Sheryl Lee Ralph is stacking up awards like ice cream scoops! The beloved actress took home yet another award for her amazing portrayal of Barbara Howard in the ABC sitcom “Abbott Elementary.” On Sunday, Jan. 15, Ralph attended the 2023 Critics Choice Award where she won best supporting actress in a comedy series. While accepting…
Days before the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the City of Boston unveiled its new memorial, “The Embrace,” in the civil rights icon’s honor. The sculpture is modeled after a photo of Dr. King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, hugging after he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. However, the concept of…
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Each year social media is flooded with homages to the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many organizations use the holiday weekend celebrating his birthday as an opportunity to push for better outcomes. Ahead of the annual holiday celebrating the late civil rights leader, the King Center announced the strategic theme…
Matriarch of the Braxton family, Ms. Evelyn Braxton, celebrated her 75th birthday with a dinner with some of her daughters and grandchildren. Award-winning songstress and reality star Tamar Braxton took to social media to share photos from the occasion with her fans. The Grammy-nominated “Love and War” chart topper posted on Instagram on Sunday, Jan….
Billboard Music Award-winning singer and reality star Keyshia Cole has experienced considerable pushback after the revelation she is making a biopic film about her life, a project that will prominently depict her late mother, Frankie Lons. Popular for her sassy personality and her outlandish antics, Lons transitioned in July 2021 from a drug overdose at…
For the past four months, an Alabama eighth grader claims a couple of his white classmates have terrorized him because of the color of his skin. After a video of his aunt went viral on TikTok, many are taking note of the intense racial bigotry the boy experienced that prompted his mother to pull him…
LeBron James is letting fans know that his daughter, Zhuri James, gets her taste in music from her mother, Savannah James. Lebron James’ daughter Zhuri Nova. (Photo: @mrs_savannahrj/Instagram) In an Instagram story, the Los Angeles Lakers basketball player recorded his wife of nearly 10 years sitting on a sofa beside their 8-year-old daughter jamming to…
Actress Storm Reid hit the red carpet during the Los Angeles premiere of her new movie “Missing” and debuted more than just her film. The 19-year-old star introduced to the paparazzi her new beau, Shedeur Sanders, 20. The two looked like a dynamic duo on carpet on Thursday, Jan. 12, gracing the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema…
A historic archive that provides a lens into Black history and culture in Appalachia has been digitized by East Tennessee State University, the institution reported. Although the narratives and contributions of African Americans in Appalachia are often obscured and omitted from history books, they are critical parts of the region’s landscape. African Americans accounted for…
A historic place of worship that has served as a pillar for Black spirituality, culture, and community in Chicago has been bestowed with a special honor from the city. Greater Union Baptist Church has received preliminary landmark status from the Chicago Landmarks Commission, WBBM reported. Preservationists are one step closer in their efforts to get…
