National
From TheRoot.com: Washington D.C.’s Calvin Coolidge High School needed a new varsity head football coach.
Writer, dancer, Black activist and author Maya Angelou celebrated her 82nd birthday with family and close friends at her home in Winston-Salem, NC. Attendees included filmmaker Lee Daniels and “Just Wright” star Common. Angelou’s birthday was actually April 4. Speakers and performers included Common, Martina McBride and Naomi Judd. Over 100 people were in attendance […]
I just read a pilot study that CNN released on the racial attitudes of children. And nearly 60 years after the watershed Brown v. Board of Education case – in which the Supreme Court invalidated Jim Crow school segregation – it seems that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
From NYPost.com: Four cops and a Taser gun couldn’t take down a deranged civil servant who was hellbent on jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday — and got his wish.
From NYPost.com: In his first comments since a report claimed he was seeking more than $20 million per year in a new contract, Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis today vehemently denied that number but did state he expects to be the highest-paid corner in the NFL with a new contract by training camp.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The stepfather of Boston Celtics guard Marquis Daniels was arrested and subdued with a stun gun during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Orlando Magic.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A Jefferson County geometry teacher was placed on paid administrative leave Tuesday after being accused of using a hypothetical assassination plot on President Barack Obama as a way to teach geometric angles.