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How Saundra Brown, first black woman on the OPD earned presidential nomination to the US District Court
Saundra Brown, later to become Saundra Brown Armstrong, became the first black woman on the Oakland Police Force (OPD). At the time, she was one of only seven policewomen on the force. Armstrong served...
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Former Maryland hospital worker charged for sexually assaulting unconscious patient
A former Maryland hospital worker is in the grips of law enforcement agents when he was nabbed on charges including second-degree rape and fourth-degree sex offense on Tuesday. He also faces abuse of a...
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Engineer could lose his leg after cops set K-9 dog on him while on his knees with arms raised
It wasn’t domestic bliss for Jeffery Ryans and his wife so much so that a protective order was filed by his wife prohibiting him from staying at home. It was an order the 36-year-old claims he obeyed...
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Remembering Levi Jackson, Yale’s first black football captain and first African American executive at Ford Motor
Levi Jackson’s selection as Yale’s first black football captain in November 1948 drew national attention as a symbol of racial progress in American life. His father was a chef and steward at...
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‘Why do you hate so much?’ – Black man questions white woman who called him N-Word
The power play in America allows white people to call the police on their black counterparts to cower them, which in several instances have led to police brutality and death without much consequence to...
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From backstage to choreographer, U.S audience got enthralled by Pearl Eileen Primus’ African and Caribbean dance
Dance was far from the mind of Pearl Eileen Primus but as fate would have it, it became the medium through which she influenced many people and became celebrated. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, to Albertha...
