Source: MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images / Getty August Wilson’s iconic play “The Piano Lesson” is back on Broadway. Production director LaTanya Richardson Jackson has been tapped to reprise Wilson’s critically acclaimed 1987 story. The whimsical tale follows two siblings, Boy Willie and Berniece, as they struggle over how to preserve their family heirloom, a piano…
Prayers up to Tamar Braxton, who recently announced her intense battle with the flu just one day after she was out enjoying Christmas shopping with friends. The “Love and War” singer uploaded a lengthy caption explaining how she found out she had come down with the infection by writing, “This isn’t an attention post.. This…
From Ava DuVernay to Nadia Hallgren, Black women have used filmmaking as a vessel to reclaim their narratives and magnify societal truths. Thanks to a generous donation Spelman College will be able to empower the next generation of storytellers. Today, Spelman College announced a $1M gift from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation to establish the…
The death of young Emmett Till is considered one of the pivotal markers of the civil rights movement. The bravery of the teen’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, in the mid-1950s in exposing what had been done to her son helped jump-start African-Americans’ fight for equality by showing in graphic detail the horror of racial violence in…
“I Wanna Be Down” singer Brandy Norwood could be forking over more to resolve a lawsuit brought by her ex-housekeeper Maria Elizabeth Castaneda, whose lawyers say Norwood’s $40,000 settlement check to Castaneda bounced, and they also want $87,000 from the singer to cover their fees. Brandy. (Photo: @brandy/Instagram) In documents obtained by RadarOnline, Castaneda requested…
The NBA is advancing its efforts to support grassroots nonprofits at the forefront of social change. The league’s philanthropic arm—the NBA Foundation—has donated a grant to the New York City-based organization Avenues for Justice. NBA Foundation Awards Grant to Avenues for Justice to Support our HIRE UP Program! @NBA @NBAFoundation We are so thrilled to…
Who is Lil Wayne dating today? The New Orleans rapper born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. who has been married upwards of three times, has been in a string of many relationships with multiple different women. The hip-hop rapper made name for himself as one of the greatest rappers alive in the music industry, starting out…
The harrowing murder of Emmett Till amplified brutal truths surrounding the realities of racism in America; sparking a movement rooted in the fight for racial justice. Nearly 67 years after his horrific death, Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley are posthumously being honored with a Congressional Gold Medal, NBC News reported. House unanimously passes bill…
Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty Presidential elections are complicated. But in a move aimed at warding off future crises like the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Senate and House have passed legislation to clarify ambiguous and trouble-prone aspects of the process. Currently, all 50 states and the District of Columbia hold…
Mississippi police fatally shot a woman who was holding a Walmart employee in the megastore hostage after she refused to back down. Cellphone footage of the incident shows Corlunda McGinister, 21, holding onto a woman wearing a Walmart vest with her left hand and waving a gun in her right hand demanding to see a…
