Some classic Black films are being added to the National Film Registry this year, including Richard Pryor’s acclaimed 1979 stand-up set. Some classic Black films have been selected for addition to the National Film Registry. Sounder, the iconic 1972 movie starring Cecily Tyson and Paul Winfield that captures a Black family living in the Deep…
It’s been more than a week since Nick Cannon broke the news to his audience on his eponymous daytime show and the world that his 5-month-old son Zen passed away from a brain tumor. Now Cannon is opening up to People magazine about deciding to focus on his son’s happiness before he transitioned. Cannon and…
Video of Ayanna Davis with the student was reportedly shared with football players at the high school; one student later notified authorities. A Lakeland, Florida, substitute teacher has been charged with sexual battery after she allegedly had sex with a student. Ayanna Davis, 20, was a substitute English teacher at Lakeland High School, a temporary…
The celebrated author died following an undisclosed illness Acclaimed author and activist bell hooks has passed away at age 69. hooks, born Gloria Jean Watkins, died on Dec. 15 at her home in Berea, Kentucky, following an undisclosed illness, according to Berea College, where hooks worked as a professor, NBC News reports. “bell came into…
In an effort to seat an impartial jury in the Ahmaud Arbery hate crimes trial, both parties have filed a motion in a U.S. District Court to pull jurors from 43 counties from all over the state of Georgia. This federal case will be the second trial related to Arbery’s slaying. The three white men convicted…
The nation’s number one college football prospect in the Class of 2022 has decided to attend Jackson State University and play football for the Tigers next fall. Travis Hunter announced on Wednesday that he switched his commitment from blue blood powerhouse Florida State University to sign with the current SWAC Champions and attend the historically…
Black-owned businesses suffered disproportionately during the pandemic, with ownership rates seeing a 41% drop between February and April 2020. Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen headlined the annual Freedman’s Bank Forum on Tuesday, announcing $8.7 billion in federal funding for financial institutions serving minority and underserved small business owners. The sizable investment…
As long as there are racist judges in the courtroom, Black people who find themselves in a position where they are facing down the U.S. justice system can never be truly assured their cases will be handled fairly and objectively. That’s why whenever judges are proven to have contempt for Black people, in or outside…
Anthony Anderson stunned fans with his vocal abilities on Monday, Dec. 13, after he participated in the “Can We Talk” singing challenge. The challenge, created by R&B singer Tank last week, has taken social media by storm with countless singers like Tamar Braxton and Wanya Morris of Boyz II Men jumping on the bandwagon and singing their rendition of Tevin Campbell’s 1993…
Frank Little Jr., a former guitarist and songwriter for the Cleveland R&B legends, was found about 25 miles southwest of the Forest City. The remains of a man who had been missing for nearly 40 years have been identified as that of a former guitarist and songwriter for the R&B group The O’Jays. The partial…
