A Muslim-American teen from New Jersey was accepted into Stanford University for writing #BlackLivesMatter 100 times in response to an essay question.

Douglas Muir, an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia, faces scrutiny after posting a disparaging message on Facebook aimed at Black Lives Matter.

Right on the heels of the murder of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, another man named Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed by police in Charlotte, North Carolina. While law enforcement in Tulsa, Oklahoma quickly released footage of the incident and charged the officer who shot Crutcher with manslaughter, law […]

Right on the heels of the murder of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, another man named Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed by police in Charlotte, North Carolina. While law enforcement in Tulsa, Oklahoma quickly released footage of the incident and charged the officer who shot Crutcher with manslaughter, law […]

Singer, Producer, Writer and Maroon 5 bandmate PJ Morton sits down with BlackAmericaWeb.com exclusively to talk about his new music, moving back home to New Orleans and touring with songstress Emily King. He also dishes on the conversation he now has with his five-year-old son about the police. Watch part one of our interview above and check […]

Singer, Producer, Writer and Maroon 5 bandmate PJ Morton sits down with BlackAmericaWeb.com exclusively to talk about his new music, moving back home to New Orleans and touring with songstress Emily King. He also dishes on the conversation he now has with his five-year-old son about the police. Watch part one of our interview above and check […]

  Queen Latifah lends her voice to the box-office franchise Ice Age: Collision Course alongside Ray Romano, Keke Palmer, Wanda Sykes and more. The story follows the journey of the animals in the Ice Age World who are desperately trying to save their world from ending.     She talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show […]

Tensions between players and the organization rose throughout the month of July after the Minnesota Lynx wore Black shirts stitched with the words, “Change starts with us. Justice & Accountability,” written in white on the front.

The charges sound foolish, but do they sound familiar? Ramsey Orta was also arrested after filming Eric Garner's death.

Over the course of the last week, NewsOne was forced to revisit our gallery that lists the shooting deaths of Black men killed during police encounters, to add the names of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, while also documenting the two-year anniversary of Eric Garner's death.

  Finesse Mitchell is performing at the Orlando Improv this weekend! The funny man talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about love and marriage, what really happened at the ESPY Awards and #BlackLivesMatter. Are Ciara and Russell really happy? “I couldn’t tell if he was happy with Ciara. Sometimes you look at couples and think they’re […]

The captain posted on Facebook after protesters in South Carolina blocked a roadway off of I-26 for over one hour during a march in honor of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two men fatally shot by police last week.