Jazmine Sullivan, D Nice, Kirk Franklin, Ne-Yo and Tank will all be performing at this year’s event Although there is welcome news on the coronavirus front with vaccinations up and infections going down, this year’s Essence Festival of Culture will remain virtual with some in-person experiences available for first responders and essential workers in New…
Source: Universal History Archive / Getty Six Greenwood descendants, representing three families, shared their moving reflections with iOne Digital about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre ahead of the commemoration of its centennial. With each learning about the massacre at varying ages in their respective lives, the descendants described a mix of pride in the resilience…
The controversial comedienne says she still loves fans who wanted to ‘cancel’ her based on her viral video Mo’Nique has responded to the mixed reaction she received over her criticism of Black women wearing hair bonnets and scarves in public. Read More: Mo’Nique on women wearing bonnets, pajamas in public: ‘When did we lose our…
Deion “Prime Time” Sanders is arguably one of the most talented athletes of all time, given that he played in a Super Bowl and World Series in the same year during his professional sports career. Sanders simultaneously played 14 NFL seasons and nine years with various MLB teams. He collected two Super Bowl rings, the first with…
Exclusive: theGrio was on the ground as President Joe Biden, administration officials and members of Congress gathered for the historic event marking 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre Black Wall Street is “a physical location” that Michelle Brown-Burdex contends “may never exist again.” The program director of the Greenwood Cultural Center shared this insight…
Nicole Poole Franklin was sentenced last week to 25 years in state prison after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted murder in connection with two incidents on Dec. 9, 2019, the Des Moines Register reported. Franklin, a white woman from Des Moines, Iowa, pleaded guilty on April 19 to intentionally hitting two children with…
“MLB robbed the small businesses of Atlanta – many of them minority-owned – of $100 million, we want the game back where it belongs,” JCN CEO and president Alfredo Ortiz said in the statement. A conservative advocacy group called the Jobs Creator Network has filed a federal lawsuit against the MLB following the baseball organization’s…
According to police reports, 24 year-old Rickala Chaffold was allegedly driving at a speed of 117 mph on a Texas highway A Forney, Texas teacher has been charged with manslaughter following a fatal hit and run that occurred in February. According to police reports, 24 year-old Rickala Chaffold was driving at a speed of 117…
The documentary takes us through Blige’s life from the Slocumb projects in Yonkers, New York through to her successful career Mary J. Blige is the undisputed Queen of Hip-Hop Soul and Amazon Studios is giving her her just due. The documentary Mary J. Blige’s My Life is heading to Amazon Prime on June 25 and…
Deshon Mcadory has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 31-year-old Christian McDougald at his Chicago-area barbershop A barber in Chicago has been arrested and charged with murder after a customer refused to pay $15 for a haircut. Read More: Chicago dance instructor killed a few blocks away from studio Deshon Mcadory…
