“You betrayed our community D.A. Ken Thompson. Your decision to recommend that the police officer found guilty of shooting Akai Gurley should serve no jail time – is like killing him again,” so stated Assemblyman Charles Barron.
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Harlem’s Black Nuns Celebrate 100 Years Of Service
The Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, one of only three orders of Black nuns in the United States, will be marking its centennial with a gala and benefit Tuesday, March 29 at the New York Academy of Medicine in Manhattan.
View MoreMinister Dlamini visits Brooklyn
Ilitha Labantu founder Mandisa Monakali, in partnership with the Republic of South African Consulate General, hosted a reception at the Kalahari Gallery for Her Excellency Bathabile Dlamini, honorable Minister of Social Development for the Republic of South Africa.
View MoreKnight Arts Challenge Detroit Call For Submissions Start April 4th
The Knight Arts Challenge Detroit will open for submissionsApril 4 – offering a share of $3 million to the best ideas for the arts.
View MoreMan Shot by Police after Drawing Weapon at US Capitol
Police shot a man on Monday after he pulled a weapon at a U.S. Capitol checkpoint as spring tourists thronged Washington, authorities said. The suspect was previously known to police, who last October arrested him for disrupting House proceedings and yelling he was a “Prophet of God.”
View MorePolice: Man Killed by MARC Train was Suspect in Slaying
Police say a man who was a suspect in a fatal shooting apparently killed himself by putting himself on the tracks of a commuter train in a Washington suburb
View MoreScreening of Dunbar High Documentary
Gumshoe Rumpus Productions is scheduled to host a premiere screening of Dunbar: The Alchemy of Achievement, An Oral History of America’s First Black Public High School”
View MoreGive DPS back to Detroit
Now that the emergency funding package has been approved and Detroit Public Schools are no longer in danger of coming to a grinding halt next week, the real fight is back on center stage; the fight over local control.
View MoreMaryland Senate Passes Criminal Justice Reform Bill
The Maryland Senate unanimously passed a sweeping criminal justice reform bill Thursday, despite debate that amendments had limited the legislation’s scope and effect.
View MoreSocial and Civic Whirl: Black Law Students At Regent University Hosted ‘Making Black History Banquet’
The Vice Chair of the Black Law Student Association (BLSA), Brittany Tabb, Welcomed the guests to their 2nd annual Making Black History Banquet. Chelsea Mack, Chaplain of the BLSA, prayed the Opening Prayer followed by a delicious buffet dinner prepared by the dining staff of Regent’s University.
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