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Dressing While Black: NBA All-Star Dominique Wilkins Accuses Atlanta Restaurant Of Racism For Turning Him Away

No masks, just racism and vibes! Source: Derrick Salters/WENN.com / WENN Nine-time NBA All-Star Dominique Wilkins just wanted a nice dinner in Atlanta when he went to the Buckhead French bistro, Le Bilboquet. That shouldn’t be much to ask coming from the man who put the city on his back as a legendary retired player … Read moreDressing While Black: NBA All-Star Dominique Wilkins Accuses Atlanta Restaurant Of Racism For Turning Him Away

High School Hate Crime: Connecticut Student Arrested For Racist Snapchat Post Asking ‘Why Isn’t He In Chains?’

Deplorables are getting younger and younger. Source: SOPA Images / Getty Jamar Medor was minding his business in class when a fellow Fairfield Warde High School student took and posted a picture of Jamar to Snapchat. The caption about the 16-year-old Black student said, “Why is there a n***** in my homeroom? Why is he … Read moreHigh School Hate Crime: Connecticut Student Arrested For Racist Snapchat Post Asking ‘Why Isn’t He In Chains?’

’20 Seconds, Not Enough!’ Rev. Barber And Coalition Of Clergy Rally To Release Full Bodycam Footage From Killing Of Andrew Brown Jr.

What are they hiding?! Source: Joe Raedle / Getty Plenty of lies and empty promises, but there are still no answers for the family and communities grieving for Andrew Brown Jr. after Pasquotank County deputies shot and killed him while executing search and arrest warrants on April 21. On Saturday, Rev. Dr. William Barber II … Read more’20 Seconds, Not Enough!’ Rev. Barber And Coalition Of Clergy Rally To Release Full Bodycam Footage From Killing Of Andrew Brown Jr.

Family Still Seeks Answers After 16-Year-Old Mikayla Miller Found Hanging From Tree In Massachusetts Woods

#SayHerName Mikayla Miller’s promising life deserved better than a violent end. Source: Boston Globe / Getty While we mourned the news of police senselessly shooting and killing 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, the Hopkinton, MA police department was very quietly investigating the death of another 16-year-old Black girl. Calvina Strothers had been begging Hopkinton authorities to help … Read moreFamily Still Seeks Answers After 16-Year-Old Mikayla Miller Found Hanging From Tree In Massachusetts Woods

Exclusive: This Week’s “Wilmore” Episode Shines A Light On Voter Suppression With Special Guests Charlamagne, Roy Wood Jr. And Rep. Katie Porter

Source: Courtesy Peacock / Peacock BOSSIP can exclusively reveal that this week “Wilmore” , Peacock’s Friday night late night show, will welcome Charlamagne Tha God, Roy Wood Jr. And Rep. Katie Porter as guests. They’ll be discussing this week’s theme – voter suppression, with host Larry Wilmore. “Wilmore” just premiered last week and the show … Read moreExclusive: This Week’s “Wilmore” Episode Shines A Light On Voter Suppression With Special Guests Charlamagne, Roy Wood Jr. And Rep. Katie Porter

BREAKING: Ben Crump Repping Parents Of Student-Athlete Who Committed Suicide After Coach Forced Him To Play

Source: KEREM YUCEL / Getty The parents of a college football star who killed himself last year after suffering from depression and a brain injury are suing the school, the NCAA and his coach for ignoring his pleas for help and forcing him to play. Nahje Flowers, a promising young football player at the University … Read moreBREAKING: Ben Crump Repping Parents Of Student-Athlete Who Committed Suicide After Coach Forced Him To Play

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Is Singing A New Tune About Kneeling, “I WiSh We HaD LiStEnEd EaRliEr” [VIDEO]

Source: WENN.com / WENN Roger Goodell sat down with Emmanuel Acho for “Uncomfortable Conversations With A Black Man” and discussed his father Charles Goodell’s legacy of marching with Coretta Scott King and his regrets for not being more supportive of Colin Kaepernick and other players as they took the knee to protest injustice in America. … Read moreNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Is Singing A New Tune About Kneeling, “I WiSh We HaD LiStEnEd EaRliEr” [VIDEO]

Amplify Black Voices: Vanity Fair Announces Ta-Nehisi Coates Will Guest Edit Their September Issue

Source: Paul Zimmerman / Getty When it comes to racism and social justice in the United States, there’s no mind better suited to dissecting the ins and outs than Ta-Nehisi Coates, so when Vanity Fair decided to devote their September Issue to activism, they put him in the driver’s seat and had him guest edit the … Read moreAmplify Black Voices: Vanity Fair Announces Ta-Nehisi Coates Will Guest Edit Their September Issue

ISSA Bop: Tobe Nwigwe’s “I NEED YOU TO…” Is The Justice Anthem We Need Right Now

Source: Prince Williams / Getty Big Salute to Tobe Nwigwe for using his voice for this incredible call to action. The Houston rapper saw his new anthem “I NEED YOU TO” go viral after releasing it on Instagram and YouTube. In the 45 second clip for the video, Nwigwe looks directly into the camera before … Read moreISSA Bop: Tobe Nwigwe’s “I NEED YOU TO…” Is The Justice Anthem We Need Right Now

Judge Dismisses Lil Boosie’s Case Against Dillards Over An Alleged Racist Fracas With Security (Exclusive)

Source: Johnny Louis/WENN.com / WENN A judge has thrown out Lil Boosie’s federal civil case against Dillards over claims its security roughed him up in a racially tinged incident. The judge dismissed Boosie’s case for gross negligence, failure to properly train, intentional infliction of emotional distress and more because he said the outspoken rapper had … Read moreJudge Dismisses Lil Boosie’s Case Against Dillards Over An Alleged Racist Fracas With Security (Exclusive)

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