LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 28: Floyd Norman attends 2025 ESSENCE Hollywood House: To Altadena With Love on February 28, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for ESSENCE) The 90-year-old Norman first joined Disney in 1956, and throughout his career, he’s been behind some of the company’s biggest animated movies, including…
A conservative influencer has found himself back in the spotlight. The pardoned Jan. 6th rioter injected himself into a racially charged trial – the Karmelo Anthony murder case. Edward Jacob Lang, 31, who also goes by Jake Lang, was charged with making terroristic threats on Tuesday. Edward Jake Lang is facing charges after he allegedly…
Priscilla Stephens (later Kruize), from CORE, being arrested at the Tallahassee Regional Airport. Photographed on June 16, 1961. (Photo: State Archives of Florida) Priscilla Stephens Kruize played a key role in the civil rights movement at FAMU. Now, she needs support to cover her healthcare costs. We often say we honor the people who fought…
Members of the Black community are hinting at a boycott of all Asian-owned businesses. It’s in response to an Asian store owner being found not guilty of killing a Black 14-year-old. Chikei Rick Chow, 44, was acquitted of murder charges last month. He killed the teenager, Cyrus Carmack-Belton, outside his store. Members of the Black…
What the Karmelo Anthony verdict reveals about Black Americans and jury duty (Photos: Help Karmelo Official Fund & Adobe Stock) Karmelo Anthony was sentenced to 35 years by a non-Black jury. Here’s why that matters, and what we can do about it. This week, 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35…
For decades media and radio personality Big Tigger (real name Darian Morgan) has reported on the lives of some of the world’s biggest celebrities — but now he is the source of trending headlines, and they involve some very serious accusations. Earlier this month, the wife of “The Big Tigger Morning Show” host, Alicia Brown,…
(Photo credit: Help Karmelo Official Fund) The 19-year-old’s GiveSendGo account became a topic of interest leading up to his trial; website founderJacob Wells said that no money hae been withdrawn. The ongoing fallout from Karmelo Anthony receiving a 35-year sentence after being convicted for the murder of Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Texas…
The Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files has generated accusations of a cover-up almost from the moment officials began promising bombshell disclosures that never materialized. Now the official who oversaw that controversial process is facing a new round of questions after openly discussing efforts to place “roadblocks” in the path of future prosecutions involving…
Source: Cavan Images / Paul Giamou / Getty One of the stranger elements of President Donald Trump’s second term has been his administration’s focus on removing “improper ideology” from national parks and museums. In addition to an executive order focused on rewriting how American history is told at the nation’s parks and museums, the Trump…
Source: unknown / other The trial of Karmelo Anthony ended on June 9 when a Collin County jury found the 19-year-old guilty of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf in 2025. The jury sentenced Anthony to 35 years in prison. Before jurors decided on the punishment, Anthony’s lawyers argued that he acted under “sudden passion,” a…
