States have been slow to do more than issue a proclamation or resolution. Some continue to commemorate the Confederacy. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. But after an initial burst of action, the movement to have…
Sonyah Spencer works as a consultant to help finance The Urban Reader in Charlotte, North Carolina, a store focusing on African American books that she opened in part because of the Black Lives Matters movement. NEW YORK (AP) — Laura Romani, a Chicago-area resident with a background in education and library science, had been thinking…
It looks like Eddie Murphy‘s ex-wife Nicole Murphy has a new man after being involved in a cheating scandal. In 2019, the former model and reality star apologized for kissing director Antoine Fuqua, who has been married to actress Lela Rochon for 23 years. On Tuesday, June 14, The Shade Room captured images of Murphy…
The officer accused of killing 26-year-old Congolese immigrant Patrick Lyoya with a gunshot to the back of the head has been charged with second-degree murder, but the family hopes the murder charge is upgraded to first-degree. “Our family hasn’t been the same ever since, people have been traumatized,” said Jimmy Barwan. Barwan, 26, and Reginald…
Source: Kent Nishimura / Getty Payton Gendron, the white gunman who went on a racist rampage, killing 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, could be facing the death penalty. According to the US Justice Department, Gendron was charged with 10 counts of a hate crime resulting in death, three counts of hate crime…
Heisman Trophy winner and Republican candidate for US Senate Herschel Walker speaks at a rally on May 23, 2022, in Athens, Georgia. | Source: Megan Varner / Getty We all know that GOP candidate Herschel Walker is an accused perpetual liar. We know that he’s not a college graduate, a high school valedictorian, a former…
The efforts of Alexander McClay Williams’ 92-year-old sister and his attorney’s great-grandson ultimately led to his exoneration. Some semblance of justice has been delivered in a historic case of a wrongful conviction and execution more than 90 years after the fact. Alexander McClay Williams was 16 when he was accused of stabbing 34-year-old Vida Robare…
Entrepreneur Shaunie Henderson recently uploaded a picture on Instagram of her with all her children cozied up next to one another. The picture captured her three sons and two daughters: Shaqir, Shareef, Myles, Amirah and Me’arah, with Shaunie in the middle. She captioned the picture, “My BABIES [red hearts] #SUPERPROUDMOM.” (L-R): Shaqir, Shareef, Myles, Shaunie…
The sharing program was proposed shortly after Britain, Canada, France, Germany, the U.S. and other countries reported hundreds of monkeypox cases last month. LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said it’s creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the outbreak of monkeypox in more than 30 countries beyond Africa. The move could result in the U.N….
Many would recognize Reginald VelJohnson from his starring role as police officer and father figure Carl Winslow in the hit ABC sitcom “Family Matters.” The series followed the Winslow family alongside their neighbor Steve Urkel as they navigated through life in Chicago. “Family Matters,” which aired from 1989 to 1998, also starred Jaleel White, Jo…
