Posts by Blackmansstreet.Today
RFK Jr. discloses a serious worldwide health problem that has affected him personally
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running as an independent candidate for president, said a parasitic worm ate part of his brain, I really thought he was crazy. How did it get there? However, parasite worms in people’s brains are a common problem worldwide, according to a study published in Scientific American. While relatively…
Read MorePolice shoot an Air Force service member in his apartment
An attorney for the family of a Florida special operations airman who was shot and killed in his home by a local police officer said Wednesday that officers responding to a reported disturbance may have entered the wrong apartment. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt…
Read MoreChicago Mayor Brandon Johnson recently announced Sendy Soto as the City’s first Chief Homelessness Officer (CHO).
Sendy Soto is the chief Homeless Officer
Read MoreNorthern Ireland elects a Black woman as mayor of one of its largest cities
Lilian Seenoi-Barr arrived in Northern Ireland as a refugee and is now the first Black woman to be elected mayor of Derry, also known as Londonderry and Strabane, a town in County Tyrone. This is believed to be the first time a Black politician has been elected to public office in Northern Ireland, although Rotimi Adebari, a…
Read MoreCoretta Scott King was born in April
Coretta Scott King, born April 27, 1927, was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who was the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953 until he was murdered on April 4, 1968. She died on January 30, 2006.
Read MoreMumia Abu-Jamal praises pro-Palestine student activists
In an address to students at the City University of New York on Friday night, the incarcerated Black political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal praised the pro-Palestinian growing at U.S. colleges as being on the right side of history. “It is a wonderful thing that you have decided not to be silent and decided to speak out…
Read MoreJalen Rose will deliver the keynote address for the symposium concerning Black men and boys
Jalen Rose
Read MoreCongressman Donald Payne Jr. dies
Rep. Payne dies
Read MoreThe issue is key in a Sundown Town, where Blacks couldn’t live
The U.S. Supreme Court is taking on the issue of homelessness, which affects large numbers of Black people nationwide because, as a group, we comprise the nation’s largest homeless population. On Monday, the court argued whether local officials could ban homeless men and women from sleeping in the city’s public parks by charging them a…
Read MoreChicago police shot a driver 96 times for not wearing a seat belt
Chicago police shot at Dexter Reed 96 times
Read More