“We are elated about accreditation candidacy and making history,” said Kevin James, president of Morris Brown College Morris Brown College, a private, liberal arts HBCU in Atlanta, has announced it received accreditation candidacy through the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) after nearly 20 years. The college lost its accreditation in 2002 due…
BBC Diversity Chief Miranda Wayland has some criticisms about why the “Luther” hit crime drama “doesn’t feel authentic.” On Wednesday, April 15, Wayland spoke about diversity in television during a pre-recorded session for the digital MIPTV conference. She used the show’s lead character, DCI John Luther, who is played by Idris Elba, as an example…
An elderly Black woman filed a suit against three Oklahoma City Police Department officers after she claimed they broke her arm while serving an arrest warrant for her mentally ill son. “I know it was God that spared my life,” Ruby Jones, 74, said according to The Oklahomian. “I won’t forget this. The pain, the…
Protests forced a white U.S. Army non-commissioned officer out of his home, after the officer was hit with charges following a viral video that showed him aggressively confronting a young Black man in a South Carolina neighborhood. Jonathan Pentland, 42, was charged Wednesday, April 14, with assault and battery third degree, Richland County Sheriff Leon…
Brown won his first ACM for his ‘Worldwide Beautiful’ music video Kane Brown has just broken a major record in country music, becoming the first Black solo artist to win ACM Video of the Year. Read More: Mickey Guyton is first Black woman to host Academy of Country Music Awards The Chattanooga, Tennesee-born singer/songwriter is…
The campus of Forrest Hill Academy will now be called Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy, the fourth such recent change in area schools. Forrest Hill Academy, an Atlanta school formerly named after Confederate Army general Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, has been renamed. The campus, a public, alternative…
Sisters LisaRaye McCoy and Da Brat have taken the first step toward reconciliation during the “Funkdafied” rapper’s birthday party and fans were overjoyed to witness the sisterly reunion. The “Growing Up Hip-Hop: Atlanta” star celebrated her 47th birthday with a “Coming to America”-themed party and was overwhelmed by emotion when she saw her older sister…
Many users on Twitter clapped back at the diversity manager’s comments on the Idris Elba-led series At a MIPTV conference on Monday, a BBC diversity official said that Idris Elba‘s character in Luther isn’t “authentic” due to not having Black friends in the series. As diversity initiatives continue to shape Hollywood, many conversations have begun…
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability said it will release bodycam footage, video captured by a third party, arrest reports and recordings of shots being fired Body camera footage of a Chicago police officer fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy last month will be released Thursday, the board that reviews such shootings said. The Civilian Office…
The Jeep was set to be donated to Baylor University for men’s basketball coach Scott Drew to use next year. Then came Ted Teague’s words. Baylor University and its men’s basketball team’s head coach have refused to accept a vehicle wrapped with the school’s national championship logo after comments made by the general manager of…
