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Despite descendants of Solomon Northup protesting the move, a baseball stadium is set to be built on the site where the Academy Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave was shot. Richmond, Va., Mayor Dwight Jones sees the plan as a way of reviving the moribund area. 

A 74-year-old woman who served 32 years behind bars for a murder committed by her abusive boyfriend will be released from prison. Known as “Mother Mary,” Mary Virginia Jones was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murder, kidnapping and robbery in 1981. 

  An Amber Alert is still in effect for 8-year-old Relisha Tenau Rudd. The Metropolitan Police Department Youth Division confirmed a white 1976 GMC pick-up was found by Prince George’s County Police in Hyattsville early Friday. Officials believe the vehicle was the last known mode of transportation that the child and her abductor were traveling […]

The following story is written by guest contributor Lamont Lilly. He is a journalist, activist and organizer based in Durham, North Carolina.  By Lamont Lilly It was late evening July 15th, 2013 when 19 year old North Carolina Central University sophomore, Lewis James Little was finally released after a month of incarceration for a murder […]

A 15-year-old Detroit teenager is back home after a stranger took action to prevent the girl from being kidnapped. On Tuesday around 8 p.m. the teen was walking along Philip Street on Detroit’s east side when she was approached by a man. 

Burglars usually break into homes to steal THINGS, but in this case, a man was after Shawndrea Smith’s two sons. Let’s just say that she wasn’t having it.

Cleveland resident Charles Ramsey has been catapulted into the spotlight after rescuing 27 year-old kidnapping victim Amanda Berry from his neighbor’s house; leading to the rescue of three other captives. But his good deed is being overshadowed his his animated and rather hilarious post-rescue interviews.

Don’t miss a free screening of the highly anticipated documentary Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners at the University of Chicago tonight at 6pm!

23 year-old unarmed Shantel Davis died of a gunshot to the chest after a struggle with two police officers on a busy street in Brooklyn. The NYPD has played up her extensive criminal record, and say the shooting was justified. What do you think>

  Earlier this week I saw a name that repeatedly surfaced on my facebook timeline. The status updates kept referencing a video titled “Kony 2012.” I figured it was the next FB fad and would pass within a day or two. At the time I didn’t realize that this Kony movement was the next online […]

Why is there such finite media attention paid to missing Black people? Are our lives somehow less valuable? TV One is hoping to counteract this with their brand new show, “Find Our Missing,” set to premiere tonight at 10pm ET. Check out a preview at BlackYouthProject.com! Why does the mainstream media spend so little time on Black missing persons?

From the persecution of the NAACP and Black Panthers to the brutal assassination of Fred Hampton, the FBI was very actively involved in the Civil Rights era oppression of blacks in the United States. “J. Edgar,” Clint Eastwood’s attempt at a non-controversial cinematic account of John Edgar Hoover’s 37-year reign as the first director of […]