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NEW YORK — The former president of the Vulcan Society, a fraternal organization for Black firefighters in New York City, recounted numerous incidents of racial discrimination, saying Black firefighters were”effectively ostracized” by their white colleagues, yesterday in a discrimination trial agaisnt New York City’s Fire Department. Paul Washington, 49, described rampant use of the N-word and […]

TULSA, Okla —  A 25-year-old man who has struggled with mental illness surrendered to police after staying on top of a TV tower in Tulsa, Oklahoma for six days. William Boyd Sturdivant II was taken to a hospital and later a mental health facility after finally getting off the tower. The New York Daily News reports: […]

New York University paid an African worker $210,000 in a settlement suit after his supervisor called him a “monkey” and a “gorilla.” “Do you want a banana?” NYU employee Osei Agyemang was asked by his boss at NYU’s Bobst Library. According to Agyemang, his boss taunted him with such racially inflammatory remarks for nearly two years. The […]

NEW YORK — A devout Christian was mugged and robbed of his cash and the bible he was carrying in the Bronx late last week. The attack happened as the man was coming home from work at 2:00am and was caught on camera. The New York Post reports: The video shows the first goon suddenly […]

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A New Jersey rappper was found shot dead in an SUV in suburban New Jersey. He was also shot before the SUV was torched along with his body. The rapper, Kampane, real name Rhian Stout, was so badly burned it took a day for police to identify the body. The New York […]

On the NDCC Facebook page, they often cited Matthew 7:1-2, which states “Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”Florida mega-church Pastor Zachery Tims was found dead in a hotel in New York […]

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said that impeaching President Barack Obama “would be a great thing to do” on a conference call with bloggers on Tuesday night, Politico reports. However, Cain pointed out that doing so would be difficult. HuffingtonPost.com report: “Because the Senate is controlled by Democrats we would never be able to get […]

Please continue to keep the families of the wounded and departed in your prayers.

While the recession hit black men harder than any other group, the economic recovery has shifted that impact to their female counterparts, according to a recent report by the National Women’s Law Center, which shows that black women have lately seen their unemployment rate rise even as other populations—including black men—have finally begun to regain […]

Tye Tribbett will be in Indy this coming Saturday August 20, 2011 for the Fresh Tour at the Madame Walker Theater! 7pm logon to http://www.walkertheater.com for more details! Tickets are $15.00 in advance.

The Progressive National Baptist Convention, an organization that began to support and defend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s efforts during the Civil Rights Movement, has come to the defense of President Barack Obama. During the organization’s annual meeting in Washington D.C. this past Friday, members rallied behind the president, calling for the ouster of elected officials […]