culture
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George Zimmerman Is Homeless and Wants a Normal Life
George Zimmerman wants a normal life. He makes the revelation during an interview with the Spanish-language station Univision, the Daily News reports. He says he lives in fear for his life after being acquitted last summer in the death of Trayvon Martin, but believes he did the right thing, according to a preview of an…
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Angelo Henderson: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Dies at 51
In 1999, Angelo B. Henderson became the only African-American reporter to win a Pulitzer Prize for the Wall Street Journal. The following year, he was honored by Columbia University as one of the nation’s best reporters on race and ethnicity in America, the Detroit News reports. He was beloved by members of the National Association of…
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Review: Athol Fugard’s Sizwe Banzi Is Dead
Friends, I bring you great news. Contrary to what you might have assumed from the title of the play, Sizwe Banzi is in fact not dead after all, but very much alive and well in London. In extremely fine fettle, even. Not bad for a man reputed to have been dead for some 42 years,…
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Civil Rights Leaders Who Changed History
Black History Month is our time to highlight and reflect on those who have made significant contributions to the black community. These notable civil rights leaders changed the course of history through their activism. Some, like Martin Luther King Jr., are household names. Others, like Bayard Rustin, the organizer of the March on Washington, are…
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A Juror Looked at Jordan Davis and Saw a Criminal
Michael Dunn got away with murder. Oh, he’ll likely spend the rest of his life in prison on the three counts of attempted second-degree murder. Those are the charges of which a Jacksonville, Fla., jury took four days to find him guilty, for the 10 bullets he fired at 17-year-old Jordan Davis and his three…
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Jordan Davis’ Parents React to Mistrial in Son’s Killing
Sunday would have been Jordan Davis’ 19th birthday. His mother, Lucia McBath, sent out this message on Twitter early on Saturday. “Tomorrow is my boy’s 19th birthday. I pray we will celebrate not only him but a just and righteous verdict.” But there was to be no verdict for Jordan, as the jury, made up…
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Michael Dunn Verdict: Guilty of 4 of the 5 Charges
Michael Dunn, the 47-year-old man accused of killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis, has been found guilty of four of the five counts. Dunn sat silently as the court reporter announced guilty on three counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle. The jury remained deadlocked on the first-degree murder charges,…
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Sporting New Suit, Shani Davis Fails to Medal in the 1,500
After a disappointing eighth-place finish Wednesday in the 1,000-meter, U.S. Olympic speed skater Shani Davis tried to bounce back in the 1,500-meter race Saturday in Sochi. But the Chicago-born skater finished 11th, clocking 1:45.98, the Chicago Tribune reports. The 31-year-old did not win a medal in three races. He and other members of the U.S.…
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Report Contradicts Claim That Cop Ruptured Teen’s Testicle
A medical report disputes the claim of a Philadelphia student’s mother that one of the teen’s testicles was ruptured last month during an extreme pat down by a police officer, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said that the report does not support a claim that Darrin Manning, 16, was roughed…
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Jamaican Dancehall Deejay Arrested in Multimillion-Dollar Lottery Scam
Tommy Lee Sparta reportedly was serving up more than crazy dancehall beats and rude riddims. The popular Jamaican dancehall deejay was arrested Friday for his alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar lottery scheme that targeted mostly elderly Americans, the Associated Press reports. Details are still emerging about the crime and the extent of it. And a…