Rep Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), a former black panther, was escorted from the House for donning a hoodie and dark sunglasses while giving a moving speech in support of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old slain teen murdered as he walking to his father’s fiancé’s home from getting snacks at a store.

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich appeared on Piers Morgan talk show Thursday night and was asked to comment on the Trayvon Martin case.

The death of an unarmed 17-year-old boy by a neighborhood watchman has called colleges across the nation to action. Florida A&M held a protest to denounce the action actions of George Zimmerman and the Sanford Police Department.

Authorities have released the 911 calls in the Trayvon Martin fatal shooting case. Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American Teen, was walking to his father’s home from a nearby 7-eleven when he was attacked by George Zimmerman, who deemed him “suspicious.”

Fox News’ Sean Hannity sure keeps some interesting people in his company. Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is an African American man who thanks God for slavery. He has appeared on Hannity’s show numerous times and offers his insight on race relations. In the video below, Peterson thanks God for slavery.

More than 70% of students involved in school-related arrests or cases referred to law enforcement were Hispanic or African-American. A report that will be released Education Department Tuesday raises questions on the severity of treatment minorities receive when facing disciplinary action. Black students are more than three times as likely as their white peers to be suspended or expelled.

A Miami-Dade college student has been accused of sending death threats to President Barack Obama on Facebook. Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr, a Miami-Dade college student has been accused of sending death threats to President Barack Obama on Facebook.

Alyce Lyle of Springfield, IL wrote an interesting op-ed for the State Journal- Register. She proposed the question, “Is African American Slavery Day Needed.”

One would never think a Jay-Z lyric would come out of a state representatives mouth during a house, let alone debating the Hip Hop superstar’s lyrics. But this did occur in the final two days of the Florida legislature’s 60 day session when Rep. Alan B. Williams (D-Tallahassee) argued for support of a bill using Jay-Z’s rap lyrics from “99 Problems.”

An old video has resurfaced showing a young Barack Obama leading a protest at Harvard University. The video dated back to 1991 shows Obama speaking in support of Harvard’s first tenured black law professor Derrick Bell.

Wisconsin state senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) appeared on Fox New Talk Radio with Alan Colmes to discuss his proposed Senate Bill 507, which would consider single parenthood to be a contributing factor to child abuse. Grothman blamed the government for “pushing the single parenthood lifestyle” and said they are doing it with all the “benefit programs, which primarily benefit single motherhood.”