Beyonce Knowles will feature the parents and brother of slain teenager Trayvon Martin in her next music video. Martin, 17, was unarmed when he was executed by an overzealous security guard in 2012.
Additionally, Beyonce will also feature family members of Tamir Rice, 12, and Mike Brown, 18, who were also unarmed when they died at the hands of overzealous white police officers.
Arson investigators in St. Louis are trying to determine who burned down 5 black churches in the St. Louis/Ferguson area.
Investigators say someone set fire to the New Life Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday. It was the fifth black church to go up in flames this month. A sixth church, which has a mixed-race congregation, was set ablaze on Sunday.
It happened again: two Texas deputies are under investigation for the fatal shooting of a man who was standing with both arms held above his head in a recognized gesture of surrender.
A 20-year-old black man is being held on $300,000 bond in the shooting of 2 police officers during a peaceful demonstration in Ferguson, MO., on Thursday, Mar. 12. The police officers were wounded in the face and shoulder. They were treated and released on the day of the shootings.
The peaceful protests were just winding down when 4 gunshots rang out late Wednesday night in Ferguson, Missouri.
When the smoke cleared, 2 Ferguson police officers were on there ground suffering from gunshot wounds.
R&B singer D'Angelo put his substance abuse and legal problems behind him for a stirring comeback performance on Saturday Night Live.
Former NFL coach and television sports analyst Mike Ditka is taking sides in the ongoing national debate over the shooting death of Missouri teenager Mike Brown at the hands of a former Ferguson police officer.
The St. Louis players who came out onto the field with their hands up prior to the Rams vs Oakland NFL game will not be punished by the NFL.
Five Rams players raised their hands in protest as they emerged onto the field during pre-game introductions on Sunday. The protest was in response to a Missouri grand jury decision not to indict a former Ferguson cop on murder charges in the shooting death of Michael brown.
Celebrities have united to call for a one-day retail boycott. Celebs such as Russell Simmons have taken to social media to urge their followers not to spend money on Black Friday, Nov. 28 -- the day when Americans traditionally kick off their Christmas shopping.
The national news media expects us to destroy our own neighborhoods. What they don't expect is for us to organize and use our trillion-dollar buying power to negatively impact the economy.
About 50 demonstrators disrupted the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra on Saturday night to protest the Mike Brown cop shooting in Ferguson, MO.
