Source: Estate of Sekou Odinga Sekou Odinga, who co-founded both the Harlem-Bronx Chapter and the Algeria-based International Section of the Black Panther Party, was in the process of writing his biography with his goddaughter, asha bandele, when he passed away on January 12, 2024. The excerpt below about Malcolm X is taken from the manuscript,…
Renowned HIV/AIDS activist Hydeia Broadbent has passed away at age 39, her family announced this week. Her father, Loren Broadbent, shared the tragic news in a Facebook post on Tuesday night. “With great sadness, I must inform you all that our beloved friend, mentor and daughter Hydeia, passed away today after living with Aids since…
The Philadelphia man who says he was kicked out of a storage facility after sharing a TikTok video of himself living in a unit to save on rent has updated his social media followers to show he is now living in a tent. Leland Desmond Brown Jr. and his girlfriend Breanna were evicted from their…
Across the nation, Black and Latino patients are undergoing amputations at an alarming rate due to complications from type-2 diabetes, which makes it difficult for the pancreas to create insulin. According to ABC News, medical researchers believe that the growing healthy disparity is connected to peripheral artery disease (PAD), a circulatory condition in which narrowed…
Ingrained in the Black American experience are struggles to overcome stigmas, discrimination, and, perhaps less talked about, a reluctance to express mental vulnerability. While every Black person’s story differs, there are shared factors, such as systemic racism, historical trauma, and cultural identity, that make these experiences similar, leading to psychological scars that often go unaddressed….
Source: Education Images / Getty The city of North Las Vegas, Nevada, is celebrating Black History Month by hosting its first Black-owned business fair, and, unsurprisingly, a lot of white people are mad about it. “We are the largest minority-majority city in the state, and every year we want to do something unique for Black…
Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Dame Dash claims he turned down the chance to produce the 2004 comedy “Soul Plane” starring Snoop Dogg and Kevin Hart. During a recent interview, Dash said that he was asked to produce the film, but he was “offended” by the offer due to its racist humor. Damon Dash attends Damon Dash celebrates…
Source: Bettmann / Getty On a Sunday afternoon at 3:14 Eastern, 59 years ago, Malcolm X–El Hajj Malik El Shabazz-–approached a podium at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York in the presence of his wife, Sister Betty who was swollen with the two lives inside of her. Alongside her were their four daughters, Qubilah…
On the second day of the evidentiary hearing held to determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from the 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump, her father testified in response to a question about Willis keeping a large amount of money in her home. An attorney asked John C. Floyd…
Monica is speaking out after a recent video claiming she had a Brazilian butt lift (BBL) went viral. The “U Should’ve Known Better” singer denied she’s had a BBL and noted that her health is too bad for her to go under the knife for cosmetic surgery. After a video of the 43-year-old singer performing…
