Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO:  Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake speaks to the media at a news conference on the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Monday, April 20, 2015. Baltimore’s top police officials, mayor and prosecutor sought to calm a “community on edge” Monday while investigating how Gray suffered a fatal spine injury while under arrest. Six officers have…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  In this photo provided by the Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Sheriff’s Office is Tulsa County reserve deputy Robert Bates. Police say Bates, a 73-year-old white reserve deputy, thought he was holding a stun gun, not his handgun, when he fired at 44-year-old Eric Harris in an April 2 incident. Harris, who is black, was…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake speaks to the media at a news conference on the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Monday, April 20, 2015. Baltimore’s top police officials, mayor and prosecutor sought to calm a “community on edge” Monday while investigating how Gray suffered a fatal spine injury while under arrest. Six officers have…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  In this photo provided by the Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Sheriff’s Office is Tulsa County reserve deputy Robert Bates. Police say Bates, a 73-year-old white reserve deputy, thought he was holding a stun gun, not his handgun, when he fired at 44-year-old Eric Harris in an April 2 incident. Harris, who is black, was…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  President Barack Obama smiles as he reacts to comments made by Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller, right, during their bilateral meeting at the Jamaica House, Thursday, April 9, 2015, in Kingston, Jamaica. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) By David McFadden Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s leader asked President Barack Obama on Thursday to…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  John Legend  (Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com) By Mesfin Fekadu Associated Press NEW YORK — John Legend has launched a campaign to end mass incarceration. The Grammy-winning singer announced the multiyear initiative, Free America, on Monday. He visited and performed at a correctional facility on Thursday in Austin, Texas, where he was also part…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Attendees at the Maya Angelou Stamp Dedication in Washington DC included: (from left) Nikki Giovanni, First Lady Michelle Obama, Postmaster General Megan Brennan and Oprah Winfrey.   (Photo by Leona Dixon) WASHINGTON — The public had the opportunity to witness a historic event when Postmaster General Megan Brennan joined by Oprah Winfrey, Ambassador…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Rev. Dr. Gardner C. Taylor associated press The Rev. Gardner Taylor, a Baptist minister whose social conscience and gift for oratory made him one of the most influential African-American preachers during the civil rights movement and beyond, died April 5 in Durham, North Carolina. He was 96. The cause was an apparent heart…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Onlookers gather outside of a house, where police say seven children and one adult have been found dead Monday, April 6, 2015, in Princess Anne, Md. Police were sent to the home Monday after being contacted by a concerned co-worker of the adult. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Joe Lamberti) By Juliet Linderman ASSOCIATED…

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New York–The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), a leading research, policy and advocacy group with offices in New York and Baltimore, announced today that it is holding an International Reparations Summit at various sites across New York City, from April 9 to 12, 2015. Speakers at the conference include Prof. Sir Hilary…

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