Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty A GoFundMe account has begun on behalf of the Black college student in Kentucky who was seen on a viral video being violently attacked by a white student repeating the N-word in an apparent hateful and drunken rage. Kylah Spring was working in a University of Kentucky dormitory early Sunday…
Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee Simmons’s daughter Aoki Lee Simmons has joined the growing debate surrounding white America’s response to deaths in hip-hop. Aoki, an aspiring model, slammed white fans and their lack of tribute for rapper Takeoff, who was shot and killed at a bowling alley in downtown Houston, Texas, on Nov. 1. In…
Source: MARVIN RECINOS / Getty A Washington white man has pleaded guilty to making interstate threats and committing a hate crime for interference with a federally protected activity. MORE: Hate In America: The Many Faces Of White Supremacy According to the Department Of Justice, Joey David George made threatening telephone calls from at or near…
Source: Creative Services / iOne Digital This article will be regularly updated with additional information including election results as it becomes available. A number of polling places on the East Coast had opened by 7 a.m. on Tuesday as voters who didn’t participate in early voting look to cast their ballots in midterm elections with…
It’s a parent’s worst nightmare come true for the family of Kevon DeLeon, a 17-year-old special-needs teen who was sent to school but never made it back home alive. “What should have happened is, he stays at school, taken to school on a bus and he comes home on a school bus,” said Reauchean DeLeon-Watson….
Members of the Black Hebrew Israelites demonstrate outside the U.S. Capitol on November 13, 2018, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Win McNamee / Getty The movie director responsible for the documentary that sparked an antisemitism controversy after NBA star Kyrie Irving brought attention to it via social media is speaking out. A press release attributed…
Actress and director LaTanya Richardson Jackson shared details about what first attracted her to her husband, Samuel L. Jackson, during a guest appearance on “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.” The 73-year-old, who was promoting her recent Broadway play “The Piano Lesson,” has been married to Samuel since 1980. The couple also shares a daughter….
Fans’ whole lives have changed after learning about the many biological daughters singer Ginuwine has. The “Pony” singer, whose real name is Elgin Baylor Lumpkin, showed love to four out of seven of his children in an Instagram post where fans can see them dressed up as Harry Potter school girls for a Halloween party. …
Business tensions are once again high for Xscape. The R&B group’s powerhouse vocalist, LaTocha Scott, recently made headlines when her decision to distance herself from the ladies became a trending topic among social media users. According to TMZ, LaTocha’s husband, Rocky Bivens, was allegedly involved in a dispute with the group’s current tour promoter. LaTocha…
Source: Sophie Bassouls / Getty The state of antisemitism within the Black community has been under a microscope for far longer than the controversies stirred up by the rapper formerly known as Kanye West and NBA star Kyrie Irving, whose recent actions and commentary have led to swift consequences. While Kanye, who now goes by…
