RIP! Iconic Singer Percy Sledge, Dies at 73

The singer of one of the most iconic songs the world has ever heard 'When A Man Loves A Woman', Percy Sledge, has died. The Legendary soul singer died today April 14th at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was 73 years old.

His longtime agent, Steve Green, said Percy, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 died after a long battle with liver cancer. He's survived by a wife and 12 children.

When A Man Loves A Woman was the biggest song of 1966 and the greatest hit of his career. It's one of the most covered songs of all time and has featured on several movie soundtracks

New Study Shows Black Women Are More Likely To Die From Breast Cancer

Helen Branswell, The Canadian Press
Race may influence whether women diagnosed with breast cancer will survive, suggests a new study which found black women are more likely to die even when their tumours are found when they are small and theoretically easier to treat.

The study, which is based on U.S. data, said that even when breast cancer is diagnosed at Stage 1, black women have a higher risk of dying than women of Japanese ethnicity or white women.

Senior author Dr. Steven Narod said it had long been thought differences in outcomes between white and black women with breast cancer related to access to quality health care in the United States, where before the Affordable Care Act came into effect more black women may have been without health insurance.

But he said that by mining a large U.S. database that registers breast cancer cases by stage at diagnosis, income status, race and ethnicity, he and his colleagues concluded that isn't the case.

"The assumption that we're going to eliminate differences in cancer outcomes by eliminating differences in health care is not that well founded," said Narod, a leading breast cancer researcher who is based at Toronto's Women's College Hospital.

"There may be intrinsic biological differences that account for some of the differences in outcomes that cannot be eliminated."

Narod said he thinks similar results would be seen if a matching study was done in Canada, but without doing the work he cannot be sure.

CNN Military Analyst Releases Bombshell 'Black West Africa & BokoHaram are Not a Priority to the West'

It appears photos of black men used for police target practice...

The use of photos of real black men for target practice is being defended. Could this be a racist stunt by the american police

Edward Brooke First Elected America Black Senator Dies At 95

Edward Brooke, the first black senator to be popularly elected in the US, has died aged 95, Republican Party officials say.

Mr Brooke was elected to Congress in 1966 by voters in Massachusetts at a time of widespread racial unrest.

A former lawyer, he had also been the first African-American to hold the post of attorney general in any state when he was elected senator.

Two black senators before him were both picked by state legislatures.

White racist waiter fired for penning the N-Word on eatery receipt for black guests

A white waiter in Virginia was fired on January 1st 2015 after he left a racist remark on the receipt of six black restaurant customers. ABC News Arlington reports 

It was supposed to be a night of new memories in a new year with six old friends. “At the end it kinda ruined it for us,” said Ta’les Russell. And what ruined it is spelled out in black and white on paper. “All capital letters, just right there. I just did a double take. I was like, ‘Wow.’ It was just a shock to me,” said Justyce Hill. The word “N—” was typed on receipts to describe six black friends who came to Shatila Lebanese Grill and Hookah for New Year’s celebrations.

Autopsy revealed LA police officer shot unarmed black man three times

Lavell Ford wears a T-shirt protesting the fatal police shooting of his brother Ezell Ford, who died during an August 11, 2014 confrontation with police in South Los Angeles

(Reuters) - An unarmed 25-year-old black man slain by Los Angeles police officers in August suffered three gunshot wounds, including one to his back, a long-awaited autopsy report into the killing showed on Monday.

Police have said two officers shot Ezell Ford, described by a family lawyer as mentally challenged, on Aug. 11 after he struggled with one of them and tried to grab the officer's holstered gun.

Ford's death, which came just days after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, touched off demonstrations outside police headquarters in Los Angeles.

Check Out This Black Velvet Phantom Rolls Royce In Front Of Harrods, London

The days of super exotic cars. This is way dope! Owners of high-end super cars are not afraid of making a statement. And the driver of this Rolls Royce is no exception - splashing out thousands of pounds to have the £300,000 model wrapped in black velvet.

The car, a Phantom drophead coupe, was spotted outside Harrods in the exclusive area of Knightsbridge, central London, where it attracted a few looks - and strokes - from passers-by.

Texas Jury Fails To Indict Houston Police Who Killed Unarmed Black Man

Activist Deric Muhammad embraces Renae Tran as she holds on to son Jordan Baker, Jr. at the candlelight vigil for Jordan Baker in the parking lot where he was shot by police

Sebastian Murdock | Huff
A Texas grand jury has officially cleared an officer of any wrongdoing after he fatally shot an unarmed man back in January.

Officer Juventino Castro will face no charges in the deadly shooting of 26-year-old Jordan Baker, Chron News reports.

Baker was shot by Castro in an alley behind a Houston strip mall. Castro was off duty at the time, and Baker was unarmed. Castro said he believed Baker matched the description of a robbery suspect who had targeted the strip mall in the past, ABC13 reported at the time.

In a police report filed after the killing, Castro said there was a scuffle and a foot chase into the alley after the officer asked to see Baker's ID. Castro told investigators he shot Baker after the man allegedly charged the cop.

St. Louis police officer kill another black teen, sparking new round of protest

Police try to control a crowd Dec. 24, 2014, on the lot of a gas station following police shooting and killing a man Tuesday in Berkeley, Mo

Jim Suhr The Associated Press
A suburban St. Louis police officer shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at him at a gas station late Tuesday, police said.

A crowd of about 100 people were gathered early Wednesday at the scene in Berkeley, Missouri, a few miles from Ferguson, where a white police officer fatally shot black 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.

