Bus Driver Fired For Not Picking up Black Passenger
A Martha Vineyard bus driver has been let go from their job for declining to pick up a Black passenger, Boston’s NBC 10 reports. A Black man was trying to…
Judge Dismisses Suit Filed by Family of Black Man Killed by Ohio Police
The Associated Press A federal judge’s ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed Black man fatally shot by an Ohio police officer says the man’s civil…
Chadwick Boseman to Star in Police Drama ’17 Bridges’
It looks like Chadwick Boseman has found his first non-Marvel role since the release of Black Panther earlier this year. The star is attached to star in the New York…
Freshman Delegate Charles Preps for Challenges Ahead
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, Nick Charles is one of Prince George’s County’s newest elected officials. He cannot wait to go to Annapolis as a delegate in January.…
‘Love & Hip Hop’ Star Moniece Slaughter and Girlfriend Breakup
Love & Hip Hop Hollywood’s Moniece Slaughter confirm that her relationship with girlfriend, AD Diggs, is officially over. It appears that the decision split was not mutual. In screenshots obtained…
D.C. Committee on Education Names New Director
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO Akeem Anderson, a former D.C. Public Schools employee, has been appointed as the new director of the D.C. City Council’s Committee on…
Former Firefighter Pleads Guilty After Hanging Noose Outside Black Family’s Apartment
A White former firefighter pleaded guilty to a federal charge of interfering with a Black family’s housing rights after he hung a noose outside their apartment, CBS DFW reports. Glenn…
Verletta White Will Continue to Lead Baltimore County Schools
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Verletta White will continue to serve public school children in the Baltimore County community where she was born and raised for at least…
White Student Effectively Explains Why the Confederate Flag is Racist
A video clip of a 2015 debate about the Confederate Flag at Shawnee Mission East high school has resurfaced on social media. In the footage, a student named Christopher Justice…
Justice Department Reopens Emmett Till Case
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, Even before it was cool to cite the hashtags “Black Lives Matter” and “Say His/ Her Name,” Mamie Till made sure the world…