Source: Jacopo Raule / Getty Issa Rae has been appointed as the 2024 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) creative director. NICE CROWD (formerly ABFF Ventures), an events company showcasing BIPOC creators, just announced Issa Rae as the creative director for the film festival’s 2024 season. The talented “Insecure” creator and star will work with ABFF…
A Black woman on the London Underground was racially attacked, resulting in clumps of hair being ripped from her scalp and bite marks, during a recent trip on the British subway system. She also said that despite an off-duty police officer sitting nearby, the incident was not stopped before she was injured. Selma Taha, director…
It is Week 5 of the NFL season, and former all-pro cornerback Xavien Howard should be worried about his future wide receiver matchups and making the Miami Dolphins the best defense in the AFC East. Instead, it looks like Howard will be making multiple trips to the maternity ward in a short amount of time. …
Lil Yachty kept it light-hearted when he responded to a tattoo roast that went left. Yachty has had one of his best years in the rap game since coming on the scene in the mid-2010s. The Mableton, Georgia, native has released a constant stream of new music and projects that have separated him from some…
Source: Nina Westervelt / Getty On Wednesday, in an exclusive interview with Eric Deggans at NPR, Roy Wood Jr. announced his decision to leave The Daily Show as a correspondent. After being a rumored frontrunner in the race to replace Trevor Noah after his successful guest hosting duties and his applauded turn hosting The White House Correspondents…
Kenneka Jenkins’ estate reached a settlement with Crowne Plaza O’Hare Hotel six years after her hypothermia death in the hotel’s walk-in freezer in September 2017. Video footage captured the young woman, who was supposed to be attending a party, wandering into a private section that should not have been easily accessed by guests. Kenneka Jenkins…
Source: CHENEY ORR / Getty For the past two years, the City of Atlanta has attempted to use $67 Million in taxpayer dollars [total project cost is $90 million] to build the largest police and firefighter training facility in the country. Set to be built on 85 acres of Indigenous Muscogee Creek Nation Forest, the…
Gabrielle Union candidly opened up about becoming a mother “later in life,” which she describes as the best decision she could have made for her 4-year-old daughter, Kaavia James Union Wade. Union and her husband, former NBA player Dwyane Wade, welcomed their “Shady Baby” through surrogacy in 2018. The “Being Mary Jane” actress had just…
The entrance to Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty Historically Black colleges and universities’ (HBCUs) ongoing showing of solidarity with one of its own after an on-campus mass shooting is continuing in an unprecedented fashion as the annual homecoming season gets underway this weekend. After Morgan State University…
Malia and Sasha Obama left the White House more than six years ago, but much of the public remains deeply invested in keeping up with the young adults. America watched the daughters of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama grow up during their eight years in the executive mansion in Washington, D.C….
