Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson’s mother, Helen Burns Jackson, died in a Greenville, South Carolina, hospital on Monday, according to Jackson and a family…

n LOUIS DOLLAGARAY/GETTY IMAGES Darryl Dawkins, the former NBA player known for his monstrous backboard-breaking dunks, has died at age 58, WFMZ reports. According to…

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Former U.S. Rep. Louis B. Stokes, Ohio’s first Black congressman and a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, died at the age of 90,…

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After a nearly seven-month hospitalization, Bobbi Kristina Brown — the daughter of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown — died Sunday at a hospice center in Atlanta. RELATED: Rest…

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New York City police have arrested and charged a man in connection with the shooting that killed a Bronx resident as he was holding his toddler…

The family of Sandra Bland has taken matters into their own hands regarding the 28-year-old’s alleged suicide in a Texas jail cell. According to NBC…

Authorities in Alabama claim a teen committed suicide in a jail cell an hour after being arrested, another suspicious case of a Black woman dying…

The case regarding a Detroit police chase that killed two children has taken a turn, after it was discovered the officers’ dash camera was not working…

A 911 call made during the alleged murder-suicide involving former Mets outfielder Darryl Hamilton was released today, offering a different view of the sudden tragedy. The beloved athlete was…

The Charleston AME Emanuel Church shooting that left nine dead Wednesday night is being called one of the deadliest attacks on a house of worship in this…

A graduation pool party in Atlanta, Georgia turned tragic over the weekend when a shooting broke out, injuring four and killing a 19-year-old college football…

The father of a toddler who was found dead while in the custody of his mother, who had been pushing him in a swing for…