Source: Source: ABC 13 / Source: ABC 13 In Houston, a remarkable woman named Elizabeth Francis aged 114 has become the oldest living person in the United States, LongeviQuest reported Feb. 23. Her ascent to this distinguished position follows the passing of 116-year-old Edie Ceccarelli of California on February 22, positioning Francis as the fifth…
A British Black man shopping for spray paint with his 4-year-old son at a Hobbycraft store in Wales claims he was racially profiled and turned away after white employees baselessly asserted he would use the items for graffiti. Louis Gray, who works as a diversity, equality and inclusion manager at Sport Wales, tried to purchase…
Katt Williams was placed in an uncomfortable position during a recent interview. The comedian, known just as much for putting people on blast as he is for tickling people’s funny bones, had figured out how to wriggle out a conversation that he believed could have gotten him canceled. Actor Katt Williams attends the premiere of…
Source: Bettmann / Getty So, I’ve written about this before—a few times, actually—but once again, it’s time to talk about the demonstrable fact that while the Ku Klux Klan might have been started by Democrats, today’s Klan members identify politically with the GOP, and vice versa. Meet Darrell Leon McClanahan III Recently it was brought to the GOP’s…
Following the United States Army’s historic decision last year to overturn the convictions of 110 Black soldiers court-martialed for their roles in the 1917 Houston riots, the Department of Veterans Affairs sought to correct the injustice with new headstones for 17 of the soldiers. The VA’s National Cemetery Administration held a memorial ceremony in San…
Following the United States Army’s historic decision last year to overturn the convictions of 110 Black soldiers court-martialed for their roles in the 1917 Houston riots, the Department of Veterans Affairs sought to correct the injustice with new headstones for 17 of the soldiers. The VA’s National Cemetery Administration held a memorial ceremony in San…
Following a lawsuit involving accusations of racism, a predominantly African-American church in Dallas, Texas, has managed to block the developer from the construction of a massive warehouse near the church’s property. Stonelake Capital Partners agreed to halt the project on Thursday, more than a week after Friendship-West Baptist Church was granted an injunction by a…
Following a lawsuit involving accusations of racism, a predominantly African-American church in Dallas, Texas, has managed to block the developer from the construction of a massive warehouse near the church’s property. Stonelake Capital Partners agreed to halt the project on Thursday, more than a week after Friendship-West Baptist Church was granted an injunction by a…
Following a lawsuit involving accusations of racism, a predominantly African-American church in Dallas, Texas, has managed to block the developer from the construction of a massive warehouse near the church’s property. Stonelake Capital Partners agreed to halt the project on Thursday, more than a week after Friendship-West Baptist Church was granted an injunction by a…
Rapper 50 Cent has reintroduced the Black Mafia Family to a new generation with his most recent hit STARZ show “BMF.” Now, one of the central figures in the show, who has been locked away in federal prison for close to two decades, might be coming home years earlier than expected, after a judge cut…
