It’s a story which has been shared all over the world. The senseless and tragic killing of a beautiful hundred pound teen girl from Stone Mountain, GA name Vanessa “Honey” Malone went viral, as followers of her case struggled to understand why 4-6 masked gunman would shoot the unarmed young woman in the back and

Sigma Chi is one of the largest Greek-Letter social fraternities in North America with more than 240 active chapters in the United States and Canada and more than 300,000 initiates. Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford Ohio. According to the fraternity’s constitution, “the purpose of the fraternity shall be to cultivate and maintain the high

A Continued Series On the Murder of Phylicia Barnes   If someone would have told me that the murder case of Phylicia Barnes would span several years I would not have believed them. Sadly though, nearly three years after the book smart country girl from rural North Carolina went missing, her case continues to make

It’s widely believed within the African American community that many white Americans have a distinct fear of big muscular black men, and it’s debatable if such fear is justified whether you rationalize the prevalence of black on black violence, or the inherited guilt many people believe white people manifest on their conscience for the enslavement

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Part II of a Series Leading to the Second Murder Trial With less than three weeks away before the State of Maryland begins a retrial of Michael Maurice Johnson for killing young Phylicia Simone Barnes, those of us who have been diligently following the honors teen from Monroe, North Carolina case can’t help but look

While light rain trickled down during one of New York’s most anticipated festivities of the summer, nearly 3 million people gathered in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn for the annual West Indies Day parade, and it’s hard to imagine that such a celebration could spark any kind of pride at all considering the horrific crime

In this multi cultural melting pot we call the United States of America echoes can be heard with resounding resignation calling for freedom, liberty, justice, and patriotism to America and the proclaimed majesty of “Old Glory” (our national flag). The historians have taught us that minute men rallied together, side by side, and in solidarity

It was a day unlike any other in the history of the United States as the people came, marching side by side, blacks and white people alike, singing spirituals, and songs of freedom. The social climate in America had reached a breaking point and on August 28, 1963 the people marched on our nation’ capitol

Warning: Some may find the content of this article offensive and I apologize in advance. My efforts here are solely to bring the events of this tragic case to light with the hope that another family’s child will not fall victim to such a heinous crime. I will no longer print the names of certain