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Parks, who personally handed out water to several residents whose drinking water is contaminated with lead and other pollutants, posted the photo above as she stood alongside a few of her legal peers, which included notable civil rights Attorney Benjamin Crump, stating:
Janet Hubert, best known for her role as Aunt Viv on Fresh Prince of Bel Air, is known for publicly airing her grievances and this time is no different!
[NEVER FORGET: Janet Hubert DRAGS Kenya Moore’s ‘Hot Mess’ Production… (VIDEO)]
This time, Hubert puts Jada Pinkett-Smith on blast for her decision to boycott the Oscars Awards due to it’s all-White list of nominees for 2016.
Many feel that Jada’s decision is purely self serving being that she’s NEVER spoken up on any issues that affect the Black community and it seems that she’s only upset over the fact that her husband, actor Will Smith, was overlooked for an Oscar nod for his role in the film Concussion.
Details + watch video of Janet Hubert’s 4+ minute rant below… Continue Reading…
Martin Luther King Day means different things to different people and while some consider it a ‘day-off’ many take the national holiday as a ‘day-on’ and pay homage to the late, great civic leader by spreading his message of peace through service.
That being said… while several ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta‘ cast members chose to pop bottles up in the club, Attorney Phaedra Parks and legendary actress Kim Fields chose to spend their time in Miami for a peaceful ‘do-over’ with Florida Representative Frederica Wilson.
Fields caught a bit of flack after last week’s episode where she chose to excuse herself from a meeting with the Representative, stating that the subject matter was ‘too adult’ for her 8 year old son.
[READ: RECAP: RHOA S8, Ep11 ‘Ms. Parks Goes to Washington + Watch Full Episode (VIDEO)]
Fields made up for the situation as she and her family joined Phaedra in visiting the congresswoman in her home state of Florida. The ladies also attended Rep. Wilson’s 5000 Role Models of Excellence Event alongside keynote speaker Omari Hardwick (Power).
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Meet 51 year-old Bobby Paul Edwards.? Edwards posed for the mugshot above after being arrested for assault and battery charges in South Carolina last year.
The arrest sparked a federal investigation that revealed that the man Edwards was accused of assaulting for more than four years, was a Black mentally disabled employee of his restaurant.
Now a federal lawsuit has been filed which alleges that Edwards and his brother forced the man into slavery.
Christopher Smith, a mentally handicapped African American man, was subjected to ?severe physical harm? by Bobby Paul Edwards, 51, while working at J&J Cafeteria in Conway. The lawsuit documents 14?cases of action including slavery, assault and battery, false imprisonment, violations of the Fair Labor and Wages Act and numerous forms of discrimination.
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NEWSFLASH!! Rachel Dolezal has finally come clean about her racial background.
[FLASHBACK: Rachel Dolezal Resigns From NAACP After Racial Controversy + Her Parents Speak Out… (VIDEO)]
The disgraced NAACP Spokane, WA chapter president recently made an appearance on ?The Real,? where she admits to being ?biologically born white to white parents.?
Dolezal received a standing ovation after her true confession, which was made only after co-hosts Jeannie Mai and Tamar Braxton pressured her to admit she was not born black.
But while she did admit to being born White, Rachel states she still ‘identifies’ as a Black woman. Tamar Braxton asked Dolezal if she felt that she had deceived anyone.
?No, I don?t,? said Dolezal. ?Don?t we all have the right to be exactly who we are?? Some would call it an obligation, even.
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A video of a brutal assault on a Columbia, SC high school student has gone viral. The video shows a school officer choking a female student, slamming her to the ground and then dragging her across a classroom floor.
The incident occurred at Spring Valley High School and according to a another student in the classroom, here’s what happened:
The girl was asked by the teacher Mr. Long to leave the classroom and go to the discipline office, she ignored him, then an administrator came in and asked her if he needed to get the resource officer. She ignored him and then the officer came in. He asked if she was gonna go or if he had to make her go. Then he grabbed her and pulled her out of her desk and she fell on the ground with the desk still on her. He then threw her across the room and then got on top of her.
Another student tried to stand up for her, which also led to her arrest.
Who’s Talking?