According to a statement from St. Louis County police spokesman Sgt. Brian Schellman, a Berkeley police officer was conducting a routine business check at a gas station around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday when he saw two men and approached them.

NYC police officers shot dead by black man as retribution for Eric Garner & Mike Brown

Two uniformed NYPD police officers were shot dead execution style today December 20th while they sat in their police car on a Brooklyn street corner and investigators believe they were killed to avenge Eric Garner and Michael Brown because of what the killer wrote on instagram hours before committing the murders. Scene of the shooting above. 

70 years after 14yr old boy executed in South Carolina in 1944 exonerated

70 years after 14 year old George Stinney Jnr. was executed for allegedly beating two young white girls to death in Alcolu, South Carolina, a judge yesterday Wednesday Dec 17th threw out his murder conviction.

When George was executed in 1944, he was so small he had to seat on a phone book in the electric chair. He's officially the youngest person to be executed in the U.S. in the 20th century.

George was found guilty of beating the girls, 11 and 8 years old with a railroad spike. His trial lasted only three hours and it took the a jury of all white people just 10 minutes to find him guilty - this was just 3 months after the girls were found murdered. This was back when there was a lot of segregation in America.

George was arrested after he confessed to the crime, but his older sister always maintained that George was coerced into confessing and couldn't have committed the murder because he was with her the day of the murder.

Civil rights advocates have been trying for years to clear George Stinney Jr's name. They managed to get the case reopened and yesterday morning, Judge Carmen Mullins tossed the murder conviction.

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Ava DuVernay makes history as first black woman for Golden Globe director’s prize.

Director Ava DuVernay, front, and actor David Oyelowo pose for a photograph for their new movie "Selma" in Toronto on Wednesday, December 10, 2014.

Sandy CohenThe Associated Press
Ava DuVernay hasn’t had time to consider how she’s made history.

With her nomination Thursday for “Selma,” the 42-year-old became the first black woman on the short list for a Golden Globe director’s prize.

“I just turned in the film four weeks ago and now we’ve got nominations,” DuVernay said by phone from Toronto. “I haven’t had a real second to sit down and really think about it.”

“Selma” tells the story of Martin Luther King Jr. and his colleagues as they planned marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand voting rights in 1965. It opens in theatres on Christmas.

The civil rights drama earned four nominations in all, including best actor for star David Oyelowo, best original song for Common and John Legend’s “Glory,” and best picture.

DuVernay and Oyelowo said they’ll celebrate by taking a planned trip to Washington, D.C., to show the film to members of Congress and present a special honour to Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia), who is depicted in “Selma.”

ForReal? Another unarmed black man shot dead after police mistook his pill bottle for gun

A Phoenix  white police officer on Tuesday December 2nd, shot dead Rumain Brisbon, a 34 year old father of four, after he mistook Brisbon's pill bottle for a gun. 

According to Phoenix police report, Brisbon was suspected of peddling hard drugs. Following a tip-off, he was approached by a 30 year old white police cop to asked him to come down from his Cadillac SUV for a search which he agreed to.

According to the police version of events, while coming down from his vehicle, Brisbon was said to have 'appeared to be removing something' from the rear seat. The officer instructed him to show his hands but instead Brisbon placed one or both hands in his waistband area before fleeing to a nearby apartment building. 

Video Of Eric Garner Killed By NYPD Officer

See Wife Of Canadian Tycoon Turn From Black To White, May Be Its The Weather

This is former Cameroonian model Irene Major, now the wife of Canadian oil tycoon, Sam Malin and she's a proud skin bleacher. She shared her before and after photos with UK Daily Mail and told the paper the reasoning behind her bleaching;

"When my skin is lighter, I just feel prettier. It’s a taboo subject, and people get judgmental about it, but that’s how I feel.’ 

"A skin-lightening regime has been part of my life practically since birth. There are many different types of African skin — from dark charcoal to a lighter version — and you grow up knowing that the lighter ladies are the prettier ones. It’s just a fact.’ she said

Tips | How To Survive Black Friday

Non black protesters asked to limit visibility at Ferguson rally in Toronto

Abdul LatheefThe Canadian Press
Thousands braved freezing temperatures in Toronto on Tuesday night to hold a vigil for Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager slain by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in August.

They gathered across the street from the U.S. Consulate, a day after a grand jury in Missouri decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Brown, who was 18.

Protest leader Lena Peters said the immediate issue was that the grand jury made the decision not to take the “murder” of a black man to trial.

“Those folks who are here tonight don’t believe that’s OK,” she said.

“We believe that it is part of a larger system that doesn’t value black life.”

Wait For It! Black Friday By The Numbers

People carry shopping bags along Broadway on December 2, 2013 in New York City. Getty Images

When they sit down to carve their turkeys on Thursday, families across the U.S. have at least one reason to be thankful: Black Friday. The annual feast of discounts and credit card-swiping — which, increasingly, begins on Thanksgiving itself, if not sooner — pumps billions of dollars into the U.S. economy and prompts Americans to get a head start on holiday shopping. Here are the key figures behind the binge:

1966: The year Philadelphia police are thought to have coined the term “Black Friday,” referring to the tide of theft and traffic infractions they had to cope with on the first big day of Christmas shopping.

6 p.m.: The time that U.S. Target, Walmart, and Sears stores will open for Black Friday this year, but on Thanksgiving Thursday.

5 p.m.: The time that Best Buy stores will open on Thursday.