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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 […]