The family of a mentally disabled Black man unjustly accused of carjacking and fatally shot by L.A. County Sheriff Deputies in Compton held his funeral services in Inglewood on Aug. 16.
National Medical Association addresses HIV/AIDS at its 114th Annual Convention
As about 100 citizens along with dozens of law enforcement and faith-based leaders from the city of Compton converged on Gonzalez Park last week to protest an alarming rise of homicides in that city, it seems that the revolving cycle of violence continues.
JACKSON, Miss. First lady Michelle Obama told graduates of a historically Black university in Mississippi on Saturday that “the power of voting is real and lasting” and they need to cast ballots to protect civil-rights advances made by previous generations. She said many young African-Americans have disenfranchised themselves because only about 20 percent of them voted in the 2014 midterm elections.
In recognition of Black History Month, the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) last Thursday released an update to their 2015 report on the economic status of African Americans. The study finds that African Americans lag far behind white Americans in almost every measure of economic well-being in all 50 states.
At Apple’s shareholder meeting in March, Rev. Jesse Jackson appealed to Tim Cook and his team to re-double their commitment to diversity and inclusion by bringing qualified women and people of color on to their Board of Directors.
Black students discuss ways to improve educational outcomes for Black student achievement
What, to African Americans, is the 4th of July?
There’s a lesson to be learned from the Confederate flag quickly and unexpectedly falling into disfavor following the murder of nine Bible-studying African Americans, including the pastor, at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C. The lesson is that the economic clout of African Americans and their progressive allies can be used to pressure businesses to do the right thing, which in turn can keep the far right wing in check.