Mammy’s story will finally be told. On Thursday, Simon & Schuster imprint Atria Publishing announced that it had acquired rights to Ruth’s Journey, a prequel to “Gone With the Wind” that tells Mammy’s version. According to New York’s Daily News, the novel, by Donald McCaig, is set to be published this October. It will be McCaig’s second…

A grand jury indicted Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice on Thursday on a charge of third-degree aggravated assault for allegedly knocking his fiancée unconscious last month during an altercation at a casino in Atlantic City, N.J. According to ESPN, conviction on a third-degree charge in New Jersey carries a potential prison sentence of three…

Fashion icon and superstar musician Pharrell Williams is teaming up with Adidas for the first Adidas Originals x Pharrell Williams collection, expected to be launched this summer. “I am truly thrilled to work with Pharrell,” Dirk Schoenberger, the global creative director of Adidas Sport Style Division, told the New York Daily News. “He is a…

It’s only fitting that Aaron McGruder,The Boondocks creator and executive producer, would take to Facebook to bid fans of his hit cartoon farewell, since it was here that they got a peek into what was brewing behind the scenes. “As the world now knows, The Boondocks will be returning for a fourth season, but I will…

Baltimore police are searching for thieves who made off with more than $500,000 worth of Hennessy cognac from a shipping yard in Baltimore County, CBS Baltimore reports. On Sunday just before 5 a.m., police say, the thieves stalked Serve U, a shipping company on the edge of the city, walking past dozens of trucks and…

Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was arrested Wednesday on bribery and corruption charges in an FBI sting operation and resigned hours later from the post he had held for less than six months, the Associated Press reports. The 47-year-old Democratic politician is accused of taking more than $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as…

Looks like Columbus Short may have taken the whole “gladiator” thing a little too far. The Scandal actor was arrested Wednesday on a felony battery charge. According to CNN, Short, 31, who plays Harrison Wright on the hit ABC series, allegedly gave a man a knockout punch at a West Los Angeles restaurant on March…

While the NFL set rules to issue fines over the use of the N-word, Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder still has no plans to lose the team name that many Native Americans have argued is a slur. Instead, Snyder is out to prove that the team moniker isn’t offensive by creating a charitable organization called…

A Los Angeles judge has refused to release former NFL All-Pro safety Darren Sharper from jail. Sharper, who has pleaded not guilty to charges that he raped and drugged two women last year, is awaiting trial in Los Angeles, the Associated Press reports. He was released earlier on $1 million bail before being charged with…

New York state’s public school system is the most segregated in the country because most of the state’s schools have virtually no white students. The majority of the state’s school population is African American and Latino, adding to the growing concern that connects educational problems with lack of diversity. The schools are often poverty-concentrated and…