Harlem’s oldest resident is also America’s oldest — Alelia Murphy feted on her 114th birthday
At age 114, Alelia Murphy, wearing a tiara, yellow suit and a smile, Murphy celebrated her birthday in Harlem on Friday. She’s believed...
Black Passenger On Spirit Airlines Told To Move From Seat She Paid For After White Woman Refuses To
A Black female Spirit Airlines passenger says she was forced to find a new seat on a flight from Las Vegas to Chicago when a white woman...
Shakopee women's prison to discontinue 'no-touch' policy
No handshakes. No hugs. No physical touch — even in a time of grief. For the past eight years, unsanctioned contact between inmates at...
Steve McNair died 10 years ago today
Ten years ago today, a slow Fourth of July for sports news suddenly changed. News emerged that former Titans and Ravens quarterback Steve...
“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”Frederick Douglass July 5, 1852
Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I...
3 Broward Sheriff's Deputies Face Criminal Charges in Teen's Rough Take-Down Caught on Camera
Three Broward Sheriff's deputies who were involved in the April arrest of a teen who was seen on video being thrown to the ground and...