The mural was painted last June in the street across from City Hall following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin Five officers have sued the Silicon Valley city of Palo Alto, saying it allowed the creation of a Black Lives Matter mural with anti-police images that constituted harassment and discrimination against…
The reality TV star is opening up about her current status with Jamal ahead of the Season 6 premiere this Sunday Gizelle Bryant is spilling all the tea. The Real Housewives of Potomac star is opening up about her ex-husband Jamal Bryant days before the RHOP season 6 premiere. As viewers may remember, Gizelle Bryant…
The reality TV star posted the newborn baby’s name on Instagram and says that he and Mena are “staying strong.” Reality TV star Erica Mena shared an image of her newborn son on her Instagram page following his early delivery. In a short video, she is shown holding the infant, who remains in the neonatal…
The Roots bandleader spoke about directing his first documentary, the filmmakers who gave him advice and details about the Harlem Cultural Festival that didn’t make it to film. The new music documentary Summer of Soul (…or when the revolution would not be televised) has only been available to the public for one week and it’s…
OPINION: In a country that cannot control its white supremacy problem, an existential threat to this nation’s multiracial democracy, the focus is always on the Black boogeyman Six months after a mob of white folks tried to take over the federal government, white right-wing domestic terrorism remains the greatest threat to America. And yet, America…
What’s in store with the new “Black Panther” sequel may not just come as a surprise to fans. For now at least, it seems even the movie’s talent, such as veteran actress Angela Bassett, isn’t clear on “what it’s going to look like at all.” In a Wednesday, July 7, interview with “Entertainment Tonight,” Bassett…
The company planning to build the Byhalia Connection pipeline announced plans to ditch the project on Friday after the mostly Black south Memphis community put up a persistent fight against the project, believing it would expose residents to environmental risks. “The stars aligned for this fight,” said Ward Archer, founder of Protect Our Aquifer. “Sometimes…
Lee Mouat confronted a group of Black teens, used racial slurs and said Black people had no right to use the beach before striking Devin Freelon A white man has been sentenced to five years in prison for attacking a Black teenager with a bike lock because of his race at a southeastern Michigan park. A…
The frontman of The Roots gives insight into his life, career, and hip-hop history in a new audio memoir dropping on July 8. What do author Richard Wright and rapper Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter have in common? They are both peerless wordsmiths, with uncanny ability to harness their humble and volatile upbringings as Black men…
Bryan Anthony Rhoden, a rapper who rhymes as B. Rod, was charged for the murders of three men A 23-year-old aspiring rapper has been charged for the murders of three men, who were killed earlier this week at a Georgia golf course. The shooting deaths of Gene Siller, 46, the director of golf at Pinetree…
