hip hop magnate Russell Simmons earlier this week lit up the Twittersphere. Simmons has been…
Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) has faced consistent religious intolerance during his days in office, and it primarily comes from his challengers. Most recently, Gary Boisclair, Ellison’s opponent, had a shockingly incendiary, islamophobic video removed from content sharing site, YouTube because it violated user terms-of-use policy. Huffington Post reports that the web ad featured graphic images of murdered non-Muslims and the House member swearing to the Koran. “Congressman Ellison swore…
Your Black News reports: It’s a well-known fact that many slaves in the Deep South were buried without fanfare, often without a marker or ceremony to mark their passing. If archaeologists are correct, though, slaves and their descendants may finally get the acknowledgement and closure they deserve after what is suspected to be a slave cemetery was uncovered on the Kingsley Plantation in Jacksonville, Florida. Read more at Your Black…