Tyler Perry is using his personal testimony of overcoming his fear of flying to encourage others. In a new Instagram post, Perry shared footage of himself flying a small plane. Throughout the video, he gave fans insight into how much of a hindrance his fear of flying had become to his success. “After 9/11 it…
Source: Win McNamee / Getty On Wednesday, we reported on a racist ex-convict Mark Taylor, who filmed himself riding around downtown Atlanta while complaining about the abundant existence of Black people, threatening to lynch a Black motorist and telling a friend they need to come to the ATL and “go hunting.” It was a pitiful…
A Nashville woman and her newborn baby are in critical condition at Vanderbilt Medical Center after the mother, who was seven months pregnant, reportedly was shot by a Walgreens employee in a store parking lot for alleged shoplifting. According to Nashville Police, Walgreens team leader Mitarius Boyd shot a suspected shoplifter, Travonsha Ferguson, in the…
Spoiler Alert! Atlanta Black Star is back for another Friday roundup of new tv and film releases on streaming platforms. This week’s recommendations include a variety of fictional and reality series, thrillers, comedy, and the finale season of an award-winning series. Prospective lovers should tune in to the grand finale of “Love Is Blind” season…
Source: Giles Clarke / Getty A Black man in Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced to 70 years in prison on Wednesday for spitting at police officers. It’s the kind of story where people are likely to read the headline and assume there’s more to the story—and there is. 36-year-old Larry Pearson, who was found guilty of…
Actress Tisha Campbell played “Spill the Tisha” during her appearance on “The Jennifer Hudson Show” on April 12. Hudson came up with the segment to get to know Campbell better, and the “Martin” actress did not disappoint. Campbell read several statements to Hudson for her to guess whether they were true or false, and the…
Keke Palmer decided to bring out a new hairstyle and fans believe she gave exactly what was supposed to have been giving. The newfound mommy posted two selfies showing her in a long, jet-black hairstyle and a glammed-up face. She wore wavy curls in a half-up, half-down ponytail with a bang swept over the right…
A Georgia railroad company has filed a petition with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to take over several plots of privately owned land using the state’s eminent domain law. Should the move prove to be successful, multiple families in the poor, small community of Sparta, Georgia, will be disenfranchised. The residents of the small…
Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas poses for the official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2022. | Source: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Getty To put it mildly, this week wasn’t kind to Clarence Thomas, what with an avalanche of media attention piling on top of credible reports suggesting the…
A registered neonatal nurse in New York State has been fired and now is facing charges after being recorded slamming a newborn baby face-down in a hospital-issued bassinet. The father of the child witnessed the assault as it happened and shared the video with the Long Island hospital officials immediately. Fidel Sinclair is the father…
