A white professor, who at one point taught at a historically Black university, is no longer a part of the school’s faculty after a video of him inappropriately addressing a student in class went viral. The educator says he quit, but the school’s administration released a statement detailing why they let him go. The teacher’s…
Republican candidate for Secretary of State Kristina Karamo waves to the crowd before she speaks during a Save America rally on October 1, 2022, in Warren, Michigan. | Source: Emily Elconin / Getty Michigan’s Republican nominee for secretary of state has filed a lawsuit that targets voters in what is widely regarded as the Blackest…
Gabrielle Union recently celebrated her 50th birthday party beside family and friends in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Union and her husband, retired NBA player Dwyane Wade, both uploaded videos of their experience in the East African country to their Instagram page, but it was the couple’s youngest child’s post that really grabbed fans’ attention. Gabrielle Union, Kaavia…
Georgia voters will decide next Tuesday whether to elect Republican Gov. Brian Kemp for a second term or select Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams as the state’s new executive leader. Kemp said he wants to keep Georgia the “best state in the country” with a high employment rate and overflowing with economic opportunities. He also touts…
Source: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Getty An open letter was sent to the advertisers on Twitter demanding they take action after bigotry, racism, and disinformation exploded on the platform. The surge in hate came within hours of Elon Musk successfully purchasing Twitter. MORE: Fact Check: Is Elon Musk Really ‘African American’? In the letter, activists called…
Julia Roberts’ connection to civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. has social media shook. The Academy Award-winning actress appeared on the History Channel’s series “HISTORYTalks” in September, where she revealed a little-known fact about her life: The revered preacher and activist and his wife, Coretta Scott King, footed the bill for her birth. Julia…
Rapper Takeoff of Migos performs at Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre on May 1, 2018, in Charlotte, North Carolina. | Source: Jeff Hahne / Getty There are more questions than answers in the immediate aftermath of the tragic killing of Takeoff, one-third of the superstar rap group Migos who died early Tuesday morning following a…
An Illinois teacher has been terminated after students recorded him using racial epithets when talking to a Black student. School board administrators moved swiftly to send a message that bigoted and racist language is not acceptable from teachers or school staffers. On Thursday, Oct. 20, several students at the Kankakee High School secretly recorded first-year…
Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders surveys the field of play during the Jackson State Tigers and Campbell Fighting Camels NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision game at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium on October 21, 2022, in Jackson, Mississippi. | Source: Jackson State University / Getty It’s no secret that Jackson State University head football coach Deion…
As news of rapper Takeoff’s death spread early Tuesday morning continues to send shock waves through the hip-hop community, grief has quickly turned into anger as many industry members demand that social media users not share highly graphic photos and videos of the Migos member’s last living moments. Several celebrities, including “A Million Dollaz Worth…
