Angela Bassett finally received her well-deserved flowers when she was presented with an honorary Oscar at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 14th Annual Governors Awards. The event took place at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles on Jan. 9. The 65-year-old actress was first nominated for an Academy Award back in…
Hunter Biden’s surprise appearance at a congressional hearing to consider whether to hold him in contempt sent the proceeding into pandemonium. After Biden was a no-show at a closed-door deposition he was subpoenaed to attend last month as part of an impeachment inquiry House Republicans launched against his father, lawmakers were prepared to hold the…
British rapper Skepta is facing criticism after things went left when he unveiled the artwork for his new single, “Gas Me Up (Diligent).” The cover features a group of men donning identical overcoats with shaved heads, and notably, one person has the words “gas me up” tattooed on the back of his head. British rapper…
Source: Pool / Getty Kamala Harris, the first female, first Black and first Asian-American Vice President of the United States, has been under the spotlight since taking office. The Oakland, California, native entered the vice presidency amid high expectations and unprecedented challenges. With a raging pandemic and the economy in shambles, Harris’ historic 2020 election…
Protesters who hijacked President Joe Biden’s speech at a church where a white supremacist gunned down nine Black parishioners during their Bible study drew the ire of many people on social media. Biden visited the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday to disavow the white supremacy and racism that is pervading…
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is seen during the first hearing held by the House Oversight Committee in the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden at Rayburn House Office Building in Capitol Hill of Washington D.C., on September 28, 2023. | Source: Anadolu / Getty Democratic Texas congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is making a habit out of exposing…
Bishop J. Drew Sheard Sr. had a strong sermon for an Atlanta preacher who played hip-hop music during a New Year’s Eve service. Sheard is the presiding pastor of the Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Memphis, Tennessee. Sheard was preaching about a New Year’s Eve service by Bishop William Murphy III at the Dream Center Church…
Following the disclosure of Dexter Wade‘s death and subsequent secret burial in a pauper’s grave, a new report revealed that more than 200 people were buried in the same way and Mississippi officials left their families completely in the dark. NBC News released a list of names of 215 people who were buried in the…
This is the legendary tale of O.T. Jackson and the Colorado Black ghost town of Dearfield. Source: Dearfield, Colorado- black ghost town / Denver Public Library O.T. Jackson was born in Oxford, Ohio in 1862. His parents Hezekiah and Virginia Caroline Jackson were former slaves from Virginia who managed to escape the clutches of the Jim…
Gabrielle Union is standing in solidarity with Black actresses calling out pay and treatment inequalities in Hollywood, and her X interactions are proof of her doing so. The multi-hyphenate’s likes on the social app formerly known as Twitter generated discourse when some fans noticed posts that implied she was not keen on Vivica A. Fox’s…
