Birmingham 16th Street Baptist Church bomber up for parole next year
Crusader Staff Report
Former Ku Klux Klan member Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., who was convicted of murder in the infamous bombing of the 16th Street Baptist...
What really happened to Sam Cooke?
Dueling documentaries spark interest in alleged murder conspiracy
By Stephanie Gadlin
National Correspondent
More than five decades after influential musician and soul singer Sam Cooke was mysteriously...
‘I Cannot Breathe’: Video Shows White Cop ‘Killing’ Unarmed Black Man...
The cops were attributing the death to "medical distress" but the video suggests otherwise.
By Bruce C.T. White, NewsOne
Police in Minnesota were being accused of...
Chicago 24th Ward Alderman Michael Scott Jr. tests positive for COVID-19;...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot was with Scott Wednesday, but said she will not be quarantining
By Jessica D'Onofrio, ABC7 News
Alderman Michael Scott Jr. of Chicago's 24th...
The White House? A Grand Southern Mansion? Tyler Perry’s New Studios...
By Erick Johnson
FORT McPHERSON, Ga – Madea would be so proud. Tyler Perry has outdone himself.
On his new, sprawling 330-acre studio complex in...
Government Shutdown closes National Black Museum Indefinitely
By Erick Johnson
The popular National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) closed Wednesday January 2, the latest attraction to close due to...
White Teens Imitating George Floyd Killing in Viral Challenge is Why...
White teens are now posting pictures of themselves kneeling on each other's necks, as part of what is called a 'George Floyd challenge' in...
Chicago: America’s most segregated city
Image by Brookings Institution Analysis of Census Data
The lives of black and white Chicago residents could hardly be more different.
The Windy City, which is...
Illinois leaders support inquiry for Trump’s impeachment
Illinois leaders call for Trump’s impeachment
Crusader Staff Report
Illinois leaders are supporting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's move to begin a formal inquiry for President Donald...
Madam C.J. Walker’s great great granddaughter responds to accusations that Netflix’s “Self-Made”...
By J. Coyden Palmer
Muhammad Ali had Joe Frazier. Tiger Woods had Phil Mickelson. Michael Jordan had, well the entire Detroit Pistons “Bad Boy” teams....