A Texas couple is facing a handful of charges for keeping a Nigerian nanny locked in their home without pay for over two years. The nanny, whose identity has not been revealed, was hired under false pretenses by Sandra and Chudy Nsobundu in September 2013. She was promised $100 every month as salary to clean their Houston area home […]

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President Obama has announced plans to visit a mosque for the first time in his presidency.

State Rep. Tommy Benton has come out in favor of two bills that will formally uphold holidays celebrating Confederate members.

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Author and Christian Activist Jim Wallis joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss his new book, America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge to a New America.

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The announcement comes after Scholastic attempted to defend "A Birthday Cake For George Washington."

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The Freedman's Bank was established in 1865 to help foment wealth-building for nearly four million newly freed slaves. It closed in 1874.

Jurnee Smollett Bell, Aldis Hodge, and Chris Meloni are set to premiere "Underground," which hits TV screens in early 2016 on WGN.

The former employee claims he was hit with frying pans and beat with belts during the end of his nearly two-decade-long employment by the family.

Protests at Georgetown University have prompted officials to rename two buildings named for school presidents "who organized the sale of Jesuit-owned slaves to help pay off campus debt in the 1830s."

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'A Fine Dessert' is the latest children's book to be praised for its "good intentions" while dropping the ball on the truth.

During an appearance on the Iowa radio program Mickelson in the Morning, Republican candidate Mike Huckabee agreed when the conservative host used a bible verse to justify selling poor people into slavery.

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NY Congressman Hakeem Jeffries recently sat down with Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now, to discuss his proposed bill to give released prisoners who have…