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*There are some intense marketing measures taken to reform America’s thought process on crime, smoking, and distracted driving. The images in those ads are disturbing to say the least. But one man has beat them all with his strategy to thwart a distinct crime. An African American man stood in the busy downtown area of [...]
*The South appears to be on the rise again. Didn’t some of you think the Ku Klux Klan had decided to call it quits? Well nothing could be further from the truth. It appears that Hate never sleeps, nor dies. Sharmeka Moffitt, 20, was in Civitan Park in Winnsboro, Louisiana, when three men approached her [...]
We all have seen some pretty crazy Halloween costumes. But, we’ve also seen horrifyingly racist decorations and/or effigies that homeowners have placed on their lawns all in good fun…just for the holiday….yeah right! But now one law official is under fire for wearing a costume that has a disgusting history. Georgia Sheriff Roger Garrison, is [...]
*(Via theGrio) – A Ku Klux Klan group in Georgia lost its bid Tuesday to join the state’s highway cleanup program, but a legal challenge to the decision may be looming. Similar groups in other states have won legal battles after initially being turned down for highway cleanup programs. The International Keystone Knights of the [...]
*A white power activist in Idaho campaigning to be the next Bonner County sheriff hosted a cross burning last week with fellow Ku Klux Klan members and is defending the ceremony as a historic Christian ritual, reports the Associated Press. Shaun Winkler, 33, said mainstream society misses the point about cross-lighting rituals, seeing them only [...]
*After a lengthy legal battle between a black South Carolina church and members of the Ku Klux Klan, a judge has ruled that the church owns a building where KKK robes and T-shirts are sold, says the Associated Press. A circuit judge ruled last month that New Beginnings Baptist Church is the rightful owner of the building [...]
*A Florida man, LB Williams, was charged with domestic violence stalking after he burned a cross in his own yard to scare his wife. Williams, 50, a black man, and his wife, Donna, who is white, found a cross burning in their driveway Nov. 4 outside of their Florida home. Their biracial daughter and grandchild [...]
*A lot of small businesses have made mistakes while trying to come up with interesting or inventive ways to advertise their business. But one family owned business in Florida found that they might want to advertise their ice cream shop with samples instead of an ice cream cone shaped costume. (more…)
*Dr. Boyce Watkins is a professor at Syracuse University that is a contributing writer for Newsone. Last week, he delivered an interesting perspective on a segment of the Hip Hop world that he contends is destroying the black community…one life at a time. While a lot of us believe that there are a lot of great artists [...]
*Big Spence, graduate of the Sacramento area’s Del Campo High (DC) in 2002 is back in town working on the new feature film Ivy. Many of you know him as Marcus Spencer, football phenom from DC but now he goes by ‘Big Spence’ christened with the name by non other than 4 time Grammy-Award Winner [...]
*A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan. The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil [...]
*Just when you thought it was safe to go to Idaho again, right? Well, the guy that orchestrated this one figured he was making a positive statement on behalf of the Aryan nation. Unfortunately for the poor “white separatist”, his neighbors were not having Mr. Hitler snowman on the front lawn representing their community. He [...]
*A North Georgia teacher is on paid administrative leave and could lose her job after allowing four of her high school students to don mock Ku Klux Klan outfits for a class project. The sight of people in Klan-like outfits upset some black students at the school and led at least one parent to complain, [...]
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