Have you ever wondered how many black Heisman winners there were? Well the NewsOne Team searched the web and couldn’t find a list. So we made one for you! Officially, there are 27. Unofficially, there are 28. (Reggie Bush of USC forfeited his 2005 trophy in 2010) Eight Heisman trophies went to black players in […]
NEW YORK-A 62-year-old woman had her head bashed in with a brick and is clinging to life after having a rock fight with her grandson, according to police. Both the woman and her grandson have not been named but the incident happened in the Bed-Stuy are of Brooklyn. The New York Daily News reports: The […]
DENVER-Chicago rapper, Freddie Gibbs Tweeted a picture of a note from the TSA along with marijuana that he claimed was his with a baggage inspection note that contained “C’Mon Son,” a phrase made popular by radio and TV personality, Ed Lover. The TSA found my weed and let me keep it. They just left me […]
—– This month, NewsOne presents a special exploration of Black Americans’ influence on social media, #TWEETING WHILE BLACK. —– Navarrow Wright has a mission. “It’s easier to become an entrepreneur than it is to be a rapper,” he often tells people. SEE ALSO: INFOGRAPHIC: A History Of Black Twitter Wright, the chief technical officer of […]
This week’s uproar seems to be a monumental victory for [David] Caton [whose Florida Family Association started the campaign against All-American Muslim], who has waged a deeply personal and largely solitary war against everything from Playboy to MTV to Nickleodeon. Though his organization claims to have a membership of over 35,000, Caton is the only […]
Debra Dodd, who is white, says she was fired from her job as secretary at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville after she revealed she married an African American man. Dodd is suing the all-white church for $500,000 in punitive damages for what she refers to as racial discrimination. Religious News Service Reports: Dodd said […]
A major leader in the Tea Party movement was arrested at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Thursday after he tried to check in for a flight while carrying a gun. Prosecutors charged Mark Meckler, the co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, with felony weapons possession after he told a Delta ticket agent early Thursday morning that […]
The Air Force is investigating a photo in which several airmen posing with a man in an open casket with a noose and chains on. The airmen pose with their hands crossed and under the photo is written “Da Dumpt, Da Dumpt …. Sucks 2 Be U” and was posted on Facebook. The Air Force […]
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich clashed sharply with one rival, took pains to compliment another and said it was laughable for any of them to challenge his conservative credentials Thursday night in the last campaign debate before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses kick off the 2012 primary season. SEE ALSO: […]
