Source: fcafotodigital / Getty Ahh…I can smell it now. The buttery aroma of black-eyed peas simmering away in Mom’s special crockpot as she gears up to stir in a generous helping of rice. Now, if your family is anything like mine, you’re left sitting eagerly until about 7 pm when the entire meal is done,…
Author Alice Sebold publicly apologized on Tuesday to the Black man exonerated last week in connection with the rape at the center of her 1999 memoir “Lucky.” Anthony Broadwater, 61, spent 16 years in prison after Sebold identified him as her rapist in her testimony during a 1982 trial. New York State Supreme Court Justice…
Kevin Hart has his sights set on reaching billionaire-mogul status. The comedian is well on his way to amassing the unfathomable fortune, which he hopes to achieve in the next three years at the age of 45. “Business is evergreen,” said Hart to “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King while discussing the various hats he wears…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Runoff elections across metro Atlanta have caused a real shakeup. While all eyes were on the mayor’s race, the city council is gaining some new members who will bring a different perspective. Long-term incumbent Joyce Sheperd lost her re-election bid to a younger, more progressive candidate Antonio Lewis….
Legendary golfer Tiger Woods addressed the media this week. It was his first interview since a violent car crash in Southern California threatened to take his life and golf career in February. In an interview Tiger did on Monday with Golf Digest, he acknowledged moments in the hospital where he thought he might lose his leg….
Dickens won a campaign dominated by concern over rising violent crime in the city, arguing he would be more effective than his opponent Felicia Moore City Council member Andre Dickens won a runoff election Tuesday to become Atlanta’s next mayor, riding a surge of support that powered him past the council’s current president, Felicia Moore,…
Nearly a decade ago, Bravo viewers fell in love with the sassy, independent, and outspoken Porsha Williams on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” Since then, the former “Dish Nation” host has evolved as a mother, entrepreneur and activist, but her testimony goes much deeper than you think. She also owns several businesses, including her luxurious…
“I lost a friend, his wife lost a husband, the fashion industry lost a legend, and the world lost a special human being,” Elba told attendees. The Fashion Awards 2021 returned to an in-person celebration after being virtual last year at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. The event was held in London just one…
Sonequa Martin-Green visited “The View” to talk about becoming the first Black female starship captain on “Star Trek: Discovery.” Martin-Green ended up thanking host Whoopi Goldberg and Nichelle Nichols, both of whom she believes paved the way for her to play her role of Michael Burnham. The hosts of “The View” thanked Martin-Green for coming…
“Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room” is now at the storied NYC museum. It may be purely coincidental that the latest Black-centric exhibit in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Period Room is surrounded by European decorative arts and sculptures and American exhibitions, but it sure does drive a point home in a…
