When the disappointing and outrageous news broke today that all of the officers tried in the Freddie Gray murder case had been acquitted, most people were shocked, saddened and disheartened by another injustice of a black man being murdered with no one held accountable. However it wasn’t just regular citizens who were highly upset, as […]
On the second night of the Democratic National Convention, the Mothers of the Movement took the stage to share why they are supporting Hillary Clinton for president during an emotional and heart-wrenching address to delegates. Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra Bland – who was found dead hanging in a jail cell after an “unlawful traffic stop” […]
Getting pulled over for a traffic stop can be nerve-racking for anyone, but many African-American men are taught one wrong move could mean “life or death.” Leighton Watson, 23, a project manager in Richmond, Va., says his father, who is a retired police officer in Michigan, sat him down before he started driving and had […]
While covering the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, Roland Martin and NewsOne Now have given Black Republicans a platform to speak to the show's predominantly African-American audience.
Plus, The Game launches new program to help mothers in need, author and activist Nikki Giovanni says Nina Simone would have joined Black Lives Matter, and more news.
Black Lives Matter protestors are taking societal issues into their own hands as they demand #FreedomNow.
But this RNC feels different. Dangerous. And that concern is not stemming from the militarized police forces surrounding the convention center, no matter how unsettling.
But this RNC feels different. Dangerous. And that concern is not stemming from the militarized police forces surrounding the convention center, no matter how unsettling.
What the cell phone footage shows is troublesome, to say the least.
It was just last week that a Yale employee made national news when he destroyed a glass panel in the campus dining hall that depicted slaves picking cotton. Corey Menafee was arrested and fired after destroying campus property, but today he got some good news involving the incident. ABC News is reporting that Corey […]
The sites at InteractiveOne have come together to say nothing will distract us from supporting the movement against anti-Black racism and police abuse.
The attempt to get Black Lives Matter labeled a terrorist group has come to a halt. On July 6, a “We the People” petition was created on the White House website in efforts to have the federal government officially recognize the movement as an extremist group. “Terrorism is defined as ‘the use of violence and […]
