Westchester County Police Civil Service Examinations in May – Deadline To File For Tests Is Feb. 24th

Westchester County will be holding police officer civil service...

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano Endorses CE Ken Jenkins in Upcoming Special Election

On Thursday, January 30th, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano announced his...

James Henderson III Elected President Of Port Chester/Rye Branch NAACP

James Henderson, a 20-year resident of Port Chester, was...

William Wagstaff Responds To NRPD Commissioner’s Statement Regarding The Death Of Jarrel Garris

pictured above Attorney William O. Wagstaff speaking at a...

NRPD Determine Officers Did Not Violate Dept’s Policies Or Procedures In Death of Jerrel Garris

NRPD Commissioner Robert Gazzola released a statement, Friday (see...

Mount Vernon’s Opportunity to Community Revitalization Through ELOC Initiative

Mount Vernon, NY, a city currently facing significant financial...

Across The Nation

TikTok Has Three Days Left: Black Americans Exploring Fanbase as an Alternative

The clock is ticking for TikTok in the United States. With a January 19 deadline looming, the popular social media app faces the possibility...

Trump Announces Creation of External Revenue Service to Shift Tax Burden Overseas

Washington, D.C.—President-elect Donald Trump has unveiled plans to establish a new federal agency, the External Revenue Service (ERS), tasked with collecting tariffs, duties, and...

The California Fire Crisis: A Failure of Prevention and Budgeting

California’s history with wildfires is well-documented. These destructive events are not recent; they are an inherent aspect of the state’s landscape. Yet, the ongoing...

Tragedy Strikes New Orleans: Terrorist Attack Leaves 15 Dead on New Year’s Day

New Orleans, Louisiana – In the early hours of January 1, 2025, New Orleans’ festive French Quarter turned into a scene of tragedy when...

Fani Willis Disqualified from Trump Election Interference Case Amid Relationship Concerns

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been disqualified from prosecuting the election interference case against Donald Trump following a decision by the Georgia...

FEMA Spends Billions on Migrants While Hurricane Victims Struggle Without Aid

Washington, D.C. – As the Atlantic hurricane season rages on, FEMA is facing mounting criticism for allocating significant funds to the migrant crisis while...

George Floyd’s Uncle Joins March For Sonya Massey In Chicago

A rally for Sonya Massey was held Saturday, August 3rd at the Chicago Police Department headquarters in Chicago. Many activists said they were sending a...

Thousands Converge on DC Protesting Netanyahu’s Visit To Congress By Lisa Hansom

On July 24, thousands of Americans of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, and faiths, and from across the political spectrum, assembled in Washington DC to...

Barack Obama Announced Plaza At Obama Presidential Center Will Be Renamed in Honor of John Lewis

On Wednesday, July 17th, the fourth anniversary of his passing, former President Barack Obama announced that the plaza at the Obama Presidential Center will...

Thousands Converge on DC Protesting Netanyahu’s Visit To Congress. [Video]

Thousands of protesters gathered on Wednesday within sight of the US Capitol building, denouncing Israel’s war in Gaza and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Derickson Lawrence Fires Counsel To Lead In Post Trial Phase And To File Motion For New Trial

Black Westchester has learned that Derickson Lawrence, 67, FinTech CEO from the City of Mount Vernon severed his relationship from his Counsel of Record....

NAACP & Students Sue Shenandoah County for Naming Public Schools After Defenders of Slavery

A lawsuit filed by students and the Virginia NAACP against the Shenandoah County School Board charges that Shenandoah has violated Title VI of the...

Free Speech and Peaceful Protest Under Threat on U.S. College Campuses, AAUP Warns

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and its chapters are sounding the alarm over what they see as a growing assault on the...

Univ of South Carolina Unveils Monument, Celebrating First 3 Black Students to Integrate University

Statue near McKissick Museum recognizes desegregation trailblazers Robert Anderson, Henrie Monteith Treadwell and James Solomon Jr. The University of South Carolina (USC) unveiled a monument...

Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, saying Netanyahu is an obstacle to peace

US Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer has called for Israel to hold elections to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as cracks appear in a...

Ryan Gainer, Black Teen With Autism Is Killed By Cops In Southern California

Ryan Gainer, a 15-year-old Black California boy who appeared to be dealing with a mental health crisis, was killed. Deputies from the San Bernardino...

Black Church Leaders Call for Halt to All US Funding of Israel Amid ‘Mass Genocide’

African Methodist Episcopal Church Leaders Call for Halt to All US Funding of Israel The bishops accused Israel of denying Palestinians "access to food, water,...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s youngest son Dexter has died at age 62

ATLANTA (AP) — Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther...

Minister Farrakhan Addresses Filing Lawsuit Against ADL & Simon Wiesenthal Center [Video]

Black Westchester reported that on October 16, 2023, which was the 28th Anniversary of the Million Man March, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and...

Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam Sue the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) for the Misuse of the...

Chicago—On October 16, 2023, which was the 28th Anniversary of the Million Man March, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam...

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