The federal lawmakers announced a proposed bill on Friday that Norton said will finally give descendants of Black Union soldiers their just due. About 200,000 Black Americans who served as Union troops and aids during the U.S. Civil War will receive Congressional Gold Medals honoring their sacrifice if Congress passes a new proposed bill. U.S. Rep. Eleanor…
Josh Gattis helped Michigan to its first Big Ten championship in nearly two decades and its first College Football Playoff appearance Miami is hiring Michigan offensive coordinator Josh Gattis to run new coach Mario Cristobal’s offense with the Hurricanes. A person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Sunday that Gattis was…
Wendy Williams has been locked out of the account for two weeks, court records show Wendy Williams‘ troubles have continued to mount as the media personality seeks to regain access to a bank account that has a large sum of cash. Attorneys for the 57-year-old television host, whose health issues have sidelined her on her…
Critics say Donald Trump’s rhetoric has escalated, perhaps because he recognizes that some among his base are receptive to more overt racism. Looking out at a sea of faces at a Texas fairground, most of them white, former President Donald Trump seethed about his legal troubles and blamed them on malicious prosecutors. “These prosecutors are…
Delta CEO Ed Bastian says there should be “zero tolerance” for any behavior that affects flight safety Any person convicted of a disruption on board a flight should be added to the national “no fly” list, Delta Air Lines told the U.S. Department of Justice. In a letter to the Justice Department Attorney General Merrick…
Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Black History Month is already the shortest month of the year, but folks can’t contain their shenanigans long enough to let Black people shine. Twitter was not kind to actor-comedian Awkwafina, born Nora Lum, noting the post has a lot of words but is light on an actual apology. Whoever wrote…
Fannie Lou Hamer scholarship gift of $100,000 to cover for students pursuing African American studies An anonymous donor is giving the University of Mississippi $100,000 to pay for a scholarship named after civil rights pioneer Fannie Lou Hamer, according to a news release from the university. The scholarship is designed to help students who are…
BLCK Market expects to have 25,000 people attend its Black History Month market events this year A Houston-based company on Sunday kicked off day two of its annual Black History Month event where tens of thousands of socially-conscious consumers are expected to find it a breeze to buy Black. BLCK Market, the company, is hosting…
When I was growing up, I would read about the struggle for civil rights and lament that my coming of age was in the 1980s and 90s, rather than in the 50s and 60s. My lingering question was whether I would have had the courage of the freedom fighters of that era. I wondered what…
“I had no right to overturn the election,” former Vice President Mike Pence says Former Vice President Mike Pence has directly rebutted Donald Trump’s false claims that he somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former president was simply “wrong.” In a speech to a gathering of the conservative…
