“State law currently prevents us from changing those names, and we will follow the law,” interim university president Harris Pastides says The University of South Carolina president has indicated he does not plan to ask the Legislature for permission to change the names of nearly a dozen campus buildings that a special committee says honors…
Gloria Richardson was the first woman to lead a prolonged grassroots civil rights movement outside the Deep South Gloria Richardson, an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer whose determination not to back down while protesting racial inequality was captured in a photograph as she pushed away the bayonet of a National Guardsman, has died….
Source: Bill Clark / Getty In the one year since the voting rights icon John Lewis died on July 17, 2020, the efforts to undermine Americans’ ability to cast ballots in fair and equal elections have been nothing short of dizzying. From the wave of Republican-led restrictive election laws cropping up across the country to…
It looks like T-Pain is not the only celebrity that believes aspiring rap artists are sounding too similar to the established artists. On July 14, Dr. Dre reposted a viral video of T-Pain emotionally ranting about wannabe rappers sending him music to check out in hopes of getting reposted, discovered, etc. What sparked the rant,…
The rapper/DJ had reportedly been in failing health due to diabetes since April 2020. Biz Markie, the jovial rapper, DJ and beatboxer dubbed as the “Clown Prince of Hip-Hop,” has died at age 57. A family source confirmed the news to TMZ. Biz had been hospitalized due to complications of diabetes since July 2020, as…
A former St. Louis police officer was sentenced to 52 months in prison Tuesday, nearly four years after he beat a Black fellow officer who was working undercover at a protest in 2017. Randy Hays, 34, faced up to 10 years in prison for taking part in the beating of Detective Luther Hall but will serve…
Actor and television host Alfonso Ribeiro has sustained a successful and largely drama-free career spanning four decades in the entertainment industry. After breaking into the industry with a starring role in the 1983 Broadway musical “The Tap Dance Kid,” and the ’80s television series “Silver Spoons,” Ribeiro cemented his place in pop culture history with…
“Las Vegas police committed an atrocious act to cover up what happened,” an attorney said. Byron Williams died in police custody in Las Vegas after he was detained for allegedly riding a bike without a safety light. Now his family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Williams,…
Tonya Cornelius, vice president of development, inclusion and wellness at ESPN, says there are multiple programs in place to address this very issue ESPN has been making headlines for the last week or so after Rachel Nichols, a white host, made disparaging remarks directed at a fellow Black host, Maria Taylor. “I wish Maria Taylor…
EXCLUSIVE: America’s first Black and woman vice president compared the civil rights leaders to historic figures like Fannie Lou Hamer, Ida B. Wells and others From the ‘big lie’ to the big fight, civil rights leaders are sounding the alarm this summer for as long as it takes for voting rights legislation to move in…
