A second official with American Legion chapter in Hudson, Ohio, involved in a controversial Memorial Day event has resigned after it was revealed that she and another organizer conspired to make sure a retired Army officer’s microphone was lowered as he spoke about the role Black people played in the origins of Memorial Day. The…
All we’re really asking for is to be seen as human and to be respected for who we are, says host Gerren Keith Gaynor Summer is almost here and it’s time for Pride Month! This week on the Dear Culture podcast, we’re celebrating the Black queer folks who make our lives and culture a bit…
“I’m hoping folks all around the state will learn more about it and celebrate it together,” said the bill’s champion, Rep. Larry Selders. After passing unanimously in the Louisiana House and Senate on Monday, a bill that would make Juneteenth an official state holiday awaits the signature of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards. If signed…
Fantasia Barrino teases fans with a photo of her newborn daughter. After spending some days in the neonatal intensive care unit, Barrino has finally given her fans an update about the newborn daughter for her and her husband, Kendall Taylor. She posted a sweet photo of baby Keziah London Taylor that shows her holding her…
An overwhelming 82.5% of directors among Fortune 500 company boards are white, according to the report Many U.S. companies have rushed to appoint Black members to their boards of directors since racial justice protests swept the country last year. But in the two preceding years, progress on increasing racial diversity on boards stagnated, a new…
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker made headlines this week, thanks to a conversation he had with a Southwest flight attendant over a year ago regarding a book on racism in America. Over the weekend, the white businessman shared a photo of himself alongside JacqueRae Hill and her mother Patti Anderson on Hill’s wedding day in…
Karen strikes again. A monument in an Oregon public park commemorating the only Black member of the Lewis and Cark expedition has been vandalized for the second time in three months. The most recent time, which took place Tuesday, was captured on video by a witness who said she came upon a white woman spray-painting the…
Graham Spanier reported to Centre County Correctional Facility, several miles from the Penn State campus, on Monday morning Former Penn State president Graham Spanier has reported to jail early to begin serving his sentence for child endangerment in a case stemming from the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. Spanier reported to Centre County Correctional Facility, several…
“In the Black community, we have a wide range of political thought,” Rep. Byron Donalds said. “It doesn’t always get talked about, but it exists.” The Congressional Black Caucus is being accused of blocking the membership of a Black representative on Capitol Hill. Florida Rep. Byron Donalds and his staff have made overtures to the…
The American Legion Department of Ohio said it has invited retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter to speak next week at the organization’s Buckeye Boys State A retired U.S. Army officer whose speech about freed Black slaves honoring fallen Civil War soldiers was censored by organizers of a Memorial Day ceremony will get another chance to deliver…
