UPDATED: 6:30 a.m. ET, Nov. 30, 2021 Originally published Feb. 4, 2020 Considering all the barriers that have been put into place over time to prevent Black people from attaining an education, it was no wonder why such a philanthropic effort has been made to donate money to assist with schooling. Statistics show that Black…
UPDATED: 6:30 a.m. ET, Nov. 30, 2021 — Original story: Nov. 27, 2018: African Americans — despite finding themselves at the bottom rung of the nation’s economic ladder — are collectively among the top ranks of financial contributors to charitable causes. As Giving Tuesday arrives this year, it’s important to remember that having meager resources…
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty As Atlanta voters head to the polls Tuesday to select the city’s next mayor, a disinformation campaign has popped up to discredit one of the two contenders. Spread by rapper T.I. on Instagram, an article from MTO News falsely claimed that Felicia Moore wants to close all the strip clubs…
Rapper Fetty Wap shared intimate details about losing his daughter earlier this year. According to the New Jersey native, that was the “worst thing that could have possibly ever happened to him.” Sitting with Fat Joe, the “Trap Queen” chart-topper recalled what he was doing during the exact moment he received the call about her…
One World Trade Center may currently be the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, but if a team of mostly Black contractors and lenders has its way, they will be leading the charge to eclipse the tower and make even greater history by becoming the first predominately African-American team to build a skyscraper in New…
Source: LaylaBird / Getty Responding to the ongoing rise of violence against Black women and girls, Minnesota took a step forward in protecting this vulnerable group. Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill Monday launching the Missing and Murdered African American Women Task Force. Established as a part of the 2021 Public Safety and Judiciary Omnibus Bill, the task force aims to address the root…
The former players were the key figures in the history-making NBA brawl in Detroit. Seventeen years ago, Detroit Pistons player Ben Wallace and Indiana Pacer Ron Artest, as he was known then, were on opposites sides of one of the biggest brawls in sports history. The Malice in the Palace, as the incident became known,…
Christopher B. Duncan is best known for his role on “The Jamie Foxx Show” but he has so much more depth as an actor to offer. For five seasons, Duncan played Jamie Foxx’s bourgeois nemesis, Braxton P. Hartnabrig, at the King Hotel. The comedy-based sitcom quickly gained traction among its broad audience and cemented Duncan’s…
In remarks from the White House on Monday, President Biden emphasized the need for vaccine boosters as a new strain of COVID-19 makes its way to the United States. President Joe Biden on Monday said that the new omicron variant of the coronavirus is “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic” during presidential…
Future medical professionals attending Meharry Medical College received an early holiday surprise when they were each gifted $10,000 with no strings attached. James E.K. Hildreth, president of the historically Black college located in Nashville, Tennessee, announced the generous gift on Nov. 22 in a video shared with students. Meharry faculty and students Photo: Meharry Medical…
