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…

Angela Bassett has finally spoken out about her son’s public apology after he pranked the 61-year-old into believing her “Black Panther” co-star Michael B. Jordan had passed away.  Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance, Slater Vance. (Photos: Slater.vance/TikTok) While being interviewed by “Entertainment Tonight” reporter Denny Directo at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Creative Impact…

Rick Ross, aka Ricky Rozay, born William Leonard Roberts II, is an American rapper, record executive, and former prison guard. Like most rappers, Ross is a well-respected collector, and his love for luxury cars has led him to accumulate a massive fleet of over a hundred cars with an estimated value of $4 million. Rick…

A Missouri-based HBCU will be able to advance its efforts toward bridging the digital divide thanks to the support of a multi-million-dollar grant. Lincoln University of Missouri recently received an endowment to equip scholars with the tech tools needed to thrive academically. The $2.9 million grant was given to the school through an initiative led…

Henrietta Lacks transformed the landscape of medicine; advancing cancer research and serving as the blueprint for the development of life-saving cures. Her enduring legacy will be memorialized through the creation of a statue in her hometown of Roanoke, Virginia, CNN reported. A statue of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were used without her consent in crucial…

Congratulations are in order for retired NFL player Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and Netflix’s “Selling Tampa” star Sharelle Rosado, for the two are engaged!  Sharelle Rosado and Chad ‘Ochocinco’ Johnson @sharellerosado/Instagram On Saturday, Jan. 7, Johnson got on one knee and proposed to his longtime girlfriend and mother of his youngest daughter, Serenity.  People magazine was…

Source: SERGIO LIMA / Getty Black voters in Brazil helped change the direction of the country when voters reelected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as simply Lula. With a clear majority, Lula supporters defeated the man leading the country’s far-right movement. But two years after supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the…

Mendeecees Harris is a record producer, real estate entrepreneur, rapper, and now hero, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which revealed that Harris helped a teenager who was involved in a hit-and-run car accident in suburban Atlanta on Christmas Eve. Mendeecees Harris. (Photo: @mendeecees/Instagram) The AJC reports 17-year-old Ian Maman was the victim of a terrifying…

Source: 4nadia / Getty South Carolina must redraw its congressional map according to a recent ruling. The state’s high court found that maps drawn by the state’s majority-controlled Republican legislature were racial gerrymandering. Specifically, the court took issue with the redistricting of Congressional District 1, which includes Charleston County. Reporting from the Post Courier noted…