HBCU pro days have never gotten the exposure or visibility they should. Despite the list of HBCU greats that helped the NFL explode in popularity during its first 30 years in existence, over the last few decades there’s been a stigma attached to HBCU athletes. An implication that they were somehow inferior because their athletes…
Source: Daniel Cohen – wsvn / Twitter So, I don’t know if y’all have heard the news in the last 400 years or so, but police are out of control when it comes to how they deal with Black suspects. Their behavior has been atrocious—criminal even. In fact, in Florida, a cop’s zeal in poking…
OPINION: There’s no need to spend more time and money on an issue that only desire can solve. Instituting a new policy for assistant coaches won’t change owners’ hearts and minds when it’s time to fill the top spot. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read…
Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey have been Hollywood’s “it” couple since announcing they were dating a little more than a year ago. So it comes as no surprise that fans are hearing wedding bells after Jordan and Harvey made their first red carpet appearance together at Vanity Fair’s Oscars party this past Sunday. Jordan was seen sporting…
No Limit Records founder and successful business Percy Robert “Master P” Miller Sr. doesn’t believe that the seeds he planted nearly 20 years ago, coupled with his hard work and contributions to hip-hop and subsequent success, gave his nine children a head start in life. During a recent interview with Page Six, the New Orleans…
OPINION: While the U.N. may seem like a fancy place where world leaders gather to discuss the world’s problems, Black American ambassadors have been doing the work to ensure economic, political and social inclusion for people of African descent globally—and here at home. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s…
Braxton, who appeared on “The Tamron Hall Show” Tuesday, opened up about losing Traci and how the family has been coping. In her first interview since the loss of her sister Traci, singer Toni Braxton is sharing how she and her family have been coping. Braxton appeared on The Tamron Hall Show Tuesday, where she talked about her younger…
Between the United States having one of the highest recidivism rates globally and the school-to-prison pipeline continuing to have a destructive disproportionate impact on youths of color, there is a myriad of societal issues that are indicative of the nation’s historically flawed justice system. What happens when we build physical spaces centered on peace rather…
A senior subject matter expert at NASA and private chef has added wine vintner to her list of accomplishments. After taking an online course and a certified program through Cornell University, Rada Griffin started her own wine line, Anissa Wakefield Wines. Rada Griffin selfie photo on her vineyard Griffin’s first harvest is expected to be…
The vote Tuesday split 5-4, and the hours-long debate was at times testy and emotional California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations has decided to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century, narrowly rejecting a proposal to include all Black people regardless…
