“Every young Black boy needs a mentor,” said Thomas Ravenell, a founding member of Combined Intervention. A group of Black men is taking a stand to keep teens at a predominantly Black South Carolina high school out of trouble. Combined Intervention is a grassroots organization made up of six retirees. They volunteer their time giving…
Tina Knowles-Lawson showed fans how fine she was back in her 20s by uploading a throwback photo to Instagram, showing her posing alongside her cousin in a one-piece, spaghetti-strap bathing suit. With her hands on her hips and her natural hair flowing with the wind, Ms. Lawson’s post radiated “Bad Chick Energy.” The 69-year-old businesswoman…
South African President and leader of the ruling African National Congress Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a keynote address during the during 111th Anniversary gala dinner celebration at the Imvelo Safari in Bloemfontein on January 7, 2023. | Source: PHILL MAGAKOE / Getty It appears that America can learn a thing or two from South African leaders…
Three generations of women are calling for transparency and justice surrounding the death of Eric Holmes, a young man fatally shot by a Clayton County Police officer last November. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has agreed to secure body-camera video of the incident, offering to sit with the family as a probe seeks to discover…
Source: Kevinlemonsandhighercalling.com / Kevin Lemons Gospel artist Kevin Lemons has passed away. He was 44 years old. The Lemons family confirmed his passing on his official Instagram page with a statement, asking to keep his wife, Tiunna, family, and Higher Calling lifted in prayer. “It is with great sadness that we announce the transition of…
The family of a 15-year-old shot and killed during his school lunch period is reeling after a jury acquitted one of the men charged with murder. “The system has failed us, and the jury has failed us,” said Cortez Rice, the father of Jahmari Rice. Jahmari Rice, 15, of Richfield, Minnesota, was an aspiring football…
Source: Karon Blake / Twitter A 13-year-old Black boy was shot and killed in Northeast D.C. by a local homeowner who believed the boy was breaking into vehicles in the neighborhood. Authorities said the shooting took place around 4:00 am in the 1000 block of Quincy Street. According to Fox 5, the shooter, who has…
Taye Diggs is back with another comical video that leaves fans asking hilarious questions surrounding his chosen dance moves. Taye Diggs. (Photo: @tayediggsinsta/Instagram) The “Best Man” actor uploaded a video of himself with his two sisters, Christian and Shalom Diggs, dancing at what seems to be a club. During the video fans can hear a…
A Virginia mother is demanding answers after she arrived at her autistic son’s tennis lesson to find him handcuffed on the ground. The 12-year-old later had to be treated for a concussion after officers detained him in the program meant to help bridge the relationship between Black youth and police, according to his mother. Curtis…
Source: Instagram/@ronnie.toms Social media wins again while society loses, also again. In this particular case, video footage was going viral over the weekend and showed an apparently intoxicated and probable racist white man violently attacking two women before unwittingly becoming a victim of the circumstances that he created. People on social media were working to…
