Black students at Meharry Medical College, in 1915. Heritage Art/Getty Images Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially those that might make students feel shame or guilt for past harms against people…
Singer Ciara shares so much of her life with her fans that they feel like family. So, when the “Goodies” chart-topper posted a 10-slide post on her Instagram page, many of her 35.3 million followers zoomed in on two flicks that raised their blood pressure. Among the videos and photos were images of her and…
Indiana police stormed into a home without a warrant late last month after breaking the door open and arrested a father and son, claiming they had “compelling evidence” of domestic violence taking place inside the Lafayette home. However, the compelling evidence was a seven-year-old video from another home in another town showing two people who…
Fans of Martin Lawrence and Will Smith are enthusiastic about the return of their characters Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowery in the fourth installment of “Bad Boys.” The two actors have starred in the beloved franchise as friends and narcotics cops living in Miami, Florida, since the first film debuted in 1995. But a shakeup…
Source: The African American Policy Forum / The African American Policy Forum The African American Policy Forum will host their first Freedom Summer 2024 Homeroom which will discuss New Hampshire’s recent decision to strike an educational censorship law (HB-2). The organization will host Deb Howes (AFT New Hampshire President), Dan McNeil (AFT General Counsel), Paul…
Concerned fans are sending prayers after hearing that former Dallas Mavericks player Delonte West has once again landed in police custody, according to police in Northern Virginia. On June 6, the X account @DCNewsLive tweeted, “A man was taken to the hospital with critical injuries after being found unresponsive on Fairchild Dr in Groveton. The…
Source: Carolyn Cole / Getty In today’s episode of Black People Can’t Have Nice Things Because The Beneficiaries Of White Supremacy Can’t Mind Their Own Business, a Chicago suburb is being sued for becoming America’s first government-funded reparations program for Black Americans. In 2021, Evanston, Illinois, officials announced the city’s reparations plan, which came after a…
In a historic move, the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, launched a reparations program in 2021, the first of its kind in the nation, according to several reports. The program, approved by the Evanston City Council, offers $25,000 payments to Black residents with ties to the community between 1919 and 1969. Initially, those payments were…
Source: Inti St Clair / Getty Cpl. Waverly Woodson, Jr., a Black army medic who saved nearly 200 lives during D-Day in 1944, is being posthumously honored for his heroic efforts. On June 3, Woodson, who passed away in 2005 at the age of 83, was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S….
Source: Slaven Vlasic / Getty The Grammy winner and American Idol alum, Mandisa, died of complications of class III obesity at age 47. According to an autopsy report obtained by PEOPLE, the star was found dead in her home by friends on April 18, and she “was last known alive approximately three weeks” earlier. MORE:…
