The scholarship is for students attending Howard University’s College of Fine Arts, which was renamed in Boseman’s honor in September. Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman died at 43 in August 2020 following a private battle with colon cancer. Since then, Hollywood has been paying tribute to his prolific acting career and service to his community….
The couple hopes their heartbreak will encourage others to get vaccinated. A 10-year-old Virginia girl has died of COVID-19 days after she started feeling sick. The parents of Teresa Sperry thought she had a simple headache on Sept. 22. By Sunday, she was in the emergency room, coughing and vomiting. The fifth-grader had no underlying…
The athlete lost the medallion when the chain broke during a Week 2 win over the Detroit Lions Alvin Jones Sr., the father of Packers running back Aaron Jones, died earlier this year due to COVID-19 complications. The NFL star has since kept his dad close to him during games by wearing a pendant around…
OPINION: theGrio’s Blue Telusma poses the question: ‘Has social media just become a normalized addiction that we’re all silently agreeing NOT to heal from?‘ This week kicked off with millions of people across the country waking up, rolling over to grab their phones, and promptly realizing that the unthinkable had happened: Instagram and Facebook were…
The HeLa cells were unusual because they were the first found to grow outside the body and not die within days. The estate of Henrietta Lacks has teamed with renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump to sue Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., a multibillion-dollar biotechnology corporation that has profited greatly off its mass…
OPINION: One of the most common arguments raised by dissenters of vaccine mandates is that requiring the shot infringes upon an unvaccinated person’s human rights and civil liberties. The push for more vaccine mandates has intensified as vaccination rates in many places plateau. Cities like San Francisco and New York now require vaccinations to enter…
Jasmine Hartin has been charged with manslaughter by negligence in the death of Henry Jemmott Henry Jemmott, a high-ranking police official in Belize, was shot and killed at the hand of socialite Jasmine Hartin last May on the island. Hartin, who faces charges in his death, is speaking out about the incident, insisting that she…
The country’s oldest active ranger in the National Park Service just celebrated her 100th birthday. Betty Reid Soskin, a ranger at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, has much to be proud of during her 100 years on this planet. NPS honored her birthday with a special Instagram post,…
Pamela Turner, 44, was shot and killed by a police officer who also lived at her apartment complex while laying on her back. It’s been more than two years since Pamela Turner was shot to death by a police officer. Her family continues to seek unfulfilled justice, and their attorney is on the case. On…
Actor Jaleel White is not thrilled about the lunch seating arrangement while on set of a new project. In a video shared to social media, masked White showed off a large warehouse filled with rows, and rows, and rows of individual desks and chairs intended for members of the set to enjoy a socially distanced…
