The NAACP and ACLU say South Carolina maps are shaped by racial gerrymandering and intentional racial discrimination Two civil rights groups are suing South Carolina, saying the newly drawn state House maps discriminate against Black people by diluting their voting power and again saying lawmakers are taking too long to approve U.S. House maps. The groups amended an…
Two students who allegedly dressed up as Ku Klux Klan members for Halloween have been indicted on charges of an assault on a Black teen in Woodsboro, Texas. If found guilty of the crimes, both of the 17-year-olds could face up to ten years in prison. According to KRIS 6 News, a Refugio County grand jury…
About 2,000 U.S. flights were canceled between Friday and Sunday, according to FlightAware Airlines continued to cancel hundreds of flights Saturday because of staffing issues tied to COVID-19, disrupting holiday celebrations during one of the busiest travel times of the year. FlightAware, a flight-tracking website, noted nearly 1,000 canceled flights entering, leaving or inside the U.S. Saturday, up from 690…
Grandma Tina Knowles-Lawson publicly praised her granddaughter, Blue Ivy Carter, for receiving the 2021 Voice Arts Award for best voice-over of a children’s audiobook. She narrated the audiobook version of Matthew A. Cherry’s “Hair Love.” Knowles took to Instagram saying, “Congrats my Blue. You killed this!! It’s only the beginning ! You are so talented…
theGrio breaks down how to celebrate Day 1 of the Kwanzaa holiday Dec. 26 marks the beginning of Kwanzaa, and on this first day, we light the sole Black candle at the center of our kinara in honor of the principle Umoja, meaning Unity. Pledge: On this day, we pledge to strive for and maintain…
The jail key that locked away and decades later freed Nelson Mandela is being sold at a New York auction house A South African Cabinet minister on Friday urged the cancellation of an upcoming U.S. auction of a key to the Robben Island prison cell where Nelson Mandela, the country’s first Black president, was long…
Young and her fellow Marvelettes helped lay the foundation for Motown Records’ chart-topping success in the 1960s The Marvelettes singer Wanda Young, whose girl group helped lay the foundation for Motown Records’ monumental success during the 1960s, died earlier this month in Garden City, Michigan, according to the multiple sources. She was 78. Young’s daughter,…
Tutu was South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and a retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday. He was 90….
Tammy Rivera wants fans to stay in their place. The “Love and Hip Hop” star recently had to check a fan about mentioning her name with her husband Waka Flocka’s recent post. The “Round of Applause” rapper is never one to back down from his opinion, and is also not afraid to share it. Waka…
Daniele Lawson made her feature film debut in “King Richard,” to help tell the story of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams and their father, Richard. Starring alongside Will Smith, who portrayed Richard, and Aunjanue Ellis, who plays Venus and Serena’s mother, Oracene, Lawson plays Isha Price, Venus and Serena’s sister in “King Richard.” The…
