Alison Parker, a rookie news reporter at WDJB, the Roanoke, Va. CBS affiliate, had turned 24 just days before she was murdered on August 26. Her work partner, cameraman Adam Ward, was about to move to Charlotte, N.C. because his fiancé, a producer at WDJB, had a new job.
This Week in Black History
September 4-6 the Edo National Association Worldwide (ENAW) held their annual convention at the Westin Los Angeles Hotel gathering to raise money for special projects in Edo State, Nigeria.
Ezell Ford was shot and killed by Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Officers Sharlton Warmpler and Antonio Villegas on Aug. 11, 2014. A 10-month investigation culminated in the Los Angeles Police Commission, the body that oversees the LAPD, ruling that Warmpler was “unjustified to open fire on Ford … wrong to draw his weapon, and had used unacceptable tactics” when the two officers observed Ford walking down 65th Street near Broadway in South Los Angeles, as reported by the L.A. Times.
This past summer saw the deaths of five Black women in police custody across the U.S. The deaths were a jolt to the collective Black community already reeling from the seemingly rampant (and unending) police shootings of unarmed Black men nationwide. Here in Los Angeles, the deaths of those five Black women preceded an anniversary in another young Black woman’s death after being in the custody of law enforcement: Mitrice Richardson.
Some experts say the influence of labor has declined across the nation, but its impact in Los Angeles remains strong and vibrant, especially in the African American community.
Earl Massey will never forget the massive Anchorage, Alaskan earthquake that shattered his childhood.
“I was 12 years old at the time,” recalls Massey, who said that the 1964 earthquake–registered at 9.2—was the second deadliest recorded earthquake in Alaskan history.
I am very passionate about leadership. There is a genuineness that comes from the way that I see leadership. I genuinely care and have a strong belief in building a great team. At Merrill Lynch, I know that one person cannot have the success a group can have when there is collective thought.
Lieutenant Calvin Spann, who was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, died Sunday in Allen, Texas.
Producer Keith Beauchamp is no stranger to the violent and unjust history of Emmett Till.
It was his Emmy-nominated film, The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till, which prompted the U.S. Justice Department to reopen the case in 2004. Since his production of Untold Keith has worked closely with the FBI, specifically its Civil Rights Cold Case Initiative, producing documentaries on other unsolved civil rights murders as the Executive Producer and Host of Investigation Discovery’s (ID) crime reality series, “The Injustice Files.”
Sesame Street will now be brought to you by the letters H-B-O.
The iconic children’s program is moving from the friendly confines of PBS to the adult world of Home Box Office and the move has left more than just Oscar feeling grouchy.
It was a big night for disco funk music legend Nile Rodgers, singer John Legend and producer DJ Mustard on Aug. 28 at the Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) 2015 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards in Beverly Hills.
On August 21, L.A. City Council President Herb Wesson declared “KJLH Day” in the City of Los Angeles. August 21 commemorates the 50th anniversary of the radio station providing listeners with great music and broadcasting community events.
An elementary school teacher who was allowed to keep his job despite being late for work 111 times in two years said last Friday that breakfast is to blame for his tardiness.
Lyntoya Williamson is a local fashion and fragrant designer who has decided to take a leap to pursue her dreams of becoming a household name through her skincare line LinnieDREW.