Thousands of protesters shut down a major highway in Chicago to draw attention to gun violence plaguing its communities.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a bill to wipe clean criminal records for certain low-level offenders if they go a decade without any other conviction
A Rochester, NY prep school's first black valedictorian was forbidden to recite his speech during the ceremony allegedly due to "run-ins" with his principal.
The official trailer for Paramount Network's docuseries Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story, executive produced by Shawn Carter, has been released.
President Trump has commuted the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, who spent nearly 21 years in jail for a non-violent drug offense.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Wednesday that the league's personnel and players will have to stand for the national anthem.
A documentary film exploring the life of Sandra Bland will premiere April 25th at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.
David Wronko's Dream Academy and Yvette Elgart's Chorus Veterans of Foreign Wars at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Asbury Park, NJ held a...
Brittaney Bouges is spreading awareness on how she overcame domestic violence and how it's becoming an unfortunate reality terrorizing our communities.
LeRoy Fraiser, who along with his brother and a high school student were among the first African American students to challenge segregation at University of North...
