Viola Davis attends the Literacy Partners Evening of Readings and Gala Dinner at Pier Sixty on Monday, June 10, in New York. (Photo: Greg Allen/Invision/AP) It will be the first work of adult fiction for Davis, the Oscar-winning actress whose previous books include the memoir “Finding Me” and the picture story “Corduroy Takes a Bow.”…
Shannon Sharpe attends the 28th annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in May in New York. (Photo: CJ Rivera/Invision/AP) A Mississippi judge threw out the lawsuit in October, saying Sharpe used constitutionally protected speech on a sports broadcast when he criticized Favre’s connection to a welfare misspending case. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for…
A Manvel, Texas, woman said her two young boys suffered racist harassment for more than a year, including nooses displayed in her neighbor’s yard, but her complaints to local police went nowhere until a family member took the matter to the mayor’s office. Mayor Dan Davis said he was notified of the hateful incidents over…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 06: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Global Black Economic Forum during the 30th annual Essence Festival of Culture at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 6, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Harris was at the event to participate in a conversation with Essence Magazine President…
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are shown meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus on conFebruary 2, 2023, in the Oval Office. | Source: HUM Images / Getty Black voices are conspicuously missing among the growing voices of prominent House Democrats calling for President Joe Biden to drop out of the…
Lucille O’Neal, mother of four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal, has recently garnered attention for her remarks about her son’s marriage to Shaunie Henderson. While promoting the new show “Raising Fame,” a TV One podcast co-hosted by herself and Sonya Curry, mother of Stephen and Seth Curry, she made notable comments during an appearance on the…
Vivica A. Fox fans are distraught over her attempts to maintain a more youthful and sexy appearance. The longtime WNBA advocate’s looks have recently come under fire following her attendance at the Las Vegas Aces matchup against the Indiana Fever. Footage of the actress greeting Sin City’s stars like Chelsea Gray, Alysha Clark, and A’ja…
A Black teenager and his family said they fled their home in Connecticut after the 14-year-old was sent a barrage of racist messages, photos, and sexually suggestive content from his classmates. School district officials and state law enforcement launched investigations in May and June after learning that 10 children targeted their Black classmate and sent…
Shaunie Henderson has set the record straight once and for all about the misleading articles claiming she traded a fortune of a divorce settlement for a second chance at love. Multiple outlets allege that when she and retired NBA star Shaquille O’Neal reached an agreement in their divorce in 2010, she received $50,000 in child…
Tents line up in a row along 5th Street where homeless live in Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles on June 28, 2024. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) OPINION: The Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling is just further proof of how much this country hates poor people. Editor’s note: The following article is…
