When Kenneth Spellman sought out his first piece of land on Satterwhite Point Road in Henderson, North Carolina, he wanted a quiet place where he could grow a garden and raise chickens. Spellman purchased the 2.5-acre swath of land that was formerly part of the 135 acres of Wortham tobacco estate. He became the first…
Source: Found Image Holdings Inc / Getty In September, the Kansas City Defender published a video of Bishop Tony Caldwell, a local community leader in Kansas City, Missouri, discussing numerous murdered and missing Black women, including one woman he said was missing after reportedly being abducted from an area on Prospect Avenue. The Kansas City…
T.I and Tiny Harris’ youngest son Major Harris recently attended his first homecoming dance alongside his girlfriend Kierstyn Loyalty. The couple stunted in all-black attire as Major’s suit featured glistening silver stripes while his girlfriend matched his fly by adding sparkling silver to the hem of her dress. @troubleman31/ Instagram Neither T.I. nor Tiny could…
Source: Megan Varner / Getty HBCU homecoming season is in full swing and while the celebrations of these historic institutions take center stage, instances of violence can easily derail the fun and shift the narrative away from what these homecomings truly represent. This past weekend multiple people were hurt after gunshots rang out at both…
The Jamaican Broadcasting Commission recently announced plans to ban music and TV broadcasts deemed to glorify criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming, and weapons to cut back on media that could give off the “wrong impression” of the Caribbean island. In a statement captured by The Associated Press, Commission Chairman Lloyd Waller said these kinds…
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock slammed his Republican opponent Herschel Walker for skipping a debate on Sunday, Oct. 16, weeks ahead of Georgia’s primary election. After months of being accused of dodging the debate stage, Walker faced the Democrat incumbent for a highly anticipated debate days earlier, on Friday, Oct. 14 in Savannah. However, the Republican…
Source: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Getty Kanye West is buying the right-wing social media platform, Parler. MORE: Commentary: Kanye, ‘Drink Champs’ And Accountable Black Media According to CNN Business, the app’s parent company announced on Monday that the rapper who now goes by Ye has agreed in principle to purchase the platform. Although…
Georgia gubernatorial candidates (L-R) Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp debate in an event that also included Libertarian Ted Metz at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Midtown on October 23, 2018, in Atlanta. | Source: Pool / Getty While an outsized amount of attention has been placed on the spectacle that is the U.S. Senate…
Years have passed since Mo’Nique accused Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry and Lee Daniels of blackballing her in the entertainment industry after the fallout surrounding the film “Precious.” While she and Daniels reconciled this past spring, after going 13 years without speaking to each other, the same has not quite happened for Mo’Nique and Winfrey or…
Source: Screenshot The thing about Herschel Walker is, like most of today’s Republicans, he just doesn’t have any shame, and he’s found his sunken place home in a party that encourages shamelessness. Like Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and so many more, his whole shtick is being as proudly dim-witted as possible while…
