Source: Ron Galella / Getty If you ask most Black people in America to sing the “Happy Birthday” song, they will probably belt out the marvelous lyrics to Stevie Wonder’s version he wrote for one of America’s most prominent figures. In 1981, Stevie Wonder wrote the song “Happy Birthday” as a tribute to Dr. Martin…
Tina Knowles-Lawson shared a picture on Instagram of herself at the age of 26 on her wedding day, and fans had jokes about her cropping her former husband, Mathew Knowles, out of the photo. Knowles-Lawson looked radiant on her wedding day in the throwback photograph she shared earlier this week. She captioned the post, “I…
Source: Robert Prange / Getty Earlier this week, tennis star Naomi Osaka announced that she was withdrawing from this year’s Australian Open, leaving fans to show concern for the 25-year-old. After all, she has been open with her mental health journey to which she has attributed her decisions to drop out of several big tennis…
Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., speaks during the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol hearing in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington on Thursday, June 9, 2022. | Source: Bill Clark / Getty The U.S. Congressional aides working with Brazil days after the South American nation had its own…
Phaedra Parks may no longer be on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” but her Bravo bag is still very much intact. It looks like the Southern Belle will be swapping out her peach for a stethoscope and joining the “Married to Medicine” cast for its 10th season. According to blog site Theybf.com, “It turns out,…
Source: Brad Vest / Getty Christopher Wells, the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), is barking back against accusations of discrimination following the NAACP’s federal complaint in response to the slow distribution of recovery funds for Jackson’s water crisis. This week, a letter dating back to mid-December of 2022 surfaced…
Jerrod Carmichael had all cylinders firing as he hosted the 2023 Golden Globes on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The 35-year-old held nothing back as he used his time on stage to joke about the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s diversity problem, Scientology, Whitney Houston, and how his blackness likely helped him land the gig. Carmichael’s approach to…
Source: Found Image Holdings Inc / Getty You can tell a lot about people by the way they treat the most vulnerable among us. Meet Collier Gwin, of San Francisco. Gwin recently found himself at the center of a controversy regarding how the unhoused are treated after a video went viral that showed him turning…
Two paramedics are facing murder charges after a man died in their care in Springfield, Illinois. Peggy Finley, 44, and Peter Cadigan, 50, are accused of improperly restraining Earl Moore Jr. in preparation for an ambulance ride leading to his death on Dec. 18. “They didn’t show any compassion whatsoever,” said Teresa Haley, local NAACP…
Decatur High School teacher, John Chestnut, was recorded on a cellphone video saying the N-word multiple times during class. Students reacted by staging a walkout demanding school officials make policy changes. A town hall meeting saw dozens of students, parents, teachers and community leaders openly address their concerns.
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