Sara Bennett, who lives in the predominantly White neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York’s Park Slope area, reportedly witnessed a New York City policeman yell over the loudspeaker…
Do you live in one of the states without racial profiling laws? A new report from the NAACP finds out that 20 states don’t have laws…
Thirteen organizations — which include the ACLU, NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Action Network, and Rainbow Push Coalition — sent…
An African-American English professor was roughed up by Arizona police, handcuffed, slammed on the squad car, thrown to the pavement, and arrested. Her crime: jaywalking.…
11/25/13- Roland Martin talks with Miami Herald reporter Julie Brown, about Earl Simmons, a 28-year-old man who has been stopped by the Miami Gardens police…
*A party that was supposed to celebrate the launch of Jay Z’s fashion collaboration with Barneys has been cancelled amid the store’s racial profiling scandal. The mogul was urged to pull plans for his curated designer collection following allegations two young black shoppers were detained by cops after making expensive purchases at a New […]
CNN’s Don Lemon endorsed New York City’s racist ‘Stop & Frisk’ policy during his regular appearance on the ‘Tom Joyner Morning Show,’ and Black Twitter responded…
This is a meeting that must happen. Rev. Al Sharpton plans to meet with Mark Lee, CEO of Barney’s New York, on Tuesday to discuss…
After Barneys received a flood of negative press for stories about being racially profiled while shopping for designer items, they’ve released an apology on their…
It has been almost two weeks since a jury of six women found George Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter. It has been…
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told members of the NAACP Tuesday that Trayvon Martin’s death was “unnecessary” and “tragic” and questioned the wisdom of stand-your-ground…
When rapper Lil Wayne used offensive lyrics that included the name of Emmett Till, it sparked a conversation about whether or not much of this…