Only three executions in the United States have been carried out by firing squad since 1976. A South Carolina prisoner scheduled to be the first man executed in the state in more than a decade has decided to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair later this month, according to court documents…
Mogul and music artist Ludacris will be celebrated by Georgia State University for his innovative contributions to the entertainment industry. The institution announced the Grammy award-winning rapper—whose real name is Christopher Bridges—will be bestowed with an honorary degree. We are excited to announce that Georgia State will be awarding multi-platinum GRAMMY® award-winning artist, actor and…
“We have seen so much corruption, we’ve seen lawsuit after lawsuit filed against the city,” said Kayla Griffin, first vice president of the Cleveland chapter of the NAACP. Griffin says the East Cleveland Police Department has kept the Cleveland NAACP chapter busy with numerous complaints lodged against the department. “Men and women are being gunned…
Source: Leigh Vogel / Getty When the news came out that a Texas woman had been arrested and jailed for a self-managed abortion, we were not surprised. Lizelle Herrera sought medical care and was reported by a health care worker as violating Texas’s atrocious 6-week abortion ban. Lizelle Herrera was held on a $500,000 bond…
Black entrepreneurs are cultivating businesses designed to transform their communities and drive social impact. Amongst the collective of changemakers is Tennessee-based couple Ursula Martin and Jerrell Spencer who opened a grocery store to combat food insecurity within the South Memphis neighborhood, The Commercial Appeal reported. BL Grocery aims to bring ‘old-school grocery store feel’ to…
The dating history of Garcelle Beauvais has been a hot topic this week, thanks to her new memoir, “Love Me As I Am.” Most fans were first introduced to the actress in the late 1990s as Francesca “Fancy” Monroe on “The Jamie Foxx Show.” Earlier this week we learned that “The Real Housewives of Beverly…
“Everyone knows what she looks like, what she sounds like, what her hair [is like], you know?” the Oscar-winning actress said. As Viola Davis prepares to deliver audiences a look behind the curtain of Michelle Obama’s daily life as first lady, the Oscar-winning actress shared her own inner musings about portraying the larger-than-life figure. In…
Dubai Tourism recently teamed up with Afrozons Radio and host Sheila O. to create Afrozons Dubai Soundoff, a travel experience dedicated to the Black diaspora. Afrozons Dubai Soundoff is a premier travel experience put on by the Dubai Tourism Board in partnership with Afrozons Radio and host Sheila O. to promote the coming together of…
Source: Gilles Mingasson / abc April is full of national days to celebrate, including National Gardening Month. What better way to kick off the springtime than with sprouts and shoots of a garden. We curated a list of easy and helpful tips to start gardening to celebrate. Don’t be discouraged by all the gardening talk…
State officials’ concerns about Mason’s finances outweigh the town’s concerns about racial mistreatment A Tennessee judge has declined to halt the state’s financial takeover of a majority-Black town near the site of a planned Ford pickup truck factory. The ruling Thursday by Nashville Chancellor Anne Martin reasons that officials’ concerns in the town of Mason are “slightly…
