President & CEO of the NAACP Derrick Johnson speaks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 2024, before an address by President Joe Biden. | Source: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty The Civil Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson 60 years ago…
An incident involving a large Black party and their generous tip for an Applebee’s server went viral and drew backlash after the restaurant’s manager raised questions about their tip. Dawn Montgomery posted about the experience on her X account over the weekend. She wrote that she was part of a party of 14 people who…
Denzel Washington has found himself caught in the fray of a raging discourse about the racial accuracy of his role in “Gladiator II,” as first glances of the new project have surfaced online. The two-time Academy Award winner is draped in royal blue and golden garb as he sits upon a golden throne in a…
Source: HUM Images / Getty White supremacy is an ideology asserting the inherent superiority of white people over nonwhite individuals. This deeply flawed belief system has its roots in pseudo-scientific racism, which historically justified atrocities such as slavery, imperialism, colonialism, and genocide. Today, white supremacist ideologies persist, perpetuating the myth of white racial superiority. …
In a landmark victory for democracy in Alabama, Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor in Newbern’s 170-year history, has been reinstated after a four-year legal battle. This follows a proposed settlement that has finally allowed the residents of Newbern to vote in their own municipal elections for the first time in over 60 years, HuffPost…
Source: Facebook.com/steve.hazlett.9 / Facebook.com/steve.hazlett.9 The police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 is once again out of a job. According to WVVA, Timothy Loehmann resigned from the White Sulphur Springs Police Department in West Virginia on Monday, marking the third time in six years he’s left a police department due to…
Lela Rochon decided to pop out and remind people that she is a certified “original baddie” on the blue carpet at an awards show this past weekend. The days of Rochon being one of Black Hollywood’s go-to actresses may have passed, but her beauty has done anything but fade. According to fans who cannot get…
A video circulating on social media shows a racially charged confrontation between a white Chick-fil-A employee and a Black woman at the entrance gate to a Georgia apartment complex, where the two strangers argued before the man allegedly struck the woman, leading to them both calling the police on each other. The viral footage, posted…
The Reparations Task Force meets to hear public input on reparations at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2022. | Source: Carolyn Cole / Getty Black folks in California could finally get their metaphorical forty acres and a mule. The Golden State recently announced plans to set aside $12 million in…
Social media food critic Keith Lee is catching flak for his response to Taraji P. Henson‘s big pickup at the 2024 BET Awards. The Oscar-nominated actress hosted the annual awards show for the third time on Sunday, June 30, and seemed to scuff one of the audience influencer’s timbs. In a skit, where Henson walked…
