On August 16, 2012, 18-year old Shannon Nyamodi fell asleep in his truck and woke up after hearing gunshots. He saw a white woman running towards him with blood pouring from her head. He called 911 and tried to help her.
The woman told police that ...
Posted Tuesday, January 7th 2014 at 2:22PM
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A jealous university student threw sulphuric acid over her friend in an attack inspired by the horrific assault on Katie Piper, a court today heard.
Mary Konye, 21, disguised herself in an Islamic veil showing only her eyes, and followed Naomi Oni ...
Posted Tuesday, January 7th 2014 at 2:00PM
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O.J. Simpson has reportedly asked President Obama to set him free so he can treat his life-threatening brain cancer outside prison.
In a story not published online but cited by various outlets including the Telegraph, the National Enquirer reports ...
Posted Sunday, January 5th 2014 at 6:50PM
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TEXAS--An 11-year-old girl in Dallas was arrested Saturday after she allegedly stabbed a relative 9 times.
Family friends told News 8 that the victim, 41-year-old Toshia Edmonson, was the girl's mother. Police have released Edmonson's name, but ha ...
Posted Sunday, January 5th 2014 at 6:48PM
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Clare Carter travelled across South Africa to photograph and interview the victims of this appalling crime. These are their stories...
Mvuleni Fana was walking down a quiet alleyway in Springs – 30 miles east of Johannesburg – on her way home ...
Posted Sunday, January 5th 2014 at 5:53PM
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SIOUX FALLS, SD - It's the third most common type of cancer in women worldwide, but cervical cancer doesn't get as much attention as many other cancers.
44-year-old Angie Millard has been cancer-free for nine years. The Chancellor, South Dakot ...
Posted Sunday, January 5th 2014 at 4:52PM
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From TruthOut.org
January 4, 2014
JAISAL NOOR, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Jaisal Noor in Baltimore.
On Wednesday, vigils marked the fifth-year anniversary of the killing of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old African-Ameri ...
Posted Saturday, January 4th 2014 at 5:57PM
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MSNBC host says she never meant to make fun of interracial families
on January 4, 2014 1 hour ago
Melissa Harris-Perry broke into tears on Saturday while apologizing to Mitt Romney and his family for comments made on her MSNBC show about the form ...
Posted Saturday, January 4th 2014 at 4:30PM
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LONDON--Awarding-winning crossing guard, Jon Seymour, was sent home by Camden Council after he likened one of its black staff to the giant movie ape during a row.
Seymour, who is African American and a native of Trinidad, has worked at Carlton Pr ...
Posted Saturday, January 4th 2014 at 4:24PM
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Top 10 Scholarships For African American Students With Deadlines In January 2014
Nationwide - The new year is here, and it's time for students to get back to work. This year, more than $50 billion dollars will be given away in scholarships, and ma ...
Posted Saturday, January 4th 2014 at 4:12PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - One of the most recognizable figures on the Earth is Muhammad Ali. While many have heard his name and been told of his exploits in the ring, do you truly know his story?
You may know that he suffers from Parkinson’s dis ...
Posted Saturday, January 4th 2014 at 4:01PM
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Juanita Moore, the actress who shattered racial barriers when she was nominated for an Oscar for her role in 1959′s “Imitation of Life” died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 99-years-old.
Moore received a supporting actres ...
Posted Thursday, January 2nd 2014 at 7:13PM
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(AllHipHop News) Karrine Steffans is best known as the former video model tagged as “Superhead” and the author of the Hip Hop tell-all book Confessions of a Video Vixen.
Now the 35-year-old businesswomen is looking to cross over into televisi ...
Posted Tuesday, December 31st 2013 at 7:11PM
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Peace,
As we say goodbye to 2013 and welcome 2014, let's find a way to be grateful for all the great things we have (and had) the opportunity to experience. Let's critically look at the year before, analyze, extract wisdom from the lessons of the ...
Posted Tuesday, December 31st 2013 at 6:57PM
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Three Muslim workers at a well-known eatery in a suburb of Toronto, Canada have been awarded around $93,000 in a discrimination case. The men claim they were forced to eat pork, which is prohibited for them to consume due to their religious practices ...
Posted Monday, December 30th 2013 at 5:15PM
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The year 2013 marks the centenary of the reported founding of the Canaanite Temple in Newark, N.J. That was the very earliest form of an indigenous African-American Islam, one completely distinct from normative Islam, the 1,400-year-old religion from ...
Posted Monday, December 30th 2013 at 5:08PM
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MSNBC.com--A church nativity scene featuring a bleeding Trayvon Martin is stirring up controversy in southern California.
The outdoor display at the Claremont United Methodist Church spotlights a black-hooded dummy—in place of where baby Jesus w ...
Posted Monday, December 30th 2013 at 4:56PM
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No Scrubs: How to Know if Your New Man Has a Future.
December 28, 2013 by Dr. Boyce Watkins
(ThyBlackMan.com) I speak to my daughters regularly about how to choose a good man. Of course, their preferences often differ from my own, and I accept ...
Posted Sunday, December 29th 2013 at 7:40PM
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The Testimony of Pastor Hagins' Transition from Christianity to Afrikan Consciousness
by Brother Ray Hagins
Hotep (Peace) Brothers & Sisters,
My (birth) name is Ray Hagins. My spiritual name is Sa Ra Ankh Hotep Maakheru Setep En Ra (which ...
Posted Saturday, December 28th 2013 at 6:55PM
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From Houston Forward Times
December 26, 2013
In a story that the Houston Forward Times (HFT) has been extensively covering, we have learned that the preliminary autopsy performed on Alfred Wright that showed that he was not a victim of homicide h ...
Posted Saturday, December 28th 2013 at 6:39PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The year 2013 saw George Zimmerman tried for the killing of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin and the case kept the country riveted. However, when Mr. Zimmerman was found not guilty, a wave of grief and anger swept over Black Amer ...
Posted Saturday, December 28th 2013 at 6:10PM
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WASHINGTON--A bullet fired during what was described as a running gun battle Thursday night on the plaza of the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum on U Street Northwest damaged a panel listing names of black soldiers who fought for the Un ...
Posted Friday, December 27th 2013 at 9:58PM
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