Source: Witthaya Prasongsin / Getty by Veronica Wells via MadameNoire.com Tennessee governor Bill Haslam has granted full clemency to Cyntoia Brown. Brown, 30, was sentenced to life in prison for killing Johnny Miller Allen, a 43-year-old man, who planned to statutorily rape her when she was 16 years old. After running away from home, Brown got involved with a man who…
Tyler Perry on goodmorningamerica.com Tyler Perry is a well-known writer, director, filmmaker, and actor. However, we’re just getting to know Tyler Perry the activist. Find out why he’s seeking justice in this cold case of two Florida men who disappeared a decade ago. Continue
These women hold the reins of power in the municipal criminal justice system of South Fulton, Georgia. Foreground, from left, LaDawn Jones, Lakesiya Cofield, Viveca Famber Powell, interim Police Chief Sheila Rogers. Background, from left, clerk Kerry Stephens, Chief Judge Tiffany Carter Sellers, clerk Ramona Howard, clerk Tiffany Kinslow By Doug Criss When LaDawn “LBJ” Jones walked into a meeting…
Tupac Shakur By Ta-ning Connai June 16 was Tupac Shakur’s birthday. And if he was still alive today, he would have been 47 years old. Often hailed as the greatest rapper of all time, he was Passion Manifested! Whether spitting prose like a modern Gil Scott-Heron, making gangsterish threats to a dope beat or dropping knowledge like the late Malcolm…
Ayo Henry & young white supremacist By Kira Sparkles While scrolling through Facebook one night, I found a video of the woman that I wish I was in the face of adversity. Meet Ayo Henry of Rhode Island. Mother of four. Derby Girl. Badass. She charged unapologetically forward ready to mom the hell out of a kid who called her…
Natalee Holloway – Kenneka Jenkins Last week, I stumbled upon an episode of ‘The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway.’ It was part of a new, six-part documentary that follows David Holloway as he searches for new developments in the disappearance and murder of his daughter, who took a trip to Aruba upon her high school graduation. It’s also a 12-year-old…