Source: Bettmann / Getty Last month Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old former foster youth from Columbus, Ohio, became just one of 42 Black children killed by police over the last six years, according to data compiled by The Washington Post. Following her death, a number of academics and commentators tried to explain why she and other Black…
Source: Bettmann / Getty Last month Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old former foster youth from Columbus, Ohio, became just one of 42 Black children killed by police over the last six years, according to data compiled by The Washington Post. Following her death, a number of academics and commentators tried to explain why she and other Black…
Source: Bettmann / Getty Last month Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old former foster youth from Columbus, Ohio, became just one of 42 Black children killed by police over the last six years, according to data compiled by The Washington Post. Following her death, a number of academics and commentators tried to explain why she and other Black…
Since deciding to withdraw from the French Open, Naomi Osaka has been reeling in a lot of support from fans, celebrities, and other pro athletes. Now it looks like even the Grand Slam tournaments have changed their tune since the French Open tournament referee fined her on Sunday. On May 26, Osaka announced that she…
“We are extremely excited to have partnered with some of the Nation’s 1st voice institutions of African American history and culture to present a multi-city virtual event,” said Neil Barclay, president and CEO of the Wright Museum. Detroit will be commemorating Juneteenth with a three-day celebration of events in the city. The celebrations for the…
The award-winning ‘Black Panther’ and ‘Creed’ star and his partner, Chad Easterling are working to foster more equality in entertainment Actor and producer Michael B. Jordan and his partner Chad Easterling have joined forces with Endeavor’s cultural marketing agency 160over90 via their Obsidianworks label. Jordan and Easterling’s team at Obsidianworks includes nonprofit advisor René Spellman,…
An anonymous donor is paying the college tuition of Black athletes who earn straight As while attending a high school in metropolitan Atlanta. The generous community member, aware of the lack of diversity when it comes to awards of a scholarship for athletes at Centennial High School in Roswell, Georgia, reached out to the athletic…
Former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Phaedra Parks took to Instagram on June 2 to disclose that her Mercedes-Benz was broken into as she ran an errand in the Buckhead area of Atlanta. Parks displayed the exact address on her location tag, 800 Miami Cir NE, in a plea to recover her stolen items. She said the…
“Well, I’ll tell you what,” Trump said about his possible comeback bid. “We are going to make you very happy, and we’re going to do what’s right” Donald Trump was calling into yet another friendly radio show when he was asked, as he often is, whether he’s planning a comeback bid for the White House….
The U.S. has said it plans to share 80 million vaccine doses globally by the end of June The U.S. will donate 75% of its unused COVID-19 vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX global vaccine sharing program, President Joe Biden announced Thursday. The White House unveiled the allocation for sharing the first 25 million doses with…
