A product of HBCUs, Super Bowl champion Jacoby Jones takes big step into college football coaching. The Morgan State Bears football team announced on Wednesday that they have hired former Super Bowl champion Jacoby Jones as their team’s tight ends coach. Jacoby Jones is a product of HBCUs attending Lane College, where he played football…
Promising “American Idol” finalist Caleb Kennedy has exited the competition after a video surfaced showing him with someone wearing a Ku Klux Klan-styled hood. Kennedy, a country singer, was one of five competitors left in the running on the 19th season of the popular musical competition. However, on Wednesday, May 12, Kennedy announced on his verified…
“Their dedication to their artistry will leave a legacy that will inspire students for years to come,” said Spelman President Dr.Mary Schmidt Campbell. Actress LaTanya Richardson Jackson will be honored for a lifetime at her alma mater as Spelman College will name its Performing Arts Center after its most famous alumnae and her husband, actor…
Many fans are referring to Cole as the GOAT as he dropped his sixth studio album, ‘The Off-Season’ After three long years, Black Twitter is rejoicing over J. Cole’s long awaited new album, The Off-Season. As theGrio previously reported, J. Cole is officially back with a brand new album. Announced last week, The Off-Season is…
The Metropolitan Police Service and the Lambeth London Borough Council must pay the Nation of Islam $130,000 in damages, England’s High Court of Justice ruled on Monday. Justice Neil Stephen Garnham ruled that the two agencies conspired to prevent Minister Louis Farrakhan from giving a speech about slavery reparations in 2017. In doing so, the…
Donald Glover doesn’t tweet often, but when he does the internet notices. The Emmy Award-winning actor hopped onto the platform in the wee hours of the morning to offer his opinion about the cause of the influx of “boring” content available for entertainment viewers and ended up sparking a different debate entirely. The “This Is…
A Black North Carolina man said he was threatened and forced to quit after reporting a coworker for discrimination. Kevin Ellis, who worked for McDermott International Inc. in Arden outside of Asheville, had reported a coworker for allegedly making racist remarks, according to a May 5 civil lawsuit filed in federal court. While the employee…
“I know that some may say, “DeWine, you’re crazy! This million-dollar drawing idea of yours is a waste of money,” DeWine said on Twitter. “But truly, the real waste at this point in the pandemic — when the vaccine is readily available to anyone who wants it — is a life lost to COVID-19.” Ohio…
Indiana’s Carlette Duffy was shocked to see her home value double after she had a white pal replace her for an appraisal. An Indiana woman was shocked to see her home appraisal value double after she stripped her home of Blackness and had a white friend replace her during an appraisal. Carlette Duffy said she…
Veterans of the campaign that Martin Luther King Jr. helped lead to eradicate racial segregation in Birmingham nearly 60 years ago remain firmly in the corner of racial justice now Charles Avery had barely started marching when police arrested him, forced him into a police vehicle and took him to jail for participating in landmark…
