Civil rights leader Marc Morial of the National Urban League speaks as (L-R) Melanie Campbell of the National Coalition for Black Civic Participation, Wade Henderson of the Leadership Conference for Civil & Human Rights, the Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network, Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Damon Hewitt of…
Cole and her partner Derrick Hayes say their daughter, D Ella Hayes, is “smart, funny and a joy to be around.” Restauranteur Pinky Cole and her partner Derrick Hayes have welcomed a new daughter. According to an exclusive report in People, Cole, the founder of the wildly popular Slutty Vegan restaurant, said there’s a reason…
Tyler Perry caused an uproar on social media after tackling Mary J. Blige‘s Super Bowl performance look on Feb. 16, to promote his upcoming Netflix project “A Madea Homecoming.” Blige, who wore a white bodysuit donned with crystals, performed at the event this past weekend alongside rappers Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent….
‘Read the books they don’t want you to,’ urged the beloved ‘Reading Rainbow’ host in a skit for ‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.’ Beloved actor and literacy enthusiast LeVar Burton has inspired generations of youngsters to love books, spending decades reading aloud to America’s children as the host of Reading Rainbow. Coincidentally, the long-running…
Fans of rapper and television boss Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson were pleasantly surprised after the “Power” creator made a surprise musical appearance during the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime show Sunday evening with a performance of his 2003 breakout hit “In Da Club.” However, the legendary performance, which paid homage to the song’s music video,…
“God did this for me today,” said Vincent Simmons, a Black Louisiana man convicted of attempted rape in 1977. A Black Louisiana man who has maintained his innocence for nearly 45 years after being accused and convicted of trying to rape a pair of 14-year-old white twin girls in 1977, was granted his freedom on…
Source: Robert Gauthier / Getty Apparently, the education system in Indiana is struggling with its honoring of Black History Month. Just Tuesday, we reported about a teacher in Indianapolis who thought it was a good idea to create a BHM assignment that involved having students draw pictures of Black people picking cotton. Now, it appears…
Despite the challenging business conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of Georgia actually saw a boost in Black-owned businesses. Georgia experienced a 40 percent increase in Black-owned businesses between February 2020 and August 2021, according to census data, reported WXIA-TV 11 Alive. Photo from New Black Wall Street Facebook page. There are about 300,000 Black businesses…
Source: Pool / Getty Racism is at the forefront in the federal trial for the three men who were convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery. Prosecutors have combed through the lives of Travis, his father Greg McMichael, and neighbor William Bryan. Now, all three men are being exposed for their racism in front of a federal…
Fired Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao claimed that pinning a suspect with a knee was part of his police academy training. Tou Thao, one of the former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating the civil rights of George Floyd during his fatal arrest on May 25, 2020, testified Tuesday in his own defense at the…
