Even after the discovery of an arrest warrant and an unpublished memoir, the woman behind Emmett Till‘s lynching has yet again avoided prosecution. A grand jury on Tuesday declined to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman who accused Emmett of making a pass at her in 1955, in Mississippi during the Jim Crow Era. Leflore…
Will the real Toni Braxton please stand up? Fans were amazed this week after the Grammy Award-winning singer’s younger sibling Tamar Braxton took to her TikTok page, where she gave an eerily good impersonation of the “Breathe Again” singer’s signature contralto voice. ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 01: (L-R) Tamar Braxton and Toni Braxton attend the…
Source: Handout / Getty It’s almost as if ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin‘s racism spread like—dammit, I’m just going to say it—monkeypox and it followed him everywhere he went before he was finally convicted and sentenced for murdering George Floyd. Either that or there’s just a lot of racism in Minneapolis law enforcement—from the department…
It’s an end of an era. Angela Yee announced on Aug. 10 that she is officially leaving “The Breakfast Club” after 12 years to launch her own daily show. “The Breakfast Club,” which began in 2010, became a staple in the hip-hop community and helped catapult the careers of its co-hosts, including Yee, Charlamagne Tha God,…
The fate of a historical marker remembering a Black man lynched in Mobile, Alabama, hangs in the balance as a controversy about whether it should go up at all causes an uproar. Mobile is in the midst of recognizing its racist past, and its latest project, installing a historical marker memorializing Richard Robertson, a Black…
Source: LeoPatrizi / Getty Postpartum depression impacts 1 in 8 women across the United States. PPD, also known as perinatal depression is a mood disorder that can occur after giving birth. Many women experience debilitating symptoms like anxiety, fear, and hopelessness after childbirth. Sometimes, PPD can impact the way a mother bonds with her…
It looks like Curtis 50 Cent Jackson‘s younger son, Sire Jackson, had a hard day on set, following in the footsteps of his TV mogul dad. Over the weekend, 50 shared photos of the 9-year-old on his first day of filming for the upcoming movie “Skill House.” The first photo featured Sire sitting on the…
New reports reveal a Georgia woman who fell out of a moving police patrol car on July 15 while handcuffed and experiencing a mental wellness break suffered two fatal fractures in her skull which caused her brain to shift in her cranium. Her family’s lawyer says she is the “Face of the mental health crisis…
One thing Reginae Carter is almost certain to do is show love to her father, rap legend Lil Wayne. The developing actress and fashionista was seen recording herself while she and her father were in an elevator on their way to get food. Reginae Carter and Lil Wayne @itsreginaecarter/Instagram “We’re about to get some food.”…
Leave it to up Apryl Jones and Taye Diggs to create a late-night jingle before going to bed. Apryl’s latest Instagram video showed the pair begging people to put their phones on the charger and leave them alone. With Jones creating a beat using her hands, Jones and Diggs came together in unison as they…
