It was one of those events that helped sparked the modern civil rights movement, prompting protests over racial injustice and two milestone decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1931 a group of nine black teenagers were fighting false charges that they had raped two white women. All of them ended up serving time after…

It is clear that Tevin Hamilton loves his mom. The teenager from Chicago has wanted to donate his kidney to her since he was a little boy, CBS Chicago reports. “When I first found out, it was kind of sad, because I was like, ‘Now she’s helpless,’ and I want to save her,” Hamilton told…

Jenny Mendez was taking advantage of Black Friday sales last year like every other American, when she was arrested for shoplifting after a Macy’s security officer lied and said she confessed to the crime, the Huffington Post reports.  Mendez, 29, claims that Macy’s employees racially profiled her, leading to the accusations of theft that ultimately…

A new report commissioned by Barneys distances the store from the New York Police Department frisks that have both the business and the police force reeling from accusations of racial discrimination, the Associated Press reports. According to the review, the store did not have a “written or unwritten” policy to profile its customers of color…

As a black person, you are 25 times more likely to be shot in New York City, and also more likely to be arrested for pulling a trigger, than a white person, the city’s Police Department statistics show. Of the 567 shooting victims in the first half of 2013, 74 percent were black, 21.5 percent…

After dealing with the trial of George Zimmerman, charged with the murder of her best friend, Trayvon Martin, and facing an onslaught of criticism (and some praise), Rachel Jeantel is getting a makeover, compliments of Ebony Magazine and the Grio. According to the Huffington Post, the teen is looking forward to entering the next stage…

He sent a racist and homophobic message from his work email, but in Montana, Yellowstone County Treasurer Max Lenington does not need to fear for his job, KTVQ reports. In a memorandum and legal analysis from Monday, the county’s attorney’s office stood by the treasurer, saying that the offensive email and repeated personal use of…

Stop-and-frisk numbers have plunged 80 percent in the past few months, in comparison with around this time last year, according to New York Police Department data, the Associated Press reports. For the months of July, August and September, there were slightly more than 21,000 stops, since the police changed their training methods after heavy criticism…