Commerce Police Chief Resigns After Run-In With Beauty Queen
Following a controversial arrest of a former Miss Black Texas, Commerce Police Chief Kerry Crews unexpectedly resigned Monday.
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Following a controversial arrest of a former Miss Black Texas, Commerce Police Chief Kerry Crews unexpectedly resigned Monday.
He was suspended for 10 days after a controversial arrest, now a Fort Worth police officer is defending his actions and appealing an unpaid suspension. Officer William Martin took the stand today to testify at that suspension appeal.
A push to remove a couple of historic bathroom signs that say 'Negro' in the small town of Paris has succeeded.
With just one black person seated among the first 11 jurors chosen for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial, defense lawyers are crying foul and accusing prosecutors of trying to systematically keep blacks off of the jury.
A new study debunks the belief that white Dallas police officers use force against blacks and Hispanics disproportionately.
Former NFL All-Pro linebacker Zach Orr says race is the reason why the Desoto school board is considering firing their head football coach.
Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant has, at just 28, "lived a life." Highs and lows. Fame and failure. Wealth and poverty. Acceptance ... and racism.
Relatives of a white Army veteran accused of killing a black stranger in a racial attack say they're "shocked, horrified and heartbroken."
The Justice Department says it will temporarily transfer immigration judges to six detention centers near the border with Mexico in an effort to put President Donald Trump's immigration directives into effect.
Students at Plano West Senior High arrived Monday morning to find hateful, and in some cases racist, graffiti had been scrawled on several of the windows and doors at the school.
Seven people, including men and women from across the state and members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas prison gang, learned their fate today for their roles in a drug distribution conspiracy.
A federal judge in Boston has declined to extend a temporary injunction against President Donald Trump's travel ban, however a separate federal ruling in Seattle appears to supersede it.
Racism was the topic Wednesday for high school students from all over North Texas on the SMU campus.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the rise of populism has triggered an increase in anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia, anti-Muslim hatred and other forms of intolerance.
The Craig family is not happy with the decision. Attorneys call it a "vacation."
A family in Denton is shocked, unable to explain why someone targeted them with racial vandalism and arson.
Hundreds of people protested a white nationalist's speaking engagement at the Texas A&M University campus tonight.
Texas A&M University says it didn't invite a leader of the "alt-right" movement who's scheduled to speak at the school next month.
Students are set to gather at SMU on Wednesday night after two racist flyers were found on campus. The event is being referred to as a "call to action" designed to unite the school.
A vote to accept the LGBTQ community is putting a North Texas Baptist congregation at the center of controversy within its owner church denomination.
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Lil Wayne understands why some people criticized him last month for saying that racism is over. But he claims that people don't see it from his perspective. He also said that millennials knew that racism wasn't cool.
The newest members of the film academy said that the #OscarsSoWhite crisis inspired them to seek membership. "I felt obligated to join," said Chadwick Boseman, who plays Thurgood Marshall in an upcoming film.
Lil Wayne said that the racial makeup of the crowd at one of his shows was "clearly a message that there was no such thing as racism." The rapper explained that the crowds at his shows have "always been everybody."
Bill Cosby has long preached of personal responsibility to fellow blacks. But now, his lawyers have suggested that racial bias is to blame as Cosby faces the prospect of 13 women testifying that he drugged and molested them.
