Charlie Murphy Remembered by Fellow Comedians at Funeral
April 26, 2017
He was the subject of popular sketches in which he retold his adventures with younger brother Eddie Murphy and celebrities like Prince and Rick James.
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Associated Press
Artist moves civil rights icon Rosa Parks’ home to Germany
April 14, 2017
The unlikely location is the result of the financial crisis of 2008 and Detroit’s dramatic decline.
Lynch: Americans must come before president, Congress
April 12, 2017
Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Friday encouraged her successor to remember the American people are the Department of Justice’s clients, not the president or Congress.
King daughter says her mother’s papers should be published
April 5, 2017
King daughter says her mother’s papers should be published
Meshea Poore takes over as West Virginia State Bar president
April 5, 2017
Meshea Poore takes over as West Virginia State Bar president
Harriet Tubman photo bought by Smithsonian, national library
April 5, 2017
Harriet Tubman photo bought by Smithsonian, national library
IU Honors 1st Black Female student with picture, scholarship
April 5, 2017
IU honors 1st black female student with picture, scholarship
Former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal gets new African name
March 10, 2017
Former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal gets new African name
Texas’ ‘Sandra Bland’ Bill Would Revamp Profiling Laws
March 10, 2017
Texas’ ‘Sandra Bland’ Bill Would Revamp Profiling Laws
$3.35M settlement for family of black teen killed by officer
March 2, 2017
$3.35M settlement for family of black teen killed by officer
Retrial for SC officer charged with murder set for March 1
January 4, 2017
The state retrial of a South Carolina police officer charged with murder for killing a black driver running from a traffic stop has been scheduled to begin March 1.
Museum on African-American run TV station to open in Detroit
January 4, 2017
A museum about one of the country’s first African-American owned and operated television stations is set to open in Detroit next month.
Michael Brown’s family fights Ferguson push for his records
January 4, 2017
Michael Brown’s parents are objecting to a request from Ferguson for the 18-year-old’s medical and academic records as the city defends itself against a lawsuit that the parents filed over the 2014 police shooting death of their son.
Black Santa Claus who went viral hails from Arkansas
December 21, 2016
The man who came to be known around the nation as Black Santa after serving this month as the Mall of America’s first black Santa Claus got his Old Saint Nicholas start in his native state of Arkansas.
Lawyer: $1.9 million settlement in Sandra Bland lawsuit
September 21, 2016
The mother of Sandra Bland, a black woman who died last summer in a Texas jail after a contentious traffic stop, has reached a $1.9 million settlement in her wrongful-death lawsuit, her attorney said on Thursday September 15.