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Source: Steven Ferdman / Getty Actor/singer Jussie Smollett can finally put his legal troubles behind him as the Illinois Supreme Court decided to reverse his 2021 conviction for staging a hate crime. As reported by WGN-TV, the former Empire star took his case to the IL Supreme Court in September in a last-ditch effort to have his conviction overturned. His previous attempt was denied by the Appellate Court of Illinois in December of […]

Source: Detained In Dubai / Detained in Dubai An 18-year-old Black man from Britain could spend 20 years in a Dubai prison for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old British girl while on a family vacation in the emirate. According to BBC, Marcus Fakana, of Tottenham, north London, was on vacation in Dubai with his family in September when he met a girl who was staying in the same […]

Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty   There are several “trophy” games in the Big Ten conference, but only one is named after an African American. In 2021, University of Michigan and Northwestern University announced the creation of the George Jewett Trophy, the first Football Bowl Series rivalry trophy named after an African American player. READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: Little Known Black History Fact: George JewettJames Baldwin At 100: His Genius […]

Susan Smith, handcuffed, leaves court after a hearing on July 10, 1995, in Union, South Carolina. | Source: Brooks Kraft / Getty A white woman convicted of murdering her infant and toddler children in a pair of drownings she blamed on a fictional Black man has been denied parole nearly 30 years after being found guilty in a case that further exposed American law enforcement’s willing penchant for racial profiling […]

Malcolm X, the civil rights leader who later transformed into a global activist, was assassinated in 1965 just as his messages for human rights began to resonate with the wider public. The family of Malcolm X has filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the United States government, alleging its involvement in his passing. As reported late last week by ABC News, civil rights attorney Ben Crump was flanked […]

Diddy has just received his first piece of good news in a long time. A judge has ruled that prosecutors can’t use materials seized from his jail cell. As spotted on Deadline, the now embattled mogul might be feeling more confident heading into his upcoming bail hearing. On Tuesday (November 19), Judge Arun Subramanian denied the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District the ability to leverage any information seized from […]

Netflix is reporting a knockout in terms of views for its mega-fight between “Iron” Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, which took place live last Friday (November 15). Despite some technical issues experienced by some users, Netflix shared viewing numbers for the event via a press release and boasted over 108 million live viewers from around the world. The Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight had its fair share of critics […]