Rodney Mitchell was a 23 year old Florida man whose family affectionately called him “Hot Rod.” He earned the name both for his good looks and his “unending appreciation of life, children, and those who loved him..” According to the Herald Tribune, he “added great joy to the world.” He had earned a full scholarship at East New Mexico University (ENMU), where he completed a degree in physical education. Mitchell…
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June 30, 2014
Americans have such a long and muddled history with racism that we sometimes forget that racism isn’t intrinsic to the U.S. Even though racists in America have willfully marginalized blacks, America is certainly not the only area of the world where blacks face discrimination. A recent study on how British children feel about their plight was so troubling that film director Steve McQueen sounded the alarm. The Guardian reports that…
Reported by Andrew Scot Bolsinger Police continue to investigate the disappearance of Charlie Bothuell V, the 12-year old Michigan boy that was found in the basement of his father and stepmother’s home last Wednesday. Detroit police said on Friday they are pursuing possible charges in the case of a 12-year-old boy reported missing for 11 days before being found alive in his family’s basement as local authorities and federal agents…
Reported by April Taylor David Bryant, who served 38 years in prison for the 1975 rape and murder of eight-year-old Karen Smith, may soon be headed back to prison. Bryant was originally arrested at the age of 18 after Smith’s body was found in the stairwell of an apartment building. She had been rαped, beαten and stαbbed. In April 2013, Bryant was released after a Bronx judge ruled that he…
Reported by April Taylor Former Haitian President Leslie Manigat has died at the age of 83. He reportedly died after a long illness that ended with him contracting chikungunya, a mosquito-borne illness. Manigat was born in August 16, 1930 in Port-au-Prince and was one of four children. He grew up in a family of educators and politicians, and in 1958, he went to work for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
Reported by Kacie Whaley A New Jersey paint company, Benjamin Moore & Co., is being sued on the basis of racial discrimination claims made by a man who was fired by the company in March 2014. Clinton Tucker, a 34-year-old gay, black man who managed Benjamin Moore’s online store, believes that the paint company mockingly named two of their paint colors after him, treated him unfairly compared to his…
Bobby Womack was born dirt poor in Cleveland, Ohio on March 4, 1944. He formed a gospel group with his siblings at a young age. At just 16, he was asked to move to California after meeting Sam Cooke while touring with the Soul Stirrers. Cooke helped Womack cross over from gospel to secular music and signed Womack and his siblings to the recently formed SAR Records. Womack and his…
William R. Patterson is a renowned executive coach, award-winning lecturer, and national best-selling author. He is the CEO and co-founder of The Baron Solution Group; the company holds business and personal finance workshops in cities across the United States based on the strategies Patterson outlines in his book, “The Baron Son.” The company is a Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise. Patterson co-founded and co-authored the company and book with D….
There are a couple of ways police can reduce a city’s mυrder rate. Law enforcement can develop a strategy which helps drive down mυrders or they can cook the books to make it appear that the mυrder rate is dropping when it’s really not. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes recently discussed allegations that Chicago officials are cooking the books, now Vox has followed up with a report on how reclassification of mυrders…
George Zimmerman’s divorce filing reveals that not much has changed in the life of the man who gunned down unarmed teen Trayvon Martin. Since being acquitted in the kιlling of Martin, Zimmerman hasn’t gotten a job. During trial he collected hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay his legal fees from people who believed he was well within his rights to have used lethal force against Trayvon Martin, but most…
Reported by Liku Zelleke Singer Chris Brown can’t seem to catch a break. On Wednesday, he was close to settling his assault case in a deal that would have let him walk away a free man. Unfortunately, the negotiations fell apart when the lawyers couldn’t agree on what Brown would admit happened on that fateful day in October when he got arrested. What is known is that at the time,…