A sticker saying “Keep Sapelo Geechee” is worn on the shirt of George Grovner, a resident of the Hogg Hummock community on Sapelo Island, during a meeting of McIntosh County commissioners in September in Darien, Ga. Georgia’s McIntosh County on Monday said Black slave descendants can’t legally force a referendum that could overturn zoning changes…
Rapper Common recently paid a visit to “The Breakfast Club” to discuss his latest project. The Emmy, Grammy and Oscar winner has teamed up with legendary hip-hop producer Pete Rock for his new album and says that he delved deep into his hometown roots. During the interview, Common talked about how he “tapped into the…
Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville sits at the bench inside Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta in August 2021. On Monday, Glanville, the judge who has been overseeing the long-running racketeering and gang prosecution against Young Thug and others in Atlanta, was removed from the case after two defendants filed motions seeking his recusal citing…
Peter Buxtun is pictured in San Francisco in this undated photo. Bruxton, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, died on May 18, 2024, from Alzheimer’s disease in Rocklin, Calif. (Photo: Liz Hafalia/San Francisco…
2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024. | Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Amid the revelry, pomp and circumstance at the Republican National Convention‘s (RNC) opening night on Monday in Milwaukee, Donald Trump made his…
Former NFL player Terrell Davis delivers his speech during induction ceremonies at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August 2017 in Canton, Ohio. Davis said Monday that he was “humiliated” after being handcuffed and removed from a United Airlines flight, then later apologized to by law enforcement, over the weekend. Davis, who previously played…
A Black woman who was aggressively thrown out of a Los Angeles restaurant earlier this month posted a video of the altercation, leading to other Black women coming forward saying they have also had negative experiences at the restaurant. TeJuana Johnson posted the video on Instagram showing her sitting at a table looking into the…
If there’s one thing that the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention confirmed to America, it’s that supporters of Donald Trump come in all shapes, sizes and colors. And while the primary color of those aforementioned MAGA fanatics is not Black, there was still a relatively small handful of non-white Trump supporters who…
People march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with placards bearing the image of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, for whom the most recent voting rights bill is named, during commemorations for the 57th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” on March 6, 2022, in Selma, Alabama. | Source: Brandon Bell / Getty Wednesday will mark the…
Snoop Dogg and his wife Shante Broadus celebrated their 27-year wedding anniversary last month, marking one of the longest hip-hop unions in the industry. But when a fan online showed some love to the West Coast couple it backfired, leaving many recalling their marriage hasn’t been as blissful as most hoped. Snoop Dogg and his…
