by Dr. Boyce Watkins (YourBlackWorld.com)--When you use a loosely-defined term such as “dark-skinned male” to describe the suspect of one of the most notorious crimes in American history, you should fully expect that people are going to become angry with you.
BENJAMIN TODD JEALOUS (Real Times News Service)--The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and its CEO and president Benjamin Todd Jealous are voicing their concern over a report of a "Dark Skinned Male" that it deemed irresponsible, reckless, and counterproductive
HERMAN CAIN (AP Photo/Joe Burbank) by Paul Steinhauser and Kevin Liptak (CNN) -- Herman Cain, the former pizza executive who briefly led the pack of GOP 2012 presidential hopefuls, convened a gathering of Republicans Monday with the goal of devising a strategy to convince fellow African-Americans to join the party.
ROLAND MARTIN by William Reed (NNPA)--CNN contributor Roland Martin, who departed the network on April 6, has been named the National Association of Black Journalists’ (NABJ) 2013 Journalist of the Year.
by Michael Martinez (CNN) -- A Florida police sergeant was fired for possessing several so-called Trayvon Martin shooting targets, authorities said Saturday.
SPEAKS AT DUQUESNE--Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sits with his wife Virginia Thomas in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) by Kevin Begos PITTSBURGH (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Tuesday he is heartbroken over the persistent poverty and social troubles among many Black communities but has no answers on how to solve these problems.
