During a brief press conference Thursday, a lawyer for University of Virginia student Martese Johnson spoke on behalf of the young man, telling reporters that the trauma of his violent arrest will forever be with him. Daniel P. Watkins of the Virginia-based law firm Williams Mullen also said his team intends “to fight the criminal charges against […]

A college community outraged that their fellow student, University of Virginia junior Martese Johnson,was beaten by state Virginia alcohol control agents while celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, rallied behind him in support Wednesday night. Hundreds of students gathered at the university’s amphitheater to discuss race relations on campus and to denounce the encounter that left Johnson, an Italian and […]

Rolling Stone did a story on a University of Virginia student, “Jackie,” who says she was brutally gang-raped at Phi Kappa Psi frat party two…

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What you see above is a map of Detroit. The small colorful dots represent people, plotted to show where they live and their race. Whites are…

When two would-be robbers spotted their intended victims last week in Charlottsville, Va., they likely believed their caper would end with them sticking up two blindsided men and running off with their valuables. But Gerald Allen, 18, and Johnny Calderon, 19, ending up being under attack themselves when their supposed-to-be victims turned the tables and […]

VIA:  NBLSA.Org Melinda Hightower is a native of Detroit, Michigan, and attended Cornell University, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations in 2000. At Cornell, she was a Mening Family Cornell National Scholar and a member of the Cornell Debate Team. In 2000, she was selected to be member of […